Last month, a global community of real estate practitioners met in Helsinki to work out what it takes to dedicate space to artists and creative communities, outside market pressures and political cycles. https://t.co/iEqvzD5KhX
People are being urged to be aware of and report vandalism at Welsh historic sites this half term, after thousands of pounds’ worth of damage was caused at a newly renovated site in Pembrokeshire. https://t.co/tMjCAXIbE9
An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry has found that northern culture should be “treated as a national asset”, and urged the government to realise the region’s “untapped cultural capital”. https://t.co/kO4IS4Xqff
Arts Professional takes a look at culture stories you may have missed this week, including a major new UK-wide exhibition, a bold new culture plan for Ipswich, and the appointment of a pilot organisation for the Arts Council’s All In scheme. https://t.co/ESa9vhTFRR
Although a proposed ‘bank tax’ and the status of the pension triple-lock will grab many headlines after Wednesday’s Autumn Budget, there are plenty of potential tax changes that could impact the arts. https://t.co/4fIuKQS91g
Free-to-enter museums are set to benefit from a new Valuation Office (VO) policy that will see the rateable value of many reduced to £1. https://t.co/8j1CHRIC4Q
Big Give has announced it has made the “difficult decision” to pause the Arts for Impact campaign for 2027, as it takes the time “to review, plan and reassess for 2028”. https://t.co/yTcVSdaXXE
Oxford City Council has approved a pilot to drop recently introduced entry fees to the Museum of Oxford for residents following a fall in visitor numbers. https://t.co/60YlFQxXHV
Nearly half of performers and creative practitioners are earning less than £10,000 per year from their performance-related work, according to a new large-scale Equity survey. https://t.co/a63JveTFjw
This training is designed to support fundraisers within the arts, culture and heritage sector, giving participants the confidence, knowledge, and skills to better monitor and evaluate the impact of their organisation’s work. https://t.co/9R35GdW8kK
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed the four cities still in the running to win the title of UK City of Culture 2029 and a £10 million prize. https://t.co/PlA4uOyFmA
The City of Edinburgh Council has opened a new £3.8 million funding programme to support improvements to the city’s public cultural and heritage buildings, funded directly by the recently introduced overnight levy. https://t.co/3z0CSAUX1u
Watershed’s director of research Jo Lansdowne has been awarded a £1.5 million UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to explore how the UK’s creative technology sector can “better support marginalised and underrepresented entrepreneurs”. https://t.co/xOSpkPzPIh