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Guidance for the three investment funds that collectively form the Cultural Investment Fund (CIF)  has just been published.  Laura Dyer, our Deputy CEO, Places and Engagement, explains  what we hope the funds will achieve. 

For Creativity and Wellbeing Week, our arts and health lead John McMahon interviews Victoria Hume, Director of the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance.

Today sees the publication of Arts Council England’s Diversity Report 2019/20. A snapshot of how representative our sector was in the twelve months up to April 2020.

This weekend, Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021 officially started with an exciting video featuring wise and inspiring words from Coventry’s famous names and residents, both past and present. Coventry, a city known for making, for innovation and creativity, shows that, despite challenges, it can still build something spectacular.

As cultural organisations across the country prepare to welcome back their audiences, we caught up with the team at Ventnor Exchange, a creative arts hub and social enterprise on the Isle of Wight.

Inspired by the culture and people of the island, Ventnor Exchange combines theatre with a record shop and a craft beer bar, and uses its profits to fund projects that develop the cultural offer of the area and opportunities for young people - from street art commissions to producing the annual Ventnor Fringe, the island’s largest arts festival!

Nina Simon, author of The Art of Relevance and founder of global charity OF/BY/FOR ALL, shares her perspective on new tools being offered to help build more inclusive and relevant organisations in the context of the Let’s Create strategy. 

Our Director of Special Projects, Nicky Morgan, reflects on the Durham Commission eighteen months on.

As we join the DCMS in announcing the latest support for arts and cultural organisations across the country thanks to the government's Culture Recovery Fund, our CEO Darren Henley reflects on the vital role creativity has played throughout the pandemic.