Last year Mind the Gap learned the exciting if slightly daunting news that our theatre company had secured Arts Council England (ACE) Catalyst funding to help us develop private-income strategies, with the added incentive of matched funding for every £1 raised. A successful application to a National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) partnership with crowd-funding specialists Buzzbank led to us being selected as one of ten organisations to take part in a fundraising challenge.
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Issue 263: Working at the margins
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Working at the margins
11 Apr 2013Lisa Mallaghan describes how friends, family and supporters rose to a crowd-funding challenge.
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11 Apr 2013
The Small Charitable Donations Act has just been introduced but this change to Gift Aid is not such good news, according to Bill Lewis.
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Janice Haddon believes that establishing core values gives an organisation clarity and a foundation for healthy relationships.
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11 Apr 2013
Dan Eastmond is befuddled by the public arts sector's allergic reaction to generating profit – so much so that he’s written a book about it.
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11 Apr 2013
Sarah Stannage asks whether we can be confident that individuals and communities will step forward to support the development of local creative economies.
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11 Apr 2013
Kirsten Bodley believes that creativity is crucial to scientific and technical innovation, and in turn technical skills have a huge role to play in artistic progress.
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11 Apr 2013
Cila Warncke discusses the role of literature in promoting democracy and social change in a country like Myanmar.
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10 Apr 2013
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04 Apr 2013
London 2012 promised to inspire a generation in both sport and the arts. Recent research makes Moira Swinbank believe that this is happening but the funding must continue, as well as the buy-in from decision-makers.
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11 Apr 2013
Amy Bere tells how Opera North enables the homeless and vulnerable to discover a more independent and positive lifestyle.
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11 Apr 2013
Clive Hopwood gives some examples of the impact that the Writers in Prison Foundation has had over the last 20 years.
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11 Apr 2013
Kate Massey-Chase discusses the impact of personal budgets on participants at CoolTan Arts.
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11 Apr 2013
Jenny Richards suggests that the work of Art vs. Rehab, and in particular its Critical Spaces project, gives practitioners the much needed opportunity for reflection and critical thinking.
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11 Apr 2013
The Grodzki Theatre Association has created a website where artists and educators can place films, images and texts of their work with disadvantaged groups. Agnieszka Ginko-Humphries describes how it has evolved.
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11 Apr 2013
As opportunities for alternative and creative forms of education and care provision are diminishing, Bridget McKenzie puts forward the case for ‘creative work’.
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11 Apr 2013
Alex Fradera and Julia Pöhlmann explain why improvisational theatre is so effective at breaking down the barriers between prisoners and society.
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11 Apr 2013
Alan Clarke explains the origins and aims of the Cred-Ability project.
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11 Apr 2013
Matt Tyler suggests that the traditional career path for arts professionals needs to be reviewed.
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04 Apr 2013
Ruth Ben-Tovim describes ‘A Little Patch of Ground’, a food-growing and performance project aimed at people of all ages who have very little experience of the arts.