Arts funding

New large capital awards are put on hold during 2014/15 as Creative Scotland develops its new funding model.

Scotland

Regional funding imbalance exists, ACE tells Select Committee

11 Jun 2014

More support will be directed to the arts outside London but the Culture Minister rejects claims of a regional funding crisis.

Lottery funding to sustain England's National Portfolio

06 Jun 2014

£180m of Lottery funds will be used for the core funding of NPOs involved in touring or working with children and young people.

Children and young people

No more feast or famine

26 May 2014

The AccessArt website has switched from being project-funded to self-sustaining thanks to its membership income. Paula Briggs tells the story.

Income

Access

Book review: Journal of the Plague Year

22 May 2014

Book review

Are you up to the challenge? Vicky Prior says there’s much to learn from Max Stafford-Clark’s journal from the years following the cuts.

Theatre

Painful progress?

Photo of a rehearsal for Capital Theatre Festival

12 May 2014

Case study

Louisa Davies asks if England’s funding structures are hampering the development of our emerging artists.

Supporting artists

Theatre

In a room full of foreigners

08 May 2014

UK membership of the European Union gives cultural organisations access to a wide variety of funds and initiatives. Why are we not bothered? Asks Julie Ward.

Poor areas suffer highest local authority arts cuts

01 May 2014

Shadow Culture Minister used Freedom of Information to reveal the impact of Government cuts on local authority spend on culture and libraries.

Local authorities

London is among the lowest funded, claims the GLA

30 Apr 2014

Witnesses defend their views of fair arts funding distribution as the Select Committee releases a new tranche of evidence.

Lottery funding landscape laid bare

25 Apr 2014

The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisations but to the detriment of wider society and the economy, according to a new report by the authors who recently revealed England’s regional arts funding imbalance.

Aiming to fly higher

15 Apr 2014

Making a career for himself in circus, Tim Lenkiewicz explains how he is aiming to make his circus-producing company commercially sustainable.

Attitudes soften toward tax-funded arts subsidy

11 Apr 2014

Public support for the arts has grown over the past 12 months, with improved access being top of the list of objectives for public funding.

Fresh start at Creative Scotland

09 Apr 2014

A ten-year plan and a new approach to funding aim to demonstrate more support for arts organisations and provide greater clarity about its role and remit.

Scotland

Arts and health: commissioning bodies need to be on-side

A virtuous circle demonstrating a 'health pull'

03 Apr 2014

Demonstrating the effectiveness of arts interventions in dementia treatment will be key to unlocking funding, says new report.

Committee releases evidence in readiness for first hearing

21 Mar 2014

The first written evidence to be published by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee reveals deep divisions in the sector over the London/regions funding balance.

Cross artform

A tough month

19 Mar 2014

Crowd-funding was a rough but eventually successful ride for Gill Kirk. She reveals the highs and lows of her month-long campaign.

Finance

It’s England, Jim, but not as you know it

Cover of Arts council England's 'This England' report

13 Mar 2014

Opinion

Liz Hill concludes that Arts Council England’s ‘This England’ report is based on a carefully constructed analysis designed to disguise a London-centric funding strategy and preserve the status quo.

Fairer funding for all

03 Mar 2014

In light of the current debate about ACE's distribution of funding, Carol Reid explains how the regional allocation formula built into Youth Music's grant-making process is leading to a more equitable balance across its portfolio.

Music

Children and young people

Data

Income

EXCLUSIVE: Arts sector favours more production outside London

21 Feb 2014

The latest AP survey reveals overwhelming support for more cultural production outside the capital, but the sector is less united on how funding balance can be achieved across England.

Research