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Documents, toolkits, resources and guides for artists and the visual arts sector.
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Access to Work Support // Disability Arts Online
A beginners guide to Access to Work specific to the arts and culture sector.
Approx. reading time: 20–40 minutes.
Art Technician Rates of Pay
Bectu, the union for the creative industries, has launched pay rate guidance for art technicians working in the UK.
Approx. reading time: 5–10minutes.
National Cultural Data Observatory
The National Cultural Data Observatory (NCDO) is an ambitious, long-term, sector-wide collaboration aimed at building a shared, intelligent data ecosystem for the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Approx. reading time for full report: 45min-1.5hr
Artist Studio Finder
Artist Studio Finder is a free digital platform for not-for-profit studio providers to advertise their available spaces.
Approx. reading time to browse studios: 5–15 minutes.
Made in England: Art and Culture in Changing Times (ACE)
To mark 80 years of public investment in culture and creativity, ACE have published a collection of essays, insights and creative contributions from artists, cultural leaders and critics.
Approx. reading time for full publication (200+pages): 5-10 hours
Artists Now: Green Manifesto
An Artists Now resource. Created by artists, for artists, this guide will help you to take active steps towards an environmentally responsible practice.
Approx. reading time for full report: 10–25 minutes.
CVAN report: Towards a Data Observatory for the Visual Arts
CVAN has published a new report that explores how the visual arts sector can build a stronger evidence base to better demonstrate its value to policymakers, funders and partners.
Approx. reading time for full report: 45–60 minutes.
YVAN’s AI Statement
Our YVAN statement in letter format, outlining our approach to using AI in the arts, emphasising transparency, artist consent, and concern about its social, environmental, and creative impacts.
Approx. reading time: 3–5 mins
DCMS - Financial Resources
The resource explains how new UK initiatives, including a Creative Industries Finance Map, aim to help creative businesses access funding more easily by connecting them with investors, finance tools, and regional support networks.
Approx. reading time: 5-10 minutes
ACE: Investment Principles Resource Hub
The Arts Council England Investment Principles Resource Hub provides guidance, tools, and examples to help cultural organisations apply the four “Let’s Create” investment principles - ambition and quality, dynamism, environmental responsibility, and inclusivity and relevance - in their work and funding applications.
Approx. reading time: 3–5 mins (hub overview only)
Creative Careers Support
The Meet Eric Library is a curated hub of creative career resources, opportunities, and industry insights designed to help young people explore pathways into the creative industries.
Approx. reading time: 5–8 mins to browse the main library.
Trans Aware - trans-led inclusions training service
TransAware provides training, consultancy, and support resources focused on improving awareness, inclusion, and advocacy for transgender and non-binary people in organisations and communities.
Approx. reading time: 2–4 mins for the homepage, varied for resources within the site.
Cultural Tax Reliefs Impact Review (Feb 2026)
The review evaluates UK cultural tax reliefs and finds they increase arts income, production, and international activity, while recommending the schemes be continued and strengthened.
Approx. reading time: 15–25 mins
Intelligence Report on Ecosystem Collapse (Jan 2026)
The article argues that global ecosystem collapse and tropical deforestation threaten UK security, food systems, and the economy, and calls for stronger UK action through trade, finance, and deforestation regulation.
Approx. reading time: 4–6 mins.
CVAN England’s response to the Hodge Review
The CVAN England response summarises reactions to the Hodge Review of Arts Council England, supporting funding protections and calling for stronger investment in visual arts infrastructure.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
Arts Council England- an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge (Dec 2025)
The independent review examines Arts Council England’s role, funding system, and effectiveness, and recommends retaining the organisation while reducing bureaucracy and strengthening arm’s-length independence from government.
Approx. reading time: 20–30 mins.
Anti-Exploitation Academy (UNLIMITED)
A self-paced resource made up of short modules that explain how exploitation happens in the arts sector and how to challenge it through fairer working practices and boundaries.
Approx. reading time: ~60 minutes (full course).
Creating a Collaboration Rider (artist care) by Jack Ky Tan (Feb 2026)
The report assesses how UK cultural tax reliefs for theatre, orchestras, and museums/galleries improve income, output, international activity, and sector resilience across the creative industries.
Approx. reading time: 15–25 mins.
Successful funding applications (The White Pube) (Nov 2020)
The White Pube Funding Library is a collection of real successful funding applications used to help artists and creatives learn how to write stronger grant applications and understand what funders look for.
Approx. reading time: 2–4 mins.
Artswork - creative career support
The website describes a UK charity that empowers children and young people through creativity, helping them build skills, confidence, and pathways into creative careers through training, programmes, and youth-led projects.
Approx. reading time: 2–3 mins.