A brand new Government scheme has earmarked £55 million to help arts and heritage organisations secure their future financial stability by building endowment funds. This was announced today by Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. An independent advisory panel chaired...
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British Museums Most Popular in World
Figures released today place British Museums at the top, taking three out of the first five positions globally. Only the Louvre in Paris out does the UK by dominating the number one position. The British Museum comes in at number two with 5842,138 visitors. Tate...
Arts Council Funding Cuts Latest
1,333 arts organisations entered the new National Portfolio application process. 695 realised funding, leaving 638 to sink or swim. The organisations some new many established were all judged on their viability as a business model as well as their unique contributive...
Arts Donations From UK Business Falls By 11%
Businesses investment in UK arts fell last year by 11%. This was despite Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s DCMS directive to encourage corporate philanthropy. The initiative was launched last year to take the pressure off of the Government, which has made cuts to the...
Arts Council England Absorbs Museums Libraries Council
It's Official,and why do these things always happen just before the holiday break.The Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) under the new Coalition Government, as part of the spending review announced in October, has placed Arts Council England in charge of...
Jeremy Hunt Announces US Style Philanthropy Plan
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt who will always be best remembered for James Naughtie and Andrew Marr’s four-letter slip up, has announced that the government is to make available an £80m 'matching fund' for arts organisations. The idea behind this move is not rocket...
Olympic Artists Announced For 2012
David Hockney, Lucian Freud, Rachel Whiteread and Martin Creed are some of the visual artists the DCMS has announced to officially represent London during the 2012 Olympics. More than 1,000 nationwide events ranging from dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film...
BFI Takes Over UK Film Council funding Role
The BFI (British Film Institute) is set to take over the funding role previously managed by the UK Film Council. It was controversially removed in July with the abolition of the body. The new responsibilities will start in April 2011 and the BFI will also...
Government Encourages Museums to Sell off Some Family Treasures
Does the new Coalition Government want Museums to sell off some of the family treasures? In late October, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey was asked by the Museum journal, Should cash strapped Museums be allowed to sell from collections, in order to stay open? and as...