Excellent speech by Darren Henley CBE @henleydarren.bsky.social “Access and excellence are not an either/or scenario. The fact is that the one leads directly to the other.“ This is exactly why our aim is to make Sunderland ‘a place where talent wants to live’. www.linkedin.com/pulse/access...

Our Chief Executive @henleydarren.bsky.social recently spoke with Public Finance Magazine about the positive impact of public investment in creativity and culture 📖 He talks about how it can benefit everyone - in villages, towns and cities across the country. Read more👇 buff.ly/7LVIvCe #LetsCreate

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 🧵

Making the case for the value of public investment in culture must be about more than just facts and figures, says ACE's Darren Henley 👇

The result of a decade-long journey across England, @henleydarren.bsky.social reflects on our remarkable national cultural landscape – and why he believes that public investment in creativity and culture can help us all to lead happier lives. Order via @bookshop-org.bsky.social: bit.ly/3DiP39D

Read our latest blog with key reflections from Darren Henley's latest edition of The Arts Dividend. Creativity is so crucial for a prosperous society, and for the happiness of many of us. www.strikecommunications.co.uk/proof-that-a... @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @henleydarren.bsky.social

What a treat to receive this in the post today! Thank you so much @henleydarren.bsky.social I very much look forward to reading it.

A new edition of The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives by @henleydarren.bsky.social has been published. Read this blog post on @artscouncilengland.bsky.social website to hear more from Darren.

It's #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, and we're looking forward to the release of @bernadetterussell.bsky.social's new book! In #ConversationsOnKindness, Bernadette embarks on an extraordinary 366-day journey - to undertake one small act of kindness, every single day for a year bit.ly/40hKLbe

Thanks, Dr Darren Henley CBE @henleydarren.bsky.social & Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, for supporting Sunderland Music City's successful bid to join the Music Cities Network with Berlin, Sydney and others www.musiccitiesnetwork.com Sunderland is a Music City www.musiccity.uk

Delighted to be quoted once again in @henleydarren.bsky.social latest edition of #TheArtsDividend with reference to how ‘the impetus for increased cultural tourism can come from sometimes unexpected sources.’

My latest PS column makes the evergreen case for public investment in Stoke-on-Trent’s two largest theatres and highlights the cultural dividend this investment delivers.

A very good read, this - with several references to arts and culture in the south west >

A brand new edition of #TheArtsDividend by @henleydarren.bsky.social is published today! This book encourages us to consider our country’s innate creativity and the invaluable rewards to be gained from the public investment that enables the arts, museums and libraries to be part of everyone’s lives