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Building mental resilience through music in schools
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is a music education charity that fundamentally believes in the power o…
Government wants to grow the creative industries: Carpe diem
Within months of coming to power last July, the Labour government put the creative industries at the heart of its growth plans. Ha…
Beyond segmentation: Towards audience alignment
David Reece and Sarah Chambers discuss why segmentation is most powerful when it’s a reflective organisational practice – less…
Heartbeat of Nottingham’s creative sector
Over the last five years, Fisher Gate Point in the centre of Nottingham has become a thriving hub for artists and community alike….
Funding in support of excellence
Last year, the Jerwood Foundation underwent a merger enabling it to rethink its role. Its executive director, Lara Wardle says fun…
A revolutionary approach to dance education
Despite growing awareness of its benefits, dance remains underutilised in schools. As Victoria Collinson explains, a new programme…
Opening doors, widening access
The government has pledged to make the arts more accessible to young people in recognition of the fact that creative education is…
Coney’s journey comes to a close
Even the best adventures must sometimes come to an end. Transitioning out of ACE’s National Portfolio led Coney to a difficult cro…
Reimagining mental health care for young people
How can we use creativity to tackle the growing mental health crisis among our young people? Rachel Nelken has been addressing thi…
Systemic devaluing of arts in English state schools
For the second consecutive year, the Cultural Learning Alliance has published a ‘report card’ on what has been happening to Ex…
Online harms: How to protect yourself from social media abuse
Online spaces provide enormous opportunities to connect and share, but they are often overtaken by hateful and abusive behaviour….
The audience legacy of Covid
Although the pandemic brought better insight, the picture is complicated by the effects of the poly-crisis. The Audience Agency’…
British Underground: Enabling UK talent to flourish globally
A brand-new franchise of South by Southwest is coming to London in June. Crispin Parry thinks participation in the showcase enable…
From setback to strategic renewal: How Havering is rewriting the rules
Mathew Russell and David Shearing are directors of Havering London. When their bid for London Borough of Culture was unsuccessful,…
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Tamsin Ace is the first director of East Bank – the UK’s newest cultural quarter located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in ea…
A digital strategy for the UK cultural sector
Researcher Susan Oman spent two years embedded within DCMS on a policy fellowship. Here they explain why the resultant digital pol…
Soft power: The role of culture in a hyper-globalised world
The new Soft Power Council has been set up in response to a volatile world at a time when democracy is in peril. So, writes Meliss…
The power of nine: Creating a community of digital practice in library services
What happens to a library’s capacity for creative expression and innovation when knowledge is shared among nine services? asks T…
A riposte from the margins
In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Til…
The brave heart of a true pioneer
Lisa Baxter, founder and CEO of The Experience Business and partnership manager of the Centre for Cultural Value’s Collaborate p…
Trump’s return: What Europe’s cultural sector learned from populist politics
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Robin Cantrill-Fenwick looks at what may lie ahead for arts leaders in the USA.
Digital marketing: Trust your team
The future of digital marketing isn’t just about mastering new technologies, it’s about making connection, says Cath Hume of the…
Don’t stop the music
The UK’s concert halls are a valuable economic resource we need to protect, says Kevin Appleby, chair of the British Association…
