Margate venue names new partner after former leaseholder backed out due to ‘repairs backlog’
Margate Winter Gardens will receive £4m in government grant funding alongside a 999-year lease for refurbishment, Thanet District…
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UK must join Creative Europe successor, urges arts access leader
When the new programme to succeed Creative Europe is launched in 2028, the UK must seek membership or risk “isolation” from both…
ACE expands Creative People and Places portfolio
The number of programmes Arts Council England (ACE) invests in as part of its multi-year Creative People and Places (CPP) portfoli…
Exclusive: Grantmaker defends closing arts fund despite trust’s endowment hitting £916m
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has defended closing its £6.5 million Arts Fund to new applicants as it looks to “preserve the v…
Arts fund closes to new applicants due to ‘immense’ demand
Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to…
Arts fund closes to new applicants due to ‘immense’ demand
Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to…
‘There is no slack in the system’, ACW boss tells Senedd
The leader of Arts Council Wales (ACW) has warned politicians that plans to keep any increase in its budget strictly in line with…
Edinburgh Fringe programmer admits deficit as report queries festival season’s feasibility
One of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s biggest programmers has reported a deficit of £61,311 in its most recent financial year. P…
Funding for arts faces potential pressure of £1.3bn Lottery licence court claim
Concerns have been raised that good causes lottery funding, which supports the arts, could be used to cover the costs of any poten…
Exclusive: ACE confirms substitute grant portal briefly out of action
Arts Council England (ACE) has confirmed to Arts Professional that its new grant application portal was unavailable to users for a…
Welsh government makes £700k commitment to live music scene
Recording studios, music venues, and performance spaces across Wales are to receive a share of £700,000 to boost “sustainability”…
Scottish theatre calls for £300k in donations to thwart closure
A 65-year-old producing theatre that lost its annual £266,000 grant from Creative Scotland earlier this year says it will be unab…
Nandy launches UK Town of Culture competition to tell ‘working-class’ stories
The government has unveiled plans to launch a UK Town of Culture competition that will run alongside the country’s existing City…
Dundee creative hubs among six projects to receive £500k in research funding
Banner-making in Rochdale and arts-led takeovers of Dundee’s neglected retail space are just two of the projects to secure a share…
US court finds arts grant recipients free to ignore Trump’s ‘gender ideology’ order
A Rhode Island federal judge has agreed it is “unconstitutional” for National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants to satisfy a…
Welsh opera director calls for more coordination in cross-border funding
The director of a contemporary opera company based in Wales has highlighted the challenges facing performing arts organisations th…
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic boss: ‘We must not take public subsidy for granted’
The chief executive of Britain’s oldest symphony orchestra has urged the sector never to “take for granted the consistency and imp…
Arts centre warns of closure due to ‘stubborn deficit’
A Cirencester arts centre which has been offering creative workshops and craft courses for nearly half a century is at risk of clo…
Liverpool extends arts support to protect ‘fragile’ portfolio
Liverpool City Council has proposed extending its funding for dozens of organisations in its Culture and Arts Investment Programme…
ACE building fund demand outstrips budget by £620m
An £80 million funding stream aimed at assisting capital improvements to arts and culture buildings has received application requ…
Blackpool bids to ‘outshine’ Margate with £750k ACE backing
A strategy with ambitions to position Blackpool as the UK’s Coastal Capital of Creativity has received £750,000 in funding from…
Wales Millennium Centre among recipients of £8m building fund
A Cardiff-based children’s theatre and Wales’ flagship national arts centre are among 40 organisations to share in an £8 million…
DCMS matches £2m in funding for museum access updates
Regional museums and galleries are to be invited to share in a £4 million funding pot aimed at ensuring collections are more “acc…
‘Woefully low’ number of disabled people in the arts requires long-term solutions
Long-term funding ringfenced to provide opportunities for disabled young people in the arts is needed to address the “woefully l…
