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Find out about our latest work along with upcoming opportunities to get involved, meet the team and have your say. We host a wide range of events, from webinars and podcast recordings to open house events and report launches. You can find recordings of past events in our Resources library.
UK not-for-profit theatre organisations can now apply for Theatre Tax Relief cashflow loans, as Figurative launches a new £2 million allocation of capital for the sector.
Join us for a free practical webinar exploring the use of AI in the creative and cultural sector and the funding opportunities available.
Figurative is looking for organisations to participate in its pilot innovative Impact Health Check initiative. The new service is designed to empower cultural organisations to take full ownership of how they measure, articulate and demonstrate their social impact.
We explore how impact investment could be the key to unlocking an organisation’s success by addressing common questions from arts organisations and highlighting case studies from our portfolio.
Figurative is delighted to announce that its CEO, Fran Sanderson, has won Social Investment Champion of the Year at the prestigious WISE100 Awards in Glasgow.
13,672 donations raised over £2.7m for 286 charities across the UK that use the arts for social impact.
The event brought together over 80 delegates from around the country to discuss the potential of place-based philanthropy.
Many of our investments have led to transformative change for arts organisations, with more showing early promise. We look at the common factors behind the successes.
Join us for a free practical webinar exploring organisational collaboration models from informal alliances to full mergers.
Join us for a free half-day conference exploring place-based philanthropy in the arts. Keynote speaker Sir Peter Bazalgette.
Last year, we asked people to share some of the best ideas their organisations had struggled to find funding for. Here’s what we learned.
The campaign, in partnership with Figurative’s philanthropy development team, aims to raise over £3m to support impactful arts and culture charities working to achieve societal impact across the UK.
On Thursday 5 September 2024, Figurative launched as an independent organisation with a special event at Village Underground in London.
We are delighted to have launched as Figurative – a new, independent not-for-profit supporting impact, investment and innovation in the cultural and creative sector. Fran Sanderson, CEO, introduces the organisation.
Through the merger, we are bringing together a wealth of experience spanning fundraising and philanthropy, impact investment, innovation, impact leadership and more.
We explore how ‘pay-for-success’ funding could unlock new capital for the creative and cultural sector and encourage robust impact measurement practices.
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Image courtesy of Key Changes. Find out more about our work with the organisation here.