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 The Anne Peaker Centre for Arts and Criminal Justice (APC) will close at the end of this month after 20 years in operation, due to lack of funds. The Trustees considered “a number of...
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 Leicester Theatre Trust, which runs the Curve Theatre, has been awarded more than £1m in the penultimate round of Arts Council England’s (ACE) ‘Sustain’ programme....
From issue 211
Leicester Theatre Trust, which runs the Curve Theatre, has been awarded more than £1m in the penultimate round of Arts Council England’s (ACE) ‘Sustain’ programme. Despite...
 Commitment to the arm’s length principle, a new taxation scheme to release more money from the National Lottery and a higher level of political recognition for donors to the arts are...
 The new £7.6m Theatre at the Mill has opened in Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland. The new theatre comprises a 400-seat auditorium, foyer cafe, offices, dressing rooms, green room and the...
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Chris Holifield looks at how poetry and other artforms can seize the opportunities presented by the web.
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 Q I’ve always prided myself on my friendly management style. My theory was always that if staff were happy and relaxed they would do a good job. If anything went on the slide then an...
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It’s time to stop thinking in terms of being either amateur or professional. Robin Simpson argues for a new perspective.
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Jodi Myers considers how to keep former board and staff members up to date.
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Gissa job? Employment is in the news once more, with the movement for paid internships (p1) not quite being balanced out by the Government’s recession-busting attempts at creating minimum wage...
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 Martin Pople is the new Director of the Bath Area Cultural Forum. He was previously Director of Bath Spa Live at Bath Spa University. Group Chief Executive of Creative & Cultural Skills,...
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Should the role of the evaluator be reinvented? Martin Heaney considers the problem of how to turn anecdotal evidence into significant and useful data.
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Adrian Slatcher and Hannah Rudman explain how and why AmbITion embedded evaluation into its projects from the start.
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Beatriz Garcia explains how long-term research can open up a project to deeper scrutiny.
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ACNI furious at policy recommendations as budget promises are broken.
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 Young people are being invited to promote their own dance activity or event through a new social network campaign which aims to boost young people’s participation in dance. ‘I Love...
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The arts will not necessarily benefit from the uplift in local authority funding announced by the Government. The 2010/11 Local Government Settlement confirms that councils will receive an average...
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The UK Competition Commission (CC) made a series of errors, both in its assessment of the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger and in applying the ‘substantial lessening of competition’ test...
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Six regional directors made redundant under Arts Council England’s (ACE) current reorganisation plans will share nearly £700,000 in redundancy payoffs, according to recent figures. Four...
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 Both the current and the shadow culture secretaries explained their cultural policies at the State of the Arts Conference on 14 January. The event, jointly organised by Arts Council England (...
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Arts organisations could be hit with large clean-up bills for London events, if a new bill becomes law. The ‘London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill’ includes a...
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The potential for a “heavy-handed emphasis on… distinctions between amateur and professional” has been identified by the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) in the draft of ‘Taking...
 Creative Scotland has announced a further three groups to provide expert advice on the issues and opportunities facing Scotland’s creative community. They will focus on: performing arts,...
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Alison Tickell calls for a major shift in attitudes and practice to combat climate change.
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