Arts Audiences
Arts organisations among millions of new Bluesky adopters
Arts organisations are among the millions of users who have launched new accounts on Bluesky, a rival social media platform to X, following the results of the US election. In the p…
Sutton Trust report ‘shines uncomfortable spotlight’ on class inequalities in creative careers
Education and class background have a significant impact on people’s ability to reach the top of their creative profession, new research into class inequalities in the creative i…
Kwei-Armah calls for urgent action on arts in schools
Outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has warned that diversity in the theatre industry will suffer unless government takes urgent action to improve drama…
Glasshouse receives £2m to support work with young people
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead has received a £2m donation from The Foyle Foundation to support its work with young people. The charity, which engages…
Concern for youth arts services ahead of budget
A national touring theatre company is warning against potential funding cuts to youth services ahead of the government’s autumn budget announcement. Lincoln-based Zest Theatre sa…
Royal Academy launches arts education campaign
A new campaign to promote arts education has been launched by the Royal Academy of Arts. As part of the Art is a Serious Subject campaign, posters have appeared in tube stations an…
Arts Council Ireland to join All In
All In, the access scheme for creativity and culture, will be available to an additional 1.1m disabled people in Ireland with Arts Council Ireland joining as a founding partner. Th…
Singing ‘supports social cohesion’ for young refugees
Singing and music-making can help benefit social cohesion and language skills for young refugees, a report has found. Published by Sing Up Foundation, research was carried out by a…
Deafinitely Theatre receives funding for youth theatre programme
Deafinitely Theatre has been awarded £274,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to help fund its youth theatre programme over the next five years. Since its founding in 201…
Bradford 2025: Organisers set out youth legacy focus
Young people will embark on 16-month placements with Bradford’s City of Culture team as part of efforts to secure the legacy of the festival. Under the newly-announced Young Creati…
Starmer: Everyone ‘deserves chance to be touched by art’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer uses Labour Party conference speech to re-emphasise his aim to improve accessibility to arts and culture.
Creative education in London gets £3.6m boost
Programme aims to address barriers that have discouraged and prevented cultural education and arts in schools from thriving.
Museum scheme to support early child development launches
Museums across the UK will work on ways to use culture to support children in their early years as part of a £1m pilot programme. Funded by Art Fund, the national charity for…
Theatre launches half-term ‘pay what you can’ scheme
Norwich Theatre is offering a creative programme for children that will be accessible on a 'pay what you can' basis. Aimed at children aged seven to 15, the scheme, which r…
Natural History Museum plans £150m transformation
Museum's Director says works are part of institution's ambition to become a "catalyst for change" on environmental issues.
DfE launches £5.8m music education programme
Young Sounds UK will work in collaboration with local Music Hub partners to deliver the four-year programme.
Save the Children pulls out of museum event over sponsorship
Save the Children has pulled out of an event at London's Science Museum following concerns among its supporters about the institution's sponsors. The Guardian reports the c…
Charity launches daytime events at independent music venues
Independent Venue Community says it wants to unlock the daytime potential of independent music venues, starting with a pilot programme offering young people behind-the-scenes acces…
Scottish theatre secures funds for captioning equipment
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been awarded grants for new captioning equipment. The grants come from the Theatre Trust’s small grants programme with The Linbury Trust, as we…
Working class parents ‘unsupportive’ of creative careers
Netflix and the National Youth Theatre relaunch a skills programme aimed at young people who want to work in film and TV after research reveals impact of ‘class chasm’…
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