Citizens from every parliamentary constituency in the UK have come together, ahead of the forthcoming Spending Review, to urge the Chancellor to protect and grow public investment in the arts and culture. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️

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🥁 Today, we delivered our petition to the Chancellor – signed by over 37,000 citizens from every one of the UK’s 650 constituencies 🥁

💜 Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, and shouted about the petition.

@RachelReeves — over to you ⌛️

We're now just 250 short of 37,000 signatures on our petition 🤏

That's tens of thousands of voices from every part of the UK delivering one clear message: if the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🌱

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The arts make us happier and healthier! We're not even joking. 😂

CFTA Director @jackgamble.bsky.social will be joining @simonforstroud.bsky.social‬, Louisa Jackson & @jonathanpienews.bsky.social for a chat about comedy as healthcare! Next week at SXSW London. 👇

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In the past fortnight, over 30,000 people have signed the @campaignforthearts.org petition urging the UK Government to protect and grow investment in the arts and culture.

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Over 20,000 people have signed our petition in less than a week! ✍️💥

Thank you for your support. Together we can urge the UK Government to protect and grow investment in the arts and culture.

Let's keep it going 👇🌱
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Public investment in the arts benefits the public.

As the Chancellor reviews spending plans for the rest of this decade, @campaignforthearts.org is making that case by uniting and expressing support from every constituency in the UK.

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Jennie Lee's trailblazing white paper for the arts was published 60 years ago today.

It insisted that the arts should be central to everyday life and publicly supported for the benefit of all.

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NEW: The UK Government has committed "over £270m" to an 'Arts Everywhere Fund', and green-lit £67m of investment in cultural infrastructure projects.

Here's our explainer and a snap analysis 👇
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Our drama schools are facing a financial crisis, shutting down opportunities for the next generation.

On @theguardian.com today, Campaign for the Arts trustee Samuel West calls for "urgent action to protect and expand everyone’s access to the arts".
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Very grateful to @thestage.bsky.social for recognising our work at @campaignforthearts.org in this year's #TheStage100 list.

It would be impossible without our brilliant team, our supporters and donors across the UK, and our expert partners. Huge thanks to all of you.

NEW: English councils have cut culture spending by more than 50% since 2009-10, further jeopardising local access to the arts.

The Campaign for the Arts has launched an open call for information from the public, as councils consider next year's budgets.
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Initial @campaignforthearts.org analysis suggests the #ScottishBudget is even better for arts and culture than the Government comms suggest. They are heralding a £34 million increase, but Arts spending will rise by £43m next year and the overall culture budget by £42m, according to Budget docs.

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The Campaign for the Arts believes that the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them.

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