Thinking

Thinking

Just like Rome

January 5, 2023

Timothy Ambrose
Funding
Culture
Museums

Just like Rome

Just like Rome

How have museums fared in the Arts Council latest National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) funding round? Museums expert Tim Ambrose analyses the impact of the Arts Council's artistic priorities on the heritage-centric sector.

Levelling Up White Paper & Lessons Learnt

February 3, 2022

Regeneration
Placemaking
Funding
High Streets

Levelling Up White Paper & Lessons Learnt

Levelling Up White Paper & Lessons Learnt

Now that the much-awaited Levelling Up White Paper has been released, Local Authorities will be eagerly preparing for the next round of Levelling Up Fund applications. Having successfully secured £60m of funding for our clients in Round 1, Serena Xtoumouzienne discusses lessons learnt and how we can support with Round Two bids in Spring 2022.

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

December 8, 2021

High Streets
Culture
Funding

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

Fourth Street co-wrote the High Streets for All bid for Greenwich Town Centre, one of 15 projects recently funded by the Mayor of London. Mary-Helen Young discusses the question: In an age of declining retail, how can high streets support non-transactional exchange through cultural and community uses and activity in public realm?

UK structural funds after Brexit

July 7, 2021

Regeneration
Placemaking
Health & Wellbeing
Funding

UK structural funds after Brexit

UK structural funds after Brexit

Mary-Helen Young reflects on the Levelling Up Fund and what it signals about the post-Brexit UK funding climate.