Thursday, 18 April 2024
Council cuts to arts budgets have left charitable trusts and foundations 'overwhelmed' with applications for funding as arts and culture organisations attempt to source alternative income.
Arts organisations are turning to trusts and foundations to plug funding gaps caused by local authority cuts to arts spending leaving them "overwhelmed", Arts Professional's latest Pulse survey has found.
With more than two-thirds of local authorities cutting or planning to cut the amount they spend on arts and culture, 57% of survey respondents said they had applied for funding from trusts and... read more
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Senior figures from arts and culture organisations say government-ordered review of Arts Council England requires sector input to be meaningful.
The current review of Arts Council England (ACE) should involve consultation with the arts and culture sector to ensure a broad range of voices are heard, leaders have said.
A full scale review of ACE officially launched on 15 March with the appointment of Dame Mary Archer as Lead Reviewer. ... read more
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Company says it has taken the 'difficult decision' to withdraw two weeks from its previously announced 2024/2025 season in the face of challenging economic times.
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Planned tours by Welsh National Opera to Bristol and Llandudno will not go ahead due to ongoing financial challenges, the organisation has said.
WNO said the "difficult decision" was taken because substantial reductions in the public funding it receives from Arts Council Engaland (ACE) and Arts... read more
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
The OHMI Music-Makers programme will now be available for schools in Central Bedfordshire, Southampton and Liverpool.
A music-making programme for disabled children is being extended to another three areas of England after receiving Arts Council England lottery funding.
OHMI Music-Makers will now be delivered by The OHMI Trust in Central Bedfordshire, Southampton and Liverpool.
The aim of the scheme is to offer... read more
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
A combination of redundancies and roles not being replaced will reduce the public body's staff by 13.
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Arts Council of Wales (ACW) has announced significant staff redundancies and the departure of senior leadership team members as part of a cost-cutting restructuring of the arts funder.
The job cuts follow the Welsh Government's announcement earlier this year of a 10.5% reduction in ACW's budget for... read more
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
The Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme hopes the Fair Play project will empower regional theatres to make the future of British theatre more reflective of society.
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The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS) has launched a two-year initiative designed to tackle class inequality in theatre.
Fair Play will aim to challenge the systemic financial, social, cultural and organisational barriers that prevent theatre makers from low socio-economic backgrounds... read more
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Research led by a dance company found keeping pupils active in the classroom improved their maths and English learning.
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Claire Griffiths
Movement-based education can contribute to improving children’s cognitive capacities during English and maths lessons, according to research by Lancashire-based dance and teaching provider Blue Moose Dance Company.
The research, titled Head to Toe, explored how moving the body during English and... read more
Monday, 15 April 2024
As Museum Wales contends with a £4.5m deficit, it has introduced a rage of cost-saving measures, including the loss of at least 90 jobs.
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National Museum Cardiff faces closure unless its operator, Museum Wales, can secure extra funding for "urgent critical" maintenance work, according to the organisation’s leader.
Jane Richardson, Chief Executive of Museum Wales, told BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement that issues including water leakage... read more
Monday, 15 April 2024
Environmentalist Chris Packham joins young people taking part in sit-in protest over museum's links with coal firm.
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A group of 30 young people and scientists occupied the Science Museum’s new green energy gallery in protest at its sponsorship by the coal firm Adani, ahead of school visits to the gallery beginning this week.
The action, led by Scientists for Extinction Rebellion and Youth Action for Climate... read more
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Leading economist says limiting numbers of students allowed to study creative subjects at university would allow government to invest significantly more, making remaining provision 'outstanding'.
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The number of students allowed to take creative subjects at university should be reduced to a quarter of current levels, a former high-level government adviser has said.
Tim Leunig, a prize-winning economist who was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Education between 2014 and 2017,... read more
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Initial findings from Arts Professional's latest Pulse survey on local authority funding reveal councils are selling off venues and 'spinning out' arts and culture to independent entities to save money.
More than two thirds of local authorities have either made, or are planning to make, cuts to the amount they spend on arts and culture in the face of ongoing financial pressures, Arts Professional's latest Pulse survey has found.
Initial findings from the survey show that 54% of respondents said... read more
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Independent Society of Musicians warns that Arts Council England's last-minute decision leaves staff and freelancers "in the dark" about their future employment.
Music hubs across the country were informed on Monday (8 April) of the outcome of the Arts Council England-administered Music Hub Investment Process but applicants have been banned from sharing the information publicly until May to avoid the risk of influencing forthcoming local elections.
ACE’s... read more