Chineke! is a ground-breaking foundation renowned for its commitment to increasing diversity and inclusivity in classical music. Its founder, Chi-chi Nwanoku shares how it has quickly emerged as a trailblazer.
Police collaboration in arts and culture projects improves their engagement with communities, building trust and confidence, as Jacqueline Hodgson and Rachel Lewis argue in their new report.
As Chair of the Centre for Cultural Value’s advisory group, Adah Parris reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing cultural practitioners and leaders keen to build a positive legacy.
Connection, communities and collaboration are essential ingredients for working with families, writes Anna Dever, Director of a new Investment Principles Support Organisation within ACE’s National Portfolio.
In the first of this series on new entrants to ACE's National Portfolio, Tim A Shaw and Niamh White share how this is enabling them to contribute more fully to the national conversation around arts and mental health.
Many arts organisations list patrons on their website but do we really understand their role? Megan Bennett shares her work building a patron portfolio at Contact.
For over 20 years, MKIAC’s work has been guided by Islamic arts and heritage, combined with influences from Milton Keynes’ different communities, says its founder Anouar Kassim.
Our recent research into everyday creativity reveals new ways cultural organisations could serve wider communities. But making the most of them, says Anne Torreggiani in this preview of a forthcoming resource, might need a radical rethink.
Not all disabilities are visible. So to make your digital spaces more accessible for neurodivergent users, writes Ell Powell, there are some key things to consider.
In the last in our series on widening participation, Diana Niepce writes: Two burnouts a year is not sustainable for anyone, but it’s a reality for disabled dancers. The sector needs to change.
There’s a wealth of talent and ambition in the UK’s younger generation but, if we ignore their needs, we’re at risk of losing a generation of creative talent, writes Tina Ramdeen.
As part of National Creative Health and Wellbeing Week, Julie McCarthy explores the challenges and opportunities for Greater Manchester in its ambition to become the world’s first creative health city region.
In a new report, Katy Shaw explores how incentivising and investing in cross-sector co-creation can create a new culture as well as generating economic and social value for hard-to-reach communities across the UK.
Rob Drummer is a man on a mission to cultivate change in the theatre industry for the benefit of young people. Here he shares why he's taking the bold step to appoint leaders under 25.
At a time when museums are facing increasing external pressures, Mike Keating shares how a major new project has inspired children to respond to the UK’s natural environment.
As Liverpool stages Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine, Jenny Elliott considers the lure, risks and opportunities inherent in large-scale cultural interventions.
As part of our series of articles on widening participation, Elma Glasgow explores why the arts fail to engage ethnically diverse communities in rural areas.
Digitising collections is an ongoing challenge for museums, as evidenced in the latest National Museum Partnership report. Fiona Morris and Charlotte Morgan discuss the potential of cross-cultural and technical partnerships as a solution.
