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CEO Arts Council England. Creating happier lives through public investment in arts, museums and libraries. Also a Positive Psychologist and Certified Coach.

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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Thank you @OliverDowden @RishiSunak @DCMS @hmtreasury for this really significant new £1.57 billion investment in arts and culture. The team at @ace_national are looking forward to working with you on delivering the next steps to support creativity across England.
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Oliver Dowden
4 years
ARTS NEWS 🎭A £1.57 BILLION emergency support package 🩰 Weeks in the making to make this world leading fund to help the arts weather the storm of Covid 🎶 I said I wouldn’t let the arts down. Culture and the arts matter, and this Govt backs you @RishiSunak @ace_national
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Darren Henley CBE
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What are the arts for? Why do we encourage creativity? Why do we teach children to play, to perform, to paint? I argue that a creative education is the greatest gift we can give our next generation in a new article I’ve written for @tes here:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Very happy today to confirm that all of our @ace_national National Portfolio Organisations across England will receive a 1.84% increase in their Arts Council investment for the year 2020-21 thanks to confirmation of our funding settlement for the next financial year from @DCMS
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
The @ace_national team cares very deeply about the people & organisations who work in the arts, museums & libraries across England. We’ve worked very hard to put together this £160 million #covid19 emergency response package. We hope it makes a difference:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We know how difficult #COVID ー19 will make things for people across our cultural industries over coming weeks. We’re doing our best at @ace_national to support you as quickly and effectively as we can. This thread outlines our first steps:
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4 years
#Covid19 emergency: Arts Council England’s No.1 Priority for the next three months is to support people who work in the arts, museums and libraries. We want as strong a sector as possible as we come out the other side of this crisis. THREAD 👇
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’re proud at @ace_national to be working closely with the @BBC and @bbcarts on #CultureInQuarantine - a brilliant new arts and culture service that will keep the arts alive in people’s homes during these challenging times. Find out more: #LetsCreate
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Darren Henley CBE
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Why Art & Design, Dance, Drama and Music - and learning how to create rather than only to consume what others have created - should be core components of every child’s education, not just those with an economic or geographical advantage. New @tes article:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’ve just announced a new @ace_national Emergency Response Package for the #Covid19 crisis: £160 million of investment for people and organisations in the cultural sector. Supporting you the best we can during this crisis remains our No.1 Priority:
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
On behalf of the @ace_national team, I want to take a moment to wish a happy and healthy Christmas to all the creative people and cultural organisations we work with. We’ve done our very best to do everything we can to support you in 2020. We’ll be here to do the same in 2021.
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Today is my 5th birthday at @ace_national - just reflecting on how privileged I am to work alongside a brilliant team across the country who are dedicated to doing their very best to support artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries every day - and especially right now.
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
New longitudinal neuroscience research from Holland shows that music lessons significantly improve primary school children’s cognitive skills and academic performance and visual arts lessons significantly improve children’s visual and spatial memory:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We closed our @ace_national offices today because we want to do our best to keep our team safe and well. We’ll all still be working from home though. We’ll continue to be in full contact with people & organisations across the arts, museums & libraries. You’re still our priority.
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
A world without creativity would see no original ideas; no new inventions or advances in science or medicine; no new products or services; no new music or art; no solutions to new problems. That’s why #CreativityMatters - new book out now from @eandtbooks
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Creativity is “the most in demand skill of 2019”.
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
At @ace_national we’re committed to supporting individual creatives, so we’re launching a new £18 million #DevelopYourCreativePractice programme and we’re increasing #NationalLotteryProjectGrants budget by £18 million this year. More info in my new blog:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Today @ace_national and @bbcarts have announced a new £250k #CultureinQuarantine fund to help artists create new video, audio and interactive works from self-isolation. #LetsCreate Find out more at @thespacearts here:
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Graduated today from @MiddlesexUni with DProf on the role of the outsider as an agent for change. Big thanks to supervisor Dr Dave Adams, to course leader Dr Kate Maguire and to advisor @dwyer_benjamin and also to examiners @johnhabron Dr Mark Loon and Dr Brian Sutton #MDXgrad19
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’re reopening @ace_national #NationalLottery Project Grants for individuals and organisations on July 22nd. Thanks to #NationalLottery players who buy the tickets that raise the money that enables us to make this investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries.
