Arts Council England and Centre for Towns have launched a new collaborative project to understand how culture is funded and engaged with in towns across England. The project will examine the distribution of cultural infrastructure and how people take part in cultural activity.
The initiative follows a data and evidence review into rural communities across England conducted by ACE in 2015, and the Cultural Cities Enquiry earlier this year, which found civic cultural partnerships were key to growth in cities.
The project will take place throughout 2019 and will deliver results by the Autumn.