creative sector support: Best practice

For practitioners

Arts Council advice and guidance library

The national development agency for creativity and culture.

Their website holds various toolkits such as a self evaluation as well as research and data to be viewed.

Visit the Arts Council website

The Artists Information Company

The Artists Information Company is the largest artists’ membership organisation in the UK with over 29,000 members.

They support artists and those who work with them in many practical ways, acting on behalf of their membership and the visual arts sector to improve artists’ livelihoods.

Arts Professional

The UK’s arts management journal for industry professionals.

Search through:

  • jobs
  • events
  • courses
  • service directories
  • news articles.

Visit the Arts Professional website

Attitude is Everything

Attitude is Everything connect disabled people with the music and live event industries to improve access together.

Their vision is to see music and live event industries valuing disabled people as:

  • audience members
  • performers
  • professionals
  • volunteers.

Find out more about their live events access charter, advice for industry professionals and guidance for welcoming disabled audiences.

Creative UK

The independent network for the UK's Creative Industries.

Their goal is to cultivate a world where creativity is championed, valued, and fundamentally nurtured.

Visit the Creative UK website

Creative Health Quality Framework

The Creative Health Quality Framework is a tool that explains what 'good' looks like for creative and cultural initiatives aiming to support people’s health and wellbeing.

It has a set of downloadable PDF resources based around 8 Creative Health Quality Principles. It offers clear guidance on how to use these principles to deliver safe and effective projects.

View the Creative Health Quality Framework

Julie's Bicycle

Julie’s Bicycle is a pioneering not-for-profit, mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate and ecological crisis.

Visit Julie's Bicycle website

Medway Voluntary Action (MVA)

MVA's mission is to be a catalyst for social change to support and empower Medway communities.

They want our communities to come together and help improve lives and solve problems that are important.

Visit the MVA website

For employers

Our skills and employment pages offer support for best practice for employers.