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Arts Council England
4 years
#NationalLottery Project Grants is returning! 👇
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Today, we’re publishing #LetsCreate - our brand new @ace_national strategy for arts, museums and libraries in villages, towns and cities across England from 2020 to 2030. Thank you to everyone across the country who has helped us to bring it to life.
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Today @OliverDowden and @RishiSunak announced a major new £1.57 billion @DCMS @hmtreasury rescue package for the arts, culture and heritage sector. I’ve written a new @ace_national blog about what we’re doing next:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Good news: £85 million investment for 2020-21 announced by @educationgovuk minister @NickGibbUK for Music Education Hubs and a range of cultural education programmes - all doing important job of bringing creativity and culture into young people’s lives: .
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
It’s one year ago today that the @ace_national team left our offices and began working from home. Since then, we’ve done our best to do everything we can to support creative people and organisations right across England. We’ll be here to carry on doing the same in the year ahead.
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
We’ve published a new set of @ace_national #CultureChange guides on how to find, grow, recruit and support diverse talent; how to develop diverse leadership and create diverse boards; and how to collect and use diversity data: #CreativeCase
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
I’ve been talking to @PJeevesie in @Daily_Express about how the arts, museums and libraries will be at the heart of helping the country recover from the pandemic, the importance of the @DCMS #CultureRecoveryFund and I’ve shared ten of my @ace_national cultural highlights of 2020:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Kindness in a time of crisis: at the end of a difficult week, I’ve written a new @ace_national blog about the creativity and compassion shown in the past few days by the people and organisations who work in the arts, museums and libraries across England:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’ve published new @ace_national research today showing how public investment in cultural buildings such as theatres, music venues, galleries, museums and libraries has a sustained positive impact on High Streets and town centres across England. #HereForCulture
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Arts Council England
4 years
We’re highlighting the value cultural organisations bring to high streets across the country - and 75% of cultural buildings are within a five minute walk from a high street! Get the story here: #HereForCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
Hull’s year as #UKCityofCulture2017 has been a rip-roaring, awe-inspiring, life-enhancing success. My new blog reflects on #ACEsupported @2017Hull and the way in which sustained, strategic investment in arts & culture changes lives & places for the better:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Our @ace_national chair Sir Nicholas Serota has been talking to @guardian about investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries in England in the 2020s as we get set to publish our new strategy for the next ten years:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Over the coming weeks, we will do our best at @ace_national to support people and organisations working in the arts, museums and libraries. We know how difficult #COVID ー19 will make things. We’ll try to be as quick and effective as we can be. This thread has more details:
@ace_national
Arts Council England
4 years
#Covid19 emergency: Arts Council England’s No.1 Priority for the next three months is to support people who work in the arts, museums and libraries. We want as strong a sector as possible as we come out the other side of this crisis. THREAD 👇
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Darren Henley CBE
2 years
On behalf of the @ace_national team, I want to take a moment to wish a happy and healthy Christmas to all the creative people and cultural organisations we work with. We’ve done our very best to do everything we can to support you in 2021. We’ll be here to do the same in 2022.
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
After the initial #COVID ー19 response phase: the more complex question of what comes next for artists, arts organisations, museums & libraries. My new blog today about how @ace_national is planning to support the long-term recovery of creativity & culture:
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Significant new culture investment announced by @DCMS @NickyMorgan01 to be delivered by @ace_national ▶️£125million for regional museum & library infrastructure ▶️£90million #CulturalDevelopmentFund extension ▶️£7million for @Coventry2021 #UKCityOfCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
NEW: We’ve invested £64.8million of @ace_national #COVID19 Emergency Response Funds in 7,484 individuals and 2,182 independent organisations plus a further £4million in benevolent funds thanks to the #NationalLottery and @DCMS - my new blog explains more:
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
Today we’ve published a refreshed set of @ace_national guides for school governors on delivering best practice in the arts, culture and creativity underlining the importance of high quality art and design, dance, drama and music in every child’s education:
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Our @ace_national chair Sir Nicholas Serota has written this column for the @guardian on how public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries can lead the revival of Brtlitain’s towns: #creativitymatters
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’ll be doing everything we can at @ace_national to share information with the people and organisations working in the arts, museums and libraries over the next few difficult months. Supporting you is our No.1 priority. We sent out this update on #COVID19 this evening:
