Arts Council England
Your national development agency for creativity and culture
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- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as a Product Manager and help develop user‑centred digital products for Arts Council England. You’ll support product development, testing and improvement across key services. Apply by 16 Feb app.beapplied.com/apply/hidv5i...
- Transforming Circus to create an impact! 🧑🦽➡️🤹♀️ For more than 12 years, Diverse City and Cirque Bijou have been proving what’s possible when two bold organisations combine creativity, ambition, and a belief that the performing arts should represent everyone.
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- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as an Investment Officer, Music Hubs and help support the national Music Hub programme. You’ll support grant processes, analyse programme data and help strengthen music education across England. Apply by 13 February isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
- We're looking for a Relationship Manager, Music to join our busy London music team. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with knowledge and experience in touring, new technologies, digital practice, or emerging models of music creation and distribution. Apply today: buff.ly/dA2yVYd
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Officer, Operations – South West and help deliver smooth, effective business processes across our area team. You’ll support planning, reporting, meetings and budgets across the region. Apply by 11 Feb 👇 isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as a Senior Delivery Manager and lead key projects that improve services and drive Agile ways of working across Arts Council England. You’ll manage delivery, coach teams, and support continuous improvement. Apply by 9 Feb 👇 app.beapplied.com/apply/1m4fab...
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Manager, Acceptance in Lieu & Cultural Gifts (maternity cover) and help deliver two vital cultural property schemes supporting public collections. Apply by 3 Feb 👇 app.beapplied.com/apply/3q0bew...
- A world class orchestra goes back to school!🚸 In 2019, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) - one of the UK’s leading period instrument ensembles found itself searching for a new home. But instead of choosing a traditional concert hall, they moved into Acland Burghley School in Camden. 🙌
- For the first time in decades, we are introducing a new artform: Digital Arts. 💻🎨 Find out why we have made this decision and what it means for you 👇
- Today @juliesbicycle.bsky.social have announced the selected projects for The International Touring and Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme. This programme supports artists and cultural organisations to build and develop sustainable ways of touring. 🎪🌱 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/hL4VbLZ
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Head of Stakeholder Engagement (12‑month maternity cover) and help drive our advocacy across political, creative and cultural sectors. You’ll lead our stakeholder strategy and advise senior leaders on key developments. Apply by 1 Feb 👇 app.beapplied.com/apply/oh0qnf...
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as a Service Desk Analyst and help deliver friendly, responsive IT support across Arts Council England. You’ll resolve incidents, support colleagues, and keep our systems running smoothly. Apply by 9 Feb 👇 buff.ly/PzeeAv6
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as a Personal Assistant to the Area Director, South East and help keep things running smoothly. You’ll manage diaries, organise meetings, and liaise with stakeholders. Apply by 2 Feb 👇 app.beapplied.com/apply/w2mxdg...
- Cultural Tax Reliefs are one of the easiest ways for cultural organisations to unlock extra funding. Find out more and check if you are eligible to claim 👇 buff.ly/8ToB8Ot
- Introducing The Art of Transformation 🙌 A new collection showcasing four funded organisations that have reshaped their business models in bold, innovative ways, boosting impact across arts & culture. Explore case studies + a podcast roundtable with Kirsty Lang 🎙️👇 buff.ly/TEFuXH1
- Join us as Head of Stakeholder Engagement (12‑month maternity cover) and help drive our advocacy across political, creative and cultural sectors. You’ll lead our stakeholder strategy and advise senior leaders on key developments. Apply by 1 February 👇
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- Prison libraries are widely recognised to have a significant impact on the lives of those touched by the criminal justice system in the UK. 📖 Our report evaluates the findings of research identifying and addressing barriers to this vital resource. Take a look👇 buff.ly/Q4OuUMA
