Blog posts
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.
As the country takes its first steps out of the pandemic, our CEO Darren Henley looks to the future and how we'll begin realising the vision of Let's Create.
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Essential read: Inclusivity & Relevance in our regular funding
By Arts Council England,This information is for organisations who receive regular funding from the Arts Council and gives guidance about how our Inclusivity & Relevance Investment Principle links to our investment decisions.
Our CEO, Darren Henley, writes about the launch of the new model music curriculum and what this means for the future of music education.
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Unlocking the potential of social prescribing through the Thriving Communities Fund
By John McMahon,This week marks exactly a year since the first national lockdown.