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The arts and mental health charity will extend its therapeutic interventions in custodial settings beyond its own community in the North of England.
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The prison-based record label is using its loan to extend its services from behind bars to ongoing support upon release.
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.
The leading African & Caribbean dance theatre company is creating a modern, well-resourced centre for degree students and the local community.
The arts and health charity will scale its existing music engagement and recovery programme in secure mental health units and the wider community.
The production company is establishing a new post production facility in Sheffield, benefiting under-represented local creatives.
The mosaics studio will use its loan to create a venue for a new mosaic focused education programme.
Learn about Arts & Culture Finance's approach to impact assessment and how best to integrate monitoring and evaluation into your organisation, plus a Q&A with IRIE! dance theatre.
The acclaimed producing theatre in Essex will use a loan to manage working capital as it renovates its building into a modern cultural hub.
Metcalf Foundation approached Figurative's Fran Sanderson and Seva Phillips to explore the feasibility of bringing impact investment to the Canadian creative and cultural sector.
The creative hub acquired a new, larger-capacity building and scale up its incubator programme for BAME creative entrepreneurs.
Figurative’s philanthropy development team partnered with the Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership to help revitalise the city’s creative sector and increase local philanthropic support.
The organisation will use social investment to develop its online gift shop capacity and to expand its digital audience.
The community interest company is adapting its Dialogue in the Dark immersive experience which employs blind and partially-sighted people.