Arts Council England

We’re investing over £9 million in the Museum Development programme from 2024-27. 🖼️ As part of our #LetsCreate mission, we want everyone, no matter where they live, to feel the benefit of all types of museums, from rural to urban, and boats to stately homes. 🏛 The programme supports the development of individuals and organisations through a range of: 💻 training 🛈 advice and information 📈️ data insights ✍️ Initiatives and programmes 💵 small grants We will be working with experienced delivery partners with extensive local knowledge and relationships, which will be vital to helping museums face the future with confidence. 🔗 Check out the link in our bio to find out more about the programme and about our new Museum Development Partners. 📷 Brighton & Hove Museums © JJ Waller

Applications for Magnetic 3 are now open, the third round of the highly successful UK-France artistic exchange programme, with partners across both countries. 🎨 The programme will see UK artists hosted by French arts organisations, where they will receive a monthly fee, accommodation and studio space as well as mentoring, development and networking opportunities from their host’s' curatorial teams. 🔗 Find out more and apply with the link in our bio 📷 Gasworks studio, London © Ioana Marinescu

🎉 We’re delighted that Greater Manchester will become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia, hosted by National Portfolio Organisation Manchester Camerata (@manchestercamerata ) 🎉 💸 Over £1 million has been awarded through the Power of Music Fund, led by the National Academy for Social Prescribing (@nasp_insta ), Arts Council England and The Utley Foundation. 🏠 The initiative will use knowledge and research to show how music support in dementia care can help reduce loneliness, improve quality of life and take pressure off the NHS. 🎵 The funding will support three years of direct musical support activities across Greater Manchester. Manchester Camerata will collaborate with the University of Manchester (@officialuom ) and the NHS to research the impact and power that these music sessions have for people living with dementia. ☕ As part of this, Manchester Camerata and The Alzheimer’s Society will support 300 Music Champions. They’ll be trained to deliver Music Cafes - supporting over 1,000 people living with dementia in Greater Manchester. 🌟 The Power of Music Fund has also awarded 70 small grants to grassroots organisations across the UK, supporting over 4,500 people living with dementia through musical activities. 🔗 Head to the link in our bio to read the full story. 📷 Image credit: Manchester Camerata's Music in Mind music cafe with Andy Burnham © Jay Cipriani #DementiaAwarenessWeek #DementiaActionWeek #LetsCreate

Congratulations to all our successful Capital Investment Programme applicants 🙌 As part of our #LetsCreate strategy, capital investment remains an important tool in helping build cultural communities. Through this fund we are awarding new and increased investment in communities throughout England, including in places where cultural investment has previously been too low. This investment will improve the cultural infrastructure of places across the country, in turn supporting the production of high-quality creative work and unleashing creative potential. Scroll through to see how much funding went into each of our areas! Read more about our capital funding via the link in our bio 🔗 📷 1. LEVEL Centre © Lucy Barnes 2. DanceEast Centre © Alicia Clarke 3. Packe Street Generator Hall © Martina Ferrera 4. Generator Hall © Martina Ferrera 5. © Benjamin Michael Smith 6. Les Freres Les Troubouch at the Out There Festival 2019 © JMA Photography 7. © The Postal Museum 8. Aerial view of a Big Top tent at Ventnor Fringe © Gianpaolo Mario.

Introducing… a new generation of Music Hubs 🎵 We’re investing over £101 million in new Music Hub Lead Organisations on behalf of @educationgovuk . This means: 📍 New Hub Lead Organisations will receive over £76m to coordinate high-quality music education in every local area. 🔧 They’ll also receive an additional £25 million to invest in new instruments, equipment and technology, including instruments for children and young people with special education needs or disabilities. The new Music Hub programme is a major milestone to achieving the National Plan for Music Education’s vision that children and young people should be able to sing, create music, and progress their musical interests. This investment also helps bring our #LetsCreate vision to life, increasing access to: 🥁 musical activities ☀️ opportunities 🎓 teachers 🎷instruments With a Music Hub for every part of England, the programme will make sure the creativity of every child and young person in England is valued and given the chance to flourish: no matter who they are, where they go to school, or where they spend their free time. 🔗 Head to the link in our bio to learn more about the new generation of Music Hubs.

Tomorrow is #RecordStoreDay – an annual celebration of independent record stores and all things music 💿 🎵 To mark the occasion, we asked our Music colleagues the age-old question: if you could take one record with you to a desert island, what would it be? 🤔🏝️ Swipe to check out some of the team’s top picks and let us know which record you’d choose in the comments. 👇 🎨 Artwork credits: Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder © Tamla Records Rebel Music - Bob Marley and The Wailers © Island Art Energy (ft. Nadine Din-Gabisi) - Sampa The Great This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall © Michael Pollard Selections (1878-1988) - Sweet Honey In The Rock © Flying Fish Mark The Hard Earth - Kris Drever © Reveal

📣 We are hiring 📣 Are you a creative and collaborative communicator? 🗣️✍️🎨 We’re looking for a Music Education Communication Officer to tell the story of our investment and help children and young people fulfil their creative potential through music. 🎵 In this role, you can expect to: ✨ develop, deliver and evaluate creative communications projects ✨ write and edit engaging copy for a range of channels and audiences ✨ work with internal and external stakeholders to find and communicate impactful and inspiring stories ✨ use technical skills to manage the content of our digital channels, including our website and social media ✨ commission external suppliers to produce high-quality digital and print materials on time and to budget Interested? Head to the link in our bio to find out more and apply by 15 April. 🔗

📢 Deadline approaching 📢 Are you a creative or cultural practitioner? 🎨🎭🤸 Our Developing your Creative Practice fund could help you take time to focus on your development. ⏱️ Applications for round 20 close in a few days, at 12pm (midday) on Thursday 11 April. 🔗 Find out more about the fund and future rounds via the link in our bio. 📷 Image credit: Le Gateau Chocolat at St Helens Town Hall as part of Take Over Festival 2018 © Victoria Tetley. #LetsCreate

✨ 🐰 It’s nearly Easter! 🐰 ✨ Don’t miss out on free and affordable activities happening near you. From Lego clubs in Cornwall to plays in Yorkshire, there are hundreds of activities to discover. 🗺 Check out @dcmsgovuk interactive map️ to find inspiration for the long weekend and beyond! 🔗 Link in bio 📷 Sheffield Museums - Millennium Gallery Photo © Andy Brown

📣Funding opportunity📣 Are you an individual wanting to focus on your creative or cultural development? Applications are now open for Round 20 of Developing Your Creative Practice, until 12pm (midday) 11 April. 🙌 🔗 Find out more about the fund and how to apply via the link in our bio.

✨📖 It’s World Book Day! 📖✨ Sadly we don’t have a wealth of costumes to share with you the World Book Day, instead we asked our communications team about their reading journeys. From their childhood favourites to their current obsessions, it’s so interesting to see how those early influences shape our love for books. 🤗 We’d love to know yours so drop us a reply 👇

It’s #WorldBookDay – a celebration of books and the joy of reading 🌎📖 We spoke to @BookTrust ’s Chief Executive, Diana Gerald MBE, about what books and stories mean to them, and why they're so important for our children’s future. Diana said, “The benefits of reading at an early age sprawl endlessly and beautifully throughout our children’s lives.” 🔗 Read the blog via the link in our bio. 📷 Image credit: BookTrust.