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Be More Us – and artfully!

David Cutler welcomes the new Be More Us campaign to encourage the small moments of human connection which can make a big difference all of us, and which the arts are particularly good at facilitating.

Setting up community artists studios in care settings for older people

Esther Collins, Cubitt Artists

Since 2014 Cubitt Artists have worked in partnership with Notting Hill Genesis to support artists in studio spaces in a care setting in Islington...

Funding – and power – in the hands of people and communities

Julia Unwin, Civil Society Futures

Funders can model the change they want to see, says the Chair of the Independent Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society.

Independent Inquiry into the future of civil society

Getting creative with dementia

Arts for people living with dementia are blooming. David Cutler reviews some notable projects and programmes from dance to singing to theatre.

The Baring Foundation and women’s rights

Profiling some of the inspiring work of our grantees who work to uphold the rights of women facing disadvantage and discrimination in the UK and Africa.

23 February 2018

Postcard from Taiwan: dreams never age!

An exchange with Taiwan on the theme of creative ageing reveals some inspiring projects from one of the world's fastest ageing societies.

13 February 2018

A view from London: three questions to answer from the Advancing Human Rights trends data

The latest global human rights funding data raises various questions for Western European foundations, including lack of grant funding for litigation and legal aid.

Arts for older people in Hull’s City of Culture year

Lucy Lyon (Hull 2017: UK City of Culture) looks back at a year of activities and events for older people in the city in 2017

Postcard from Korea: creative approaches to providing arts for a rapidly ageing society

David Cutler reports from a British Council conference and exchange trip to see how the Koreans are approaching delivering high-quality arts to their older population.

14 December 2017

Reflecting on the Elixir Festival – celebrating lifelong creativity at Sadler’s Wells

Alistair Spalding, Sadler's Wells

Alistair Spalding CBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sadler’s Wells, on what Sadler's Wells offers to the over-60s, including the Elixir Festival supported by the Baring Foundation.