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News

12 December 2024

The Equal, Safe and Free Fund makes it first grants – a partnership fund for LGBT+ rights

This new multi-donor Fund supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and leading private foundations, including the Baring Foundation, has awarded its first grants.

International Development

15 November 2024

Celebrating the UK’s longest running creative ageing programme

This new report by Dr Una Lynch, commissioned by the Foundation and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, celebrates the success of ACNI's long-running Arts and Older People programme.

1 November 2024

What does a trauma-informed museum look like?

Manchester Art Gallery have spent the last year exploring this question and produced a web resource for other museums developing trauma-informed practice.

27 September 2024

Focus on museums: a new joint fund with Museums and Galleries Scotland

This new partnership fund for Scottish museums and galleries is part of our wider portfolio of support for museums and galleries working creatively with people with mental health problems.

25 September 2024

Our Strengthening Civil Society programme is looking for an evaluator

Help us evaluate the success of our Law & Social Change programme over the last 10 years.

Strengthening Civil Society

32 new grants awarded to support more men to engage in creative mental health

These grants worth £1.4 million will support arts organisations across the UK to engage more men with mental health problems in their activities.

How do you make and commission work about mental health, including your own?

A new resource from the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is designed to aid performing artists, producers, programmers and participatory artists.

New fund launches to support human rights in Scotland

Grants of up to £150,000 over three years available for organisations seeking to protect and promote human rights in Scotland.

Strengthening Civil Society

Be in the new UK creative ageing directory

Are you a UK arts organisation offering a regular creative activity to the over-60s?

Arts Council NI and the Baring Foundation launch new £600,000 Mental Health and Arts Progamme

Our new joint programme will fund support and training for artists and provide funding for new collaborations between artists and mental health providers.