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Relationship Manager, Theatre and support theatre organisations and artists across London through funding advice and sector development. Hybrid role, part-time (Monday –Wednesday). Apply by 23 January 👇 buff.ly/17uLpwh
- The Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu Annual Report is live! 🆕 Read it on our website here 👇 buff.ly/4NOXFJT From Degas to Deare, there’s something for everybody heading to a public collection in the UK. Here are some of our highlights… #CGSAIL2025
- The Four Nations International Fund is now open for applications – supported by Arts Council England, @artscouncilireland.bsky.social, @celfcymruartswales.bsky.social / Wales Arts International and @creativescots.bsky.social. Learn more and apply 👇 buff.ly/sVmAAO0
- Are you an ethnically diverse theatre maker in the North of England looking to make ambitious new work? Check out our £2 million Theatre Breakthrough Fund. Deadline to apply is 27 Jan! 📅 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/MjwaSsk
- The Clore Leadership Fellowship is now open for applications, offering a tailored programme of leadership development for exceptional cultural leaders. Stage 1 applications close 5 February 2026 👇 www.cloreleadership.org/programme/cl... @cloreleadership.bsky.social
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Senior Relationship Manager and lead cultural development work, manage a team, and drive strategic priorities for Arts Council England. Hybrid role based in Manchester. Apply by 11 January 👇 buff.ly/FFzfBes
- 2025 has been a big year for the Museum Accreditation Scheme Redesign 🔨 In this blog, Sarah Hartshorne, Senior Manager in the Museums and Cultural Property team, runs through what we’ve been working on this year and what’s to come for 2026. 👇
- Thank you to Lisa Nandy and the Department for Culture Media and Sport for publishing the Independent Review of the Arts Council today, and to Baroness Margaret Hodge and team for conducting the Review. Access the Review: buff.ly/5rqvntF Read our initial response: buff.ly/zPisSAk
- Pantomime is “an absolute bedrock” for regional theatre. ✨ This BBC article, featuring Arts Council England CEO, Darren Henley, highlights how panto builds audiences, supports local venues and gives many families their first theatre experience. Read or listen 👇 buff.ly/aXzRVWH
- Good news! 🙌 We’re investing £2.5 million into 15 productions up and down the country to tour across the UK and Ireland through our #NationalLottery funded Incentivising Touring scheme. 🎭
- We’re proud to launch our new and free Diversity Development Programme with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy. Open to diverse-led creative and cultural organisations building skills in fundraising, finance, governance and more. Find out more 👇 www.artscouncil.org.uk/developing-c...
- We're delighted to share that @dcms has appointed four new members to our National Council. 🎉
- 2) They are; - Jonathan Douglas, Chief Executive of the National Literacy Trust - Jo Verrent, Director of @weareunlimited.bsky.social - Jon Gilchrist, Artistic Director and CEO of Birmingham Hippodrome - Grace Chan, Chief Operating Officer at the English National Ballet
- 20 libraries have joined our Libraries Development Framework! 🎉 They’re leading the way in health, enterprise, early years & community support. Watch the video for more info and see the full list 👉 buff.ly/qE4jRj2 #Libraries #SupportingLibraries #LibrariesDevelopmentFramework
- We stepped behind the scenes with the venue to uncover the magic of their latest pantomime, Cinderella, and the positive impact that panto and creativity can have on engaging their local community. Read our full conversation 👇
- How can collaborations across the art world strengthen museum and gallery collections nationwide? A new ArtTactic report – commissioned by Arts Council England – examines the role of the art trade, collectors and philanthropists in the UK’s art ecosystem. Read the full report 👇 buff.ly/ZxlCkOs
- Are you a Black, Asian or ethnically diverse theatre maker in the North of England looking to make ambitious new work? We’ve just launched the £2 million Theatre Breakthrough Fund - find out more 👇 buff.ly/MjwaSsk Image credit: Shadows In Different Shades by Oladipo Agboluaje © Smart Banda
- If you are a National Lottery funded project you can say thank you to National Lottery players and welcome new visitors by registering a special offer for anyone with a lottery ticket or scratchcard during Open Week 7 – 15 March. 🎟️ Register now 👇 buff.ly/mDzEVXF
- We’re hiring! 📣 Join us as Senior Manager, Operations – South West and lead business processes, systems, and team operations to support Arts Council England’s strategy. Hybrid role based in Bristol. Apply by 1 December 👇 buff.ly/KzGc86Q