Rebecca Blackman
@rebeccablackman.bsky.social
National Director Engagement and Communities - and the Midlands at Arts Council England. Lover of art, museums, libraries, heritage, science, nature and all that stuff. Personal views expressed here.
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Grant management system update:
Today we are sharing important updates on:
- how to request payments
- getting access support with your application
- the new opening dates for Incentivising Touring and Supporting Grassroots Music
www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-fun...
Today we are sharing important updates on:
- how to request payments
- getting access support with your application
- the new opening dates for Incentivising Touring and Supporting Grassroots Music
www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-fun...
Applying for funding with us
The latest information and resources about applying for funding with us
www.artscouncil.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Grant management system update:
Today we are sharing important updates on:
- how to request payments
- getting access support with your application
- the new opening dates for Incentivising Touring and Supporting Grassroots Music
www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-fun...
Today we are sharing important updates on:
- how to request payments
- getting access support with your application
- the new opening dates for Incentivising Touring and Supporting Grassroots Music
www.artscouncil.org.uk/applying-fun...
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Grant management system update:
We continue to make alternative solutions available to users, while our usual system is unavailable. As part of this, we are pausing new applications to National Lottery Project Grants. (1/3)
We continue to make alternative solutions available to users, while our usual system is unavailable. As part of this, we are pausing new applications to National Lottery Project Grants. (1/3)
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Grant management system update:
We continue to make alternative solutions available to users, while our usual system is unavailable. As part of this, we are pausing new applications to National Lottery Project Grants. (1/3)
We continue to make alternative solutions available to users, while our usual system is unavailable. As part of this, we are pausing new applications to National Lottery Project Grants. (1/3)
Solstice Sunrise 4.39am River Trent #Nottingham #Solstice
June 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Solstice Sunrise 4.39am River Trent #Nottingham #Solstice
Really Delightful (and sunny) day @sofestival.bsky.social - great international acts and our own @zesttheatre.bsky.social - on again tomorrow - Go to So!
SO Festival - Magna Vitae (@sofestival.bsky.social)
Lincolnshire’s free, international festival of outdoor arts, held on the pavements, parks and promenades of Skegness and Mablethorpe.
Skegness: Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 June 2025
Mablethorpe: Sunda...
sofestival.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really Delightful (and sunny) day @sofestival.bsky.social - great international acts and our own @zesttheatre.bsky.social - on again tomorrow - Go to So!
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April 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Nick Serota: ‘The role of the Arts Council is to act as a protector of artistic freedom, and if we don’t have that freedom then we move towards living in a country where liberty of both thought and voice is constrained’.
Axing arts quangos risks ‘liberty of thought’ says Nicholas Serota
Chair of Arts Council England says arm’s-length funding of theatre, music and museums helps prevent politicisation
www.ft.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Nick Serota: ‘The role of the Arts Council is to act as a protector of artistic freedom, and if we don’t have that freedom then we move towards living in a country where liberty of both thought and voice is constrained’.
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We’re hiring and this exciting post can be in Nottingham or Birmingham ! isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
Relationship Manager, Engagement & Communities (MN15)
Relationship Manager, Engagement & Communities (MN15)
Contract: Permanent, working 35 hours per week (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we wo...
isw.changeworknow.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We’re hiring and this exciting post can be in Nottingham or Birmingham ! isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
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We’re supporting Hospital Rooms with a £600k National Lottery Project Grant to transform NHS Mental Health settings over 3 years 🏥🎉
Read more about how they’re making sure people most affected by the Mental Health Act can access high quality creativity & culture👇
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Read more about how they’re making sure people most affected by the Mental Health Act can access high quality creativity & culture👇
buff.ly/MQddD0F #NationalLottery30
£600,000 National Lottery Project Grant awarded to Hospital Rooms for nationwide mental health initiative
Hospital Rooms has been awarded a £600,000 National Lottery Project Grant for an ambitious nationwide project.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We’re supporting Hospital Rooms with a £600k National Lottery Project Grant to transform NHS Mental Health settings over 3 years 🏥🎉
Read more about how they’re making sure people most affected by the Mental Health Act can access high quality creativity & culture👇
buff.ly/MQddD0F #NationalLottery30
Read more about how they’re making sure people most affected by the Mental Health Act can access high quality creativity & culture👇
buff.ly/MQddD0F #NationalLottery30
We’re hiring and this exciting post can be in Nottingham or Birmingham ! isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
Relationship Manager, Engagement & Communities (MN15)
Relationship Manager, Engagement & Communities (MN15)
Contract: Permanent, working 35 hours per week (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a valued part of the way we wo...
isw.changeworknow.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We’re hiring and this exciting post can be in Nottingham or Birmingham ! isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...