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Arts Council England
4 years
Update on #Covid19 from Arts Council England, as of 8pm Monday 16 March 2020: a note to our funded organisations, individuals and the wider cultural sector
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Darren Henley CBE
2 years
NEW: Arts Minister Lord Parkinson announces £48 million @DCMS investment delivered by @ace_national to safeguard our critical cultural heritage with new funding for more than than 60 galleries, museums, libraries and cultural venues right across England:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Why I’m adopting a realist-optimist stance as we enter the next phase of reacting to #COVID19 challenges working in partnership with artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries in villages, towns and cities across England. My new @ace_national blog:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Off to the printers today: my new book ‘The Arts Dividend Revisited’. It shows how public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries helps people lead happier, better lives in villages, towns and cities across England. Out Aug 6th:
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Darren Henley CBE
7 years
Every child should benefit from an excellent creative & cultural education in school. Powerful new #ImagineNation report by @CultureLearning
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
My @Daily_Express column today: Why I believe our artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries will be at the heart of our national recovery. At @ace_national we’re delivering a large part of the £1.57 billion @DCMS #CultureRecoveryFund to help it to happen #HereForCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
If you’ve an idea for a new video, audio or interactive media project, then applications are now open for #CultureinQuarantine - a new commissioning strand launched by @bbcarts and @ace_national The deadline is 5pm on 8 April. Find out more @thespacearts :
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
First copy of my new book #TheArtsDividendRevisited has arrived. Published by @eandtbooks on Aug 6th, it shows how public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries helps to create happier lives for people in villages, towns and cities across England.
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Our @ace_national #NationalLottery Project Grants reopens for applications at midday today. More details of what’s new in the thread below and in the full guidance on our website. #LetsCreate
@ace_national
Arts Council England
4 years
📢 Individual artists! Community and cultural organisations! Museums and Libraries! #NationalLottery Project Grants reopens on 22 July. Apply for funding for arts, museums and libraries projects that benefit the public in England. Read our new guidance:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
“The end of the beginning”: I’ve written a new @ace_national blog today discussing what comes next for artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries in England, as we emerge from the initial shock of the #COVID ー19 emergency and look to the future:
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Arts and culture delivers £10.8 billion benefit to the UK economy. New @ace_national report shows why public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries is increasingly valuable in towns & cities across England:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
NEW TODAY: £33 million @ace_national #COVID19 Emergency Response Funding for 196 much-loved cultural organisations in villages, towns and cities across the country. Each of these National Portfolio Organisations is a key part of England’s cultural ecology:
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
Today we’ve announced £11,445,844 of new investment to support 1,300 individuals and freelancers in reshaping and redefining their work during the pandemic as part of our @ace_national #DevelopYourCreativePractice programme: #DYCP #LetsCreate
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Our @ace_national Chair Sir Nicholas Serota is joining a new taskforce announced today by @DCMS Secretary of State @OliverDowden aimed at helping to get the country’s recreation and leisure sector up and running again:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Libraries have a huge physical role as cultural hubs in their communities. They’ve got a really important digital role too. So at @ace_national we’re investing £151k extra across England’s 151 library services to buy new ebooks and e-audiobooks, which are in big demand right now.
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Darren Henley CBE
2 years
Research shows that engagement with the arts can improve mental health, and provide opportunities to boost social connections and prevent isolation. My column for today’s @Independent on why creativity and culture give us reasons to feel optimistic:
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
New @ace_national report shows why public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries is so vital to our country. The arts and culture sector now benefits the UK economy to the tune of £10.8 billion each year:
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
I always love the chance to go for a walk along Crosby Beach among Sir Antony Gormley’s “Another Place” statues. This was yesterday evening. Still one of my favourite pieces of public art.
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Darren Henley CBE
2 years
Congratulations @bradford2025 - just unveiled as #UKCityofCulture2025 by @DCMS Secretary of State @NadineDorries - all of us in the @ace_national team look forward to working with you over the next four years to help bring your amazing plans and creativity to life #LetsCreate
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
Massive congrats to @Coventry2021 - just named #UKCityofCulture2021 - Commiserations to our 2 other English finalists @sot2021 & @Sunderland2021 - just as we have with @2017Hull - our @ace_national team will continue to develop culture in all three cities changing lives as we go.
