Image credit: Paul Ayre This article, written by Kevin Osborne, is also published on his LinkedIn page. Arts Council England (ACE)’s new National Portfolio investment 2023-26 will increase funding to racially diverse-led organisations from 2.4% to 8.4% (£37.67m per annum). If it materialises, this would be a meaningful step towards meeting its own commitment to allocate
Image credit: Paul Ayre This article, written by Kevin Osborne, is also published on his LinkedIn page. The UK’s growing Black, Asian and minority ethnic population* inevitably means that the racial funding gap** in the arts will widen over time. To close it we either need to double down on cuts to large London cultural institutions
Image credit: Paul Ayre This article, written by Kevin Osborne, is also published on his LinkedIn page. It appears Arts Council England (ACE) has achieved a significant improvement in the proportion of its funding going to Black- and Brown-led* organisations. We need to support them in going still further to achieve racially equitable funding in the arts.
We’ve been very busy behind the scenes since the launch of DBACE 2023. If you haven’t heard about DBACE yet, here’s a quick rundown: The Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs (DABCE) are searching for 5 winners, who will each receive funding from the £60,000 prize pot and £100,000 worth of business support. This year
As MeWe’s team and programme offering continues to expand, we are excited to announce that we have moved offices! MeWe is now based out of Huckletree Shoreditch in the landmark Alphabeta Building on Finsbury Square. We are thrilled to start this new chapter and hope to see you here soon for one of our MeWe