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We’re sharing an open letter from our Chair Sir Nicholas Serota and his National and Area Council colleagues in response to Wigmore Hall’s successful fundraising campaign, the subsequent debate about public funding of arts and culture and #LetsCreate.
Read the key points below 🧵
Read the key points below 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We’re sharing an open letter from our Chair Sir Nicholas Serota and his National and Area Council colleagues in response to Wigmore Hall’s successful fundraising campaign, the subsequent debate about public funding of arts and culture and #LetsCreate.
Read the key points below 🧵
Read the key points below 🧵
This doesn’t look available in the UK?
April 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This doesn’t look available in the UK?
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Impressive stats speak for themselves - Saad from New Art Exchange talking about their community leadership model. Decisions about arts and culture made by the people and with the people. #letsengage25 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Impressive stats speak for themselves - Saad from New Art Exchange talking about their community leadership model. Decisions about arts and culture made by the people and with the people. #letsengage25 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
An inspiring 2 days @thelowry.com and @phm.org.uk talking about engaging communities in arts and culture #LetsEngage25 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social discover, connect, mobilise says @cormacrussell.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
An inspiring 2 days @thelowry.com and @phm.org.uk talking about engaging communities in arts and culture #LetsEngage25 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social discover, connect, mobilise says @cormacrussell.bsky.social
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Yesterday the National Engaging Communities in Arts and Culture Conference took place at The Lowry in Salford.
The conference showcased the impact of arts and culture on improving wellbeing and broadening opportunities.
#LetsEngage25
The conference showcased the impact of arts and culture on improving wellbeing and broadening opportunities.
#LetsEngage25
April 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Yesterday the National Engaging Communities in Arts and Culture Conference took place at The Lowry in Salford.
The conference showcased the impact of arts and culture on improving wellbeing and broadening opportunities.
#LetsEngage25
The conference showcased the impact of arts and culture on improving wellbeing and broadening opportunities.
#LetsEngage25
Looking forward to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social National conference on Engaging Communities in Arts and Culture tomorrow @thelowry.com - hope to see lots of you there #LetsEngage25 #LetsCreate
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April 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looking forward to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social National conference on Engaging Communities in Arts and Culture tomorrow @thelowry.com - hope to see lots of you there #LetsEngage25 #LetsCreate
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Does your organisation have an archive? 📚
Join the annual UK archive survey by March 31! Your input will help ensure museums, galleries, and arts organisations are represented.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PXiKhdl
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Join the annual UK archive survey by March 31! Your input will help ensure museums, galleries, and arts organisations are represented.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PXiKhdl
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March 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Does your organisation have an archive? 📚
Join the annual UK archive survey by March 31! Your input will help ensure museums, galleries, and arts organisations are represented.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PXiKhdl
📷 Pexels
Join the annual UK archive survey by March 31! Your input will help ensure museums, galleries, and arts organisations are represented.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PXiKhdl
📷 Pexels
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UPDATE: Changes to our National Portfolio
Today we've shared our National Council's decision to no longer launch our next Investment Process in April. Instead, we are recommending to Government that our current National Portfolio extends to 31 March 2028.
Today we've shared our National Council's decision to no longer launch our next Investment Process in April. Instead, we are recommending to Government that our current National Portfolio extends to 31 March 2028.
March 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
UPDATE: Changes to our National Portfolio
Today we've shared our National Council's decision to no longer launch our next Investment Process in April. Instead, we are recommending to Government that our current National Portfolio extends to 31 March 2028.
Today we've shared our National Council's decision to no longer launch our next Investment Process in April. Instead, we are recommending to Government that our current National Portfolio extends to 31 March 2028.
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The UN's meteorological agency said signs of human-induced climate change 'reached new heights' in 2024. www.ft.com/content/3691...
March 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The UN's meteorological agency said signs of human-induced climate change 'reached new heights' in 2024. www.ft.com/content/3691...
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We're hiring! 🚨
Are you a strategic and influential leader with experience in capital development?
