THE ARTS HUSTINGS 2024 ahead of UK General Election THE ARTS HUSTINGS 2024 ahead of UK General Election The UK’s leading free-to-access movements for the arts and culture are joining forces to convene and livestream a hustings on arts, culture and heritage issues. Ahead of the final week of the UK General Election, THE ARTS HUSTINGS 2024 will give voters the chance to hear directly from political parties about their commitments to support and develop the arts and heritage in the UK, after an especially challenging period for the cultural sector.More Category: News & Campaigns Tags: feature 22 Jun 2024
What Next? Local Authorities Briefing Paper 24/01/2024 This paper serves as a background to the conversation What Next? colleagues held in January about Local Authorities. At this current moment, the process of making the case for the arts is hugely difficult: arguments that pit culture spend against other departments and needs are unlikely to cut through in this crowded and urgent space, and arguments that rely on long-term economic growth are difficult to enact when all available funding is diverted to averting short-term crisis. In this landscape, how we make decisions about the arts and cultural provision that we want to enable and protect, and we how we take a shared and collaborative responsibility for this process becomes even more important.More Category: News & Campaigns Tags: feature 1 Feb 2024
Ten policy principles for the future of the arts and heritage – Sept 23 Ten policy principles for the future of the arts and heritage Sept 23. This paper has been drafted by Elizabeth Crump, Co-Director and UK Strategic Lead of What Next? and is based on consultation and conversation with the sector and with our Leadership Group.More Category: News & Campaigns Tags: feature 29 Sep 2023
What Next? Culture Ltd NEW Leadership Group What Next? Culture is now an independent Ltd Company and we have a new Leadership Group of sector champions to support the movement on our journey. What Next? Leadership Group meet quarterly, they are made up of the Directors of What Next Culture Ltd, What Next? Chapter Chairs, and Advisors to the movement that represent the breadth and skills of the culture sector in the UK. More Category: News & Campaigns Tags: feature 2 May 2023