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
Excellent news from @DCMS Secretary of State @OliverDowden confirming @RishiSunak will announce £400m new investment for cultural organisations as they reopen. At @ace_national we’re standing by to continue to work with @DCMS to invest this money to support culture across England
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Oliver Dowden
3 years
NEWS: Can confirm tmw's #Budget will include £400m for the arts on top of £1.5bn already announced It's a relief we can look ahead now so this funding is not just about survival, but planning & preparing for reopening of theatres, galleries and gigs
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
Thrilled 3 brilliant new people joining @ace_national team: Kate Bellamy, Director of Museums; Sue Williamson @librarychampion as Director of Libraries & Director in @ace_midlands office; & Claire Mera-Nelson @TLDirectorMusic as Director of Music & Director in @ace__london office
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
We recognise the importance of leadership in arts and culture. That’s why we’re launching Transforming Leadership, a £6 million @ace_national fund investing in leadership development across across arts, museums and libraries. More details here:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries change people and places for the better, with the power to help everyone enjoy happier lives in villages, towns and cities across England. My book argues it’s public investment that makes the difference:
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
At @ace_national we’re #HereForCulture with today’s announcement of a further £18 million in cultural organisations across England in the latest round of @DCMS and @hmtreasury #CultureRecoveryFund . That means we’ve announced investments totalling £427million so far. More to come.
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
We’ve just published our new @ace_national draft strategy for the arts, museums and libraries in England between 2020 and 2030. We’re keen to hear what you think and will be opening our online consultation for 12 weeks from next Monday: #anACEfuture
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
We’re continuing to work with @DCMS to help them get as much evidence as possible to effectively respond to the #COVID19 crisis. Please do complete our short @ace_national survey for cultural freelancers and organisations so we can help them support you:
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Darren Henley CBE
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At @ace_national we’ve taken a look at the massive contribution the arts and culture sector makes to the UK economy, commissioning 3 new research pieces from @Cebr_uk and @metrodynamics . Get the full story here: #HereForCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
3 years
NEW: people in villages, towns and cities across England will benefit from £261 million of new @ace_national investment in 2,272 much-loved cultural organisations as part of @DCMS #CultureRecoveryFund announced by @OliverDowden today: We’re #HereForCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
5 years
Delighted that @TheTonyaNelson will be joining us early in 2019 from @ucl where she is currently Director of Museums and Cultural Programmes. Tonya will be our brand new @ace_national Director of Arts Technology and Innovation. #CultureIsDigital
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
One of my favourite quotes from Kofi Annan - on the importance of education for everyone from every background:
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
Excellent @thetimes column today by @aliceTTimes on the need for young people from all backgrounds to study cultural education subjects such as art and design, dance, drama and music to ensure they are equipped with the skills required in the 21st century:
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Darren Henley CBE
1 year
Today, we welcome 985 organisations to our new @ace_national #LetsCreate National Portfolio - including 275 joining for the first time. These arts organisations, museums and libraries change lives for the better in villages, towns and cities across England every day. More here:
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Arts Council England
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#LetsCreate ! This April, 985 fantastic arts organisations, libraries and museums start their journey together, making sure even more people across England have access to creativity and culture - as part of our National Portfolio. But what does this mean? 👇
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Darren Henley CBE
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#CreativityExchange : a new @ace_national space for school leaders, teachers, those working in cultural organisations, scientists, researchers and parents to share ideas on how to teach for creativity, growing young people’s creativity in and out of school:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Public investment in arts and culture plays a key role generating economic returns across the creative industries and beyond. Read our new @ace_national and @Creative_Fed report , 'Public Investment, #PublicGain ' which is published today: …
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Darren Henley CBE
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My new book on how artists, arts orgs, museums & libraries change our lives for the better:
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Darren Henley CBE
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NEW TODAY: @ace_national #CreativityExchange - an online community for teachers and creative practitioners to help encourage teaching for creativity across the curriculum - a place for creative inspiration and for sharing innovative practice in education:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Public investment in the arts creates happier lives: my column for today’s @Sotlive on how investment from @DCMS #CultureRecoveryFund delivered by @ace_national has ensured cultural organisations across #StokeOnTrent remain vibrant as we recover from the pandemic #HereForCulture
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Darren Henley CBE
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Out now: my new book #TheArtsDividendRevisited published by @eandtbooks - it shows how public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries helps to create happier lives for people in villages, towns and cities across England.