We're looking for a Director of Capital to join our team 📍
Find out more and apply by Monday 31 March 👇
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Are you a strategic and influential leader with experience in capital development?
We're looking for a Director of Capital to join our team 📍
Find out more and apply by Monday 31 March 👇
buff.ly/djrc1lf
March 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We're hiring! 🚨
Are you a strategic and influential leader with experience in capital development?
We're looking for a Director of Capital to join our team 📍
Find out more and apply by Monday 31 March 👇
buff.ly/djrc1lf
Are you a strategic and influential leader with experience in capital development?
We're looking for a Director of Capital to join our team 📍
Find out more and apply by Monday 31 March 👇
buff.ly/djrc1lf
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Learn more about our Investment Principles Support Orgs (IPSOs) 📖
In our latest blog, our Director for Strategy, Michelle Dickson, explains the role of our IPSOs and highlights some of their valuable work 👇
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In our latest blog, our Director for Strategy, Michelle Dickson, explains the role of our IPSOs and highlights some of their valuable work 👇
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How Investment Principles Support Organisations are making a difference
We explain the role of our Investment Principles Support Organisations and highlight some of the valuable work they’ve done.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Learn more about our Investment Principles Support Orgs (IPSOs) 📖
In our latest blog, our Director for Strategy, Michelle Dickson, explains the role of our IPSOs and highlights some of their valuable work 👇
buff.ly/X4Qdet8
In our latest blog, our Director for Strategy, Michelle Dickson, explains the role of our IPSOs and highlights some of their valuable work 👇
buff.ly/X4Qdet8
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National Lottery players raise £30 million per week for Good Causes. #ThanksToYou hundreds of organisations across the country will be offering free or discounted entry, among other deals, to lottery ticket holders from 15 - 23 March.
Find out more 👇
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week/of...
Find out more 👇
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week/of...
National Lottery Open Week - Projects - National Lottery Good Causes
Each week National Lottery players raise £30 million for Good Causes. Find out about their stories here.
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
National Lottery players raise £30 million per week for Good Causes. #ThanksToYou hundreds of organisations across the country will be offering free or discounted entry, among other deals, to lottery ticket holders from 15 - 23 March.
Find out more 👇
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week/of...
Find out more 👇
www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week/of...
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We’ve launched our new Illuminate dashboards
These new data tools allow you to find out more about the impact of our investments on audiences and local communities.
Find out more 👇
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These new data tools allow you to find out more about the impact of our investments on audiences and local communities.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/gt3MV0e
Illuminate dashboards
Illuminate is our Audience Data platform, developed alongside our partner PwC. These dashboards bring to life the data we’ve collected from our funded organisations.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We’ve launched our new Illuminate dashboards
These new data tools allow you to find out more about the impact of our investments on audiences and local communities.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/gt3MV0e
These new data tools allow you to find out more about the impact of our investments on audiences and local communities.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/gt3MV0e
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Young people, teachers, parents: Action for Conservation, where I'm a founding trustee, runs free Summer Camps to inspire 12-16 year olds to a lifelong love of nature & conservation.
They’re really fun.
Applications now open:
www.actionforconservation.org/camp
Pls help spread the word/RT!
They’re really fun.
Applications now open:
www.actionforconservation.org/camp
Pls help spread the word/RT!
March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Young people, teachers, parents: Action for Conservation, where I'm a founding trustee, runs free Summer Camps to inspire 12-16 year olds to a lifelong love of nature & conservation.
They’re really fun.
Applications now open:
www.actionforconservation.org/camp
Pls help spread the word/RT!
They’re really fun.
Applications now open:
www.actionforconservation.org/camp
Pls help spread the word/RT!
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Job alert: we’re on the search for a new Executive Director with a passion for new work, supporting writers and connecting with theatre audiences nationally ✨
Salary: £45-48k depending on experience.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term for 5 years.
Info: painesplough.com/get-involved...
Salary: £45-48k depending on experience.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term for 5 years.
Info: painesplough.com/get-involved...
March 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Job alert: we’re on the search for a new Executive Director with a passion for new work, supporting writers and connecting with theatre audiences nationally ✨
Salary: £45-48k depending on experience.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term for 5 years.
Info: painesplough.com/get-involved...
Salary: £45-48k depending on experience.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term for 5 years.
Info: painesplough.com/get-involved...