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You can read press releases from each of our regions. Below are some recently-added press releases: select the region from the list on the left to look at their press releases.

Arts Council England creates opportunities to participate in the arts in Yorkshire
New lottery awards made by Arts Council England, Yorkshire will bring opportunities for people to take part in the arts and enable artists and arts organisations to thrive.
Date:
  • 15th May 2008
Regions:
  • Yorkshire

Experts name England's most creative schools
A panel of education experts today name England's 30 most creative schools, as the leading edge of a £110m national creative learning programme.
Date:
  • 14th May 2008
Regions:
  • North East

Book Slam scoops Sony Radio Academy Award
At the Sony Radio Academy Awards on Monday 12 May – the radio industry ‘Oscars’ – one name stood out from this year’s list of winners.
Date:
  • 14th May 2008
Regions:
  • London

Arts projects in Tower Hamlets awarded more than £86,000
Arts Council England, London has awarded £86,610 from its lottery funded Grants for the arts scheme to projects in Tower Hamlets, including innovative public art, unique festival experiences and fresh international music collaborations.
Date:
  • 13th May 2008
Regions:
  • London

Unbound - realising the legacy
Abolition of the slave trade – reflecting on the past, looking to the future

This conference, taking place on Thursday 8 May at the Hudawi Centre, Huddersfield, will profile the exciting and imaginative projects held in 2007 in Yorkshire and the Humber in commemoration of the bicentenary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Date:
  • 8th May 2008
Regions:
  • Yorkshire
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