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
Benefact Group
The Benefact Group offer a range of support and resources, including:
- guidance on fundraising plans
- researching potential doners and funders
- sustainability and resilience improvement support
- building a strong case for support
- support with successful grant applications.
Visit the Benefact Group 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.
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
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.
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.
For employers
Our skills and employment pages offer support for best practice for employers.