Theatres outside urban centres share in building revamp grant
Rural theatres and those working specifically to engage young people and children have won support from Theatres Trust in the late…
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World’s oldest railway pub gains Historic England protection
The oldest purpose-built railway pub in the world has won a special designation from Historic England, as the organisation commemo…
Museum’s relocation to fuel rural regeneration ambitions
A volunteer-led museum in Northumberland has received £4.3 million from National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to relocate to cent…
Scotland to ‘talk about heritage’ in national consultation project
People across Scotland are invited to submit their thoughts on what heritage means to them, in a national survey open until 7 Dece…
Arts centre’s £25m makeover secures green light
Ambitions to make Berwick’s Maltings a flagship culture centre have won council approval, with the venue to gain two cinema screen…
Wigtown Festival Company appoints new CEO
Wigtown Festival Company has appointed ISLA ROSSER-OWEN as its new CEO. She takes over from ANDREW MCCONNELL, who became interim C…
National Rural Touring Forum names new chair
The National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) has welcomed MATTHEW LINLEY as its new chair. Linley takes over from TOM SPEIGHT, who serv…
Glasgow School of Art receives funding for rural arts programme
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has been awarded significant funding to address regional inequalities by supporting PhD researchers fr…
Welsh dance ‘elitist, tokenistic and non-diverse’, review finds
Dance in Wales has been found to be “elitist, tokenistic and non-diverse” and in urgent need of “reimagining, rebuilding and…
‘Don’t go it alone, don’t reinvent the wheel’
What gets Holly Payton-Lombardo out of bed in the morning is working with people who care – festival founders, village hall volunt…
NI rural arts programme improves well-being and reduces isolation
A programme to increase arts engagement in rural Northern Ireland has been successful in reducing isolation, enhancing well-being…
Funding for rural arts in Northern Ireland
Arts organisations in rural communities across Northern Ireland are set to benefit from £350,000 of funding from the Arts Council…
Small-scale rural touring could lower audience travel emissions
Performing arts productions that tour smaller rural venues can produce lower audience travel emissions when compared with a single…
Cornish shipwreck museum put up for sale
A Cornish museum with a collection of more than 7,000 shipwreck-related items has been put up for sale. The Shipwreck Treasure Mus…
Investment in creative businesses ‘grows the national economy’
More than 25 Cornish creative businesses have completed the Create Growth programme led by Creative UK as part of a scheme de…
Rural touring companies to benefit from press support
The National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) has launched an in-house rural and regional press agency to provide its members with…
Stone theft from heritage sites on the rise
Calls for co-ordinated response to heritage crimes from police forces across England as study highlights impact of opportunis…
From rural roots to cultural catalyst: A journey in the arts
It’s 25 years since Ian Kerry founded Arts Alive, an organisation bringing film and events to rural communities. As he conte…
Pentabus moves to new premises
Rural touring company Pentabus has annouced it is moving to new premises at the recently refurbished Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Having…
On the road again
Rural touring is physically demanding but you get to visit the heart of places and are treated as guests of honour. Clare Beresfor…
Rural arts in Northern Ireland receive £400k
A total of 63 rural arts projects will share £400,000 of funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, it has been anno…
Film and TV worth over £5m to Cornwall in 2022
Film and TV production was worth more than £5m to the Cornish economy in 2022, new figures reveal. The data comes from a Scr…
Welsh heritage sites receive £4.1m boost
National Heritage Memorial Fund awards money to several heritage sites in Wales that were affected by the Covid pandemic.
New funding round for Northern Ireland’s rural arts programme
Rural arts organisations in Northern Ireland are being invited to apply for funding as part of a programme to increase access to a…
