Sector support charities merge after loss of ACE funding
The Audience Agency and Culture24, who were both part of ACE's National Portfolio until they lost funding in April this year,…
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What’s the value of digital arts and culture?
If we can find a shared language and inclusive approach to evaluating digital arts and culture, we can tell a better story about t…
EXCLUSIVE: ACE drops reporting requirements over data platform glitches
Amid sector concerns about new data platform Illuminate, Arts Council England says NPOs will not need to provide box office or aud…
Making evaluation valuable
As the Centre for Cultural Value launches a free online evaluation course, Dawn Cameron explains how evaluation can help organisat…
Projects receive £3.1m to measure value of culture
Six projects that aim to evaluate the value of culture and heritage to society have been announced as part of the Department for C…
Cultural encounters of the empathic kind
Driven by funder requirements and sector expectations, evaluation can feel top-down. Stephen Welsh argues for a more people-centre…
Concern over ‘lack of representation’ in creative health research
Study into value of culture in relation to health and wellbeing warns of 'concerning gap' in evidence base.
Lewisham, London’s Borough of Culture engaged majority of local schools
Lewisham starts work on a cultural strategy following successful stint as London Borough of Culture focused on young people, commu…
AHRC announces new hosts for Creative PEC
Centre producing research and policy recommendations on arts, culture and the creative industries will be split across two hubs in…
Birmingham 2022 Festival ‘delivered on inclusivity’, study finds
Evaluation report finds festival made inclusive practice integral to its programme, despite previous claims it had shut out creati…
Why we need to use the F word in evaluation
Talking of failure can feel uncomfortable and we often avoid it when carrying out evaluation. But, as Susanne Burns argues, being…
Evaluating large-scale cultural events
With the evaluation findings from Birmingham 2022 published this week, and those from Coventry City of Culture forthcoming, Katy R…
Why better data is vital for future-proofing the cultural sector
Why do we struggle to convey the cultural sector’s significant impact? There’s no easy answer but an obvious solution…
Many voices, open minds, commitment to change
What should underpin our evaluation practice in the arts? Oliver Mantell reflects on the new Evaluation Principles from the Centre…
Evaluating cities and capitals of culture
With the winner of the UK City of Culture 2025 to be announced imminently, four academics outline their recommendations for t…
Culture-led funding or funding-led culture?
There is a crucial disconnect between how the sector evaluates the impact of culture and using it to influence policy. It’s…
Taking up the evaluation challenge
Practitioners have seen with their own eyes how arts and health interventions can make a real difference to young people’s m…
Storytelling – a different way of evaluating
Conventional monitoring and evaluation isn’t always helpful in community settings, but with some creative thinking, it can b…
Working together to articulate cultural value
When the coronavirus crisis ends and government is prioritising what happens next, nothing will be more important than being able…
Art ‘doesn’t need to be useful’, report advises self-evaluating organisations
A new resource aims to guide arts organisations through self-assessment, whether they have chosen to do it or been asked to do so…
New guidelines for evaluating arts-based health interventions
A framework giving guidance on how to assess arts projects and programmes aimed at boosting health and wellbeing has been publishe…
Creative evaluation
Meg Attwood explains how enlisting the help of evaluation consultants helped arts-based Community Interest Company Light Box gain…