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Darren Henley CBE
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NEW BLOG: as we move into a new phase of response to the #COVID ー19 crisis, I discuss what comes next for artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries. And how @ace_national is planning to support the longer-term recovery of creativity and culture:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Today, we’ve published our @ace_national #LetsCreate delivery plan. My new blog on why it’s a chance to help shape a more open, inclusive and resilient sector, and for the arts, museums and libraries to play their part in remaking a better, happier world:
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Darren Henley CBE
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We’ve just published new @ace_national place-shaping research showing how public investment in artists, arts orgs, museums and libraries (1) promotes wellbeing, (2) makes places attractive to live in, (3) builds communities and (4) supports high streets:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Welcome Sanjeev Jagait - @ace_national ’s first ever Chief Data Officer. High quality data helps inform the creative and business decisions made by the organisations we invest in. And data shows the value of public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries.
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Darren Henley CBE
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Hull is looking utterly brilliant tonight with #MadeInHull funded by @ace_national #AmbitionForExcellence investment kicking off #Hull2017
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Darren Henley CBE
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Many, many congratulations to @Coventry2021 @sot2021 @Sunderland2021 - All shortlisted for #UKCityofCulture2021 - All #ACEsupported
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Darren Henley CBE
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New £2.25 million Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund launched by @ace_national on behalf of @DCMS - more details in this thread:
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Arts Council England
4 years
NEW FUND: We've launched a £2.25 million Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, on behalf of @DCMS . Find out more about it here:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Delighted that arts and culture in England will continue to benefit from the leadership of Sir Nicholas Serota after announcement today by @DCMS Secretary of State @OliverDowden that he has appointed him for a second four year term as @ace_national chair:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Our @ace_national Deputy CEO @dyer023 and I had an excellent introductory meeting with new @DCMS Secretary of State @NickyMorgan01 this morning in Edinburgh, talking about the importance of arts & culture in villages, towns and cities across England and on the international stage
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Our @ace_national Northern Economy and Partnership Director @Art4theMasseys in @yorkshirepost on what arts and culture can do to help high streets recover. Our @ace_thenorth team works closely with @HeritageFundNOR @HistoricEngland @The_NP11 to make it a reality across the North
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Darren Henley CBE
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We’re now open for applications for the first round of our new @ace_national Developing Your Creative Practice Fund. We’re investing £14.4 million to help individual creative practitioners develop & achieve a step change in their work. All the info here:
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Darren Henley CBE
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“Teaching the whole child”: new blog from our @ace_national Chair, Sir Nicholas Serota, on why the arts should form part of the core in every pupil’s recovery curriculum as we emerge from the #COVID19 pandemic: #LetsCreate
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Darren Henley CBE
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“Music is the empowering force for children. It is vital that we keep it in our schools. It teaches them to be all round human beings.” @OfficialALW tonight accepting his lifetime achievement award at @classicbrits at @RoyalAlbertHall
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Darren Henley CBE
4 years
Some really good news: thrilled that @TheTonyaNelson is taking over from Joyce Wilson as our @ace__london Area Director this summer. Tonya’s been with @ace_national for the past 15 months as our Director of Arts Technology and Innovation. She’ll be brilliant in her new role.
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Darren Henley CBE
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Talent is everywhere but opportunity is not. Our new @ace_national strategy for 2020 to 2030 #LetsCreate aims to change that in villages, towns and cities right across England. You can download it here:
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Darren Henley CBE
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We’ve put together this set of answers to the questions we’re most frequently being asked by our @ace_national grant recipients about issues arising from the #COVID19 situation: - We’ll keep this page updated over the coming days.
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Darren Henley CBE
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The first copy of my new book ‘Creativity: Why It Matters’ arrived from the printers today. It’s published by @eandtbooks on June 28th:
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Darren Henley CBE
6 years
Encouraging young people to join your board helps cultural organisations to be innovative, spark new ideas and speak to new audiences. @RoundhouseLDN and @ace_national have published a new guide about helping young people’s voices to be heard:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Our chair Sir Nicholas Serota on @ace_national investment in artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries in @Telegraph ahead of publication of our new ten year strategy for creativity and culture in England from 2020-2030:
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Darren Henley CBE
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Powerful acceptance speech from art and textiles teacher @Andriazaf from @AlpertonCS in Brent - winner of the #GlobalBestTeacherPrize "Too often we neglect this power of the arts to actually transform lives, particularly in the poorest communities"
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