• Arts funding
• Fundraising
• Placemaking

Figurative is a not-for-profit organisation exploring inventive business and funding models for the cultural and creative sector. Associate Michael Garvey argues that being able to…

• Arts funding
• Devolution
• Policy

The announcement last week of additional funding for the arts was very welcome news but, says Matthew Cleaver of Anvil Arts, more could be done to improve access to the arts across…

• Arts funding
• Education
• Policy

The Cultural Policy Unit is a new, independent think tank dedicated to formulating bold, imaginative and practical policy ideas in the service of the UK’s creative and cultural ind…

• Access
• Arts funding
• Equality
• Policy

In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Tiller argues it is crucial to engage with their desi…

• Arts funding
• Opera
• Policy

Harry Hyman, founder of the International Opera Awards, reviews the state of opera in the UK and outlines what needs to be done in the year ahead.

• Arts funding
• Local authorities
• Policy

The culture sector has suffered years of neglect. But David Micklem is infused with optimism about what might lie ahead.

• Arts funding
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

After a year of change across the government and arts councils of the UK, here’s a handy, end-of-year round up of the current chairs, chief executives and directors who will make s…

• Arts funding
• Collaboration
• Placemaking

With financial pressures mounting, staying true to social purpose can be a challenge for cultural organisations. The team at The Audience Agency give a shout out to those who are f…

• Digital
• Fundraising

There are lots of ways to create fundraising opportunities on your website. Splitpixel’s Lauren James provides a rundown of the most popular approaches she uses with clients.

• Digital
• Fundraising
• Museums and heritage

In light of a complex funding landscape facing England’s heritage sector, Cause4’s Michelle Wright and Annie Jarvis explore the importance of structured resilience support progra…

• Arts funding

This week marks 30 years since the start of the National Lottery, which has raised more than £50bn for good causes over those decades. Mark Dunford was a lottery officer at Arts C…

• Arts funding
• Policy

Arts Council grants have enabled some great achievements over the decades but, as Andrew Pinnock argues, the policies and false beliefs that underlie them need addressing.

• Arts funding

Two Queens, an artist-run gallery in Leicester, is now facing an existential crisis. One option to overcome its precarity and secure its future, says co-director Daniel Sean Kelly,…

• Fundraising
• Participatory arts

When it comes to bid writing, many grant givers demand predicted impact. But for Lucie Davies and Alex Mayer, there is profound value in artistic practices that prioritise process…

• Arts funding
• Finance

There has been a lot of talk about the future of UK arts funding over the summer. Fran Sanderson has been assessing various funding streams to find ways to maximise their impact.

• Devolution
• Fundraising
• Policy

In a period of fast change, financial pressures, despair about public service provision and political upheaval in the UK and abroad, Michelle Wright considers how policy will impac…

• Arts funding
• Finance
• Management

Arts organisations are only too aware of the limitations of short-term funding. But, in Northern Ireland, a pioneering financial programme provides a fresh blueprint for future fun…

• Fundraising
• International
• Sponsorship

Continuing our series looking at the role of philanthropy in the arts, Tessitura’s Kate Watson and Rebecca Herberson explore whether a US model of philanthropy might provide…

• Arts funding
• Policy

Representatives from across the cultural sector have written an open letter to Dame Mary Archer, who is due to chair the government's Public Body Review of Arts Council England…

• Fundraising
• Sponsorship

You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been one for ten years, explains how they work and why th…