The Ambition for Excellence fund supports organisations and partnerships with production, commissioning or creative development projects. A total of £35.2m has been made available through the fund from May 2015 to the end of March 2018 with… Read more

For the first time the Arts Council has collected and published data on the socio-economic profile of audiences. The Equality, Diversity and the Creative Case 2015/16 report shows that those most actively involved in arts and culture… Read more

HLF and ACE have launched a pilot scheme, outlined in the government’s Culture White Paper, in partnership with UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that aims to benefit a variety… Read more

The STEAM Symposium: Laboratory of Visual Exploration is in partnership with the… Read more

In December 2014 Sir Peter Bazalgette the ACE’s outgoing chair, made a one of his ‘most important speeches’ to the arts and culture sector announcing a fundamental shift in the way the funding body approached diversity and made it a… Read more

From designing your own emoji to tuning in to the Last Night of the Proms, this list of #70things will help you unleash your creativity this summer say ACE. They are asking people to have a go… Read more

ACE, HLF and Historic England have today launched the Great Place Scheme that will see them work with councils, cultural organisations, universities and other stakeholders to increase access to culture locally, support jobs, economic growth, education, health and wellbeing. The… Read more

The Museum Resilience Fund, which complements the Arts Council’s investment in Major Partner Museums, focuses on gaps (geographical or otherwise) and development opportunities across the sector. The latest round sees a fall in the funding amount and numbers of… Read more

What will be the benefits and challenges of the funding restructure for museums? We plan to integrate funding for museums into our three main funding streams, the National Portfolio, Grants for the Arts and strategic… Read more

The integrated funding means that for the first time museums and libraries will be part of the Arts Council’s investment portfolio. Libraries will only be eligible to receive ACE funding for the arts and museums activity they carry out, and local authorities… Read more

Sir Peter was addressing local authorities and members from local councils from across the country and his speech was accompanied by a new report, Funding Arts and Culture in a Time of Austerity, which provides analysis of data… Read more