UK Training Industry Press Releases

£260,000 awarded to tackle the cultural leadership challenge

Cultural organisations up and down the UK from Penzance to Gateshead have been awarded more than a quarter of a million pounds by the Government-funded Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP).

The funding has been given as part of the second round of the CLP's Meeting the Challenge: Development Programme, a groundbreaking initiative launched in 2008 to improve leadership in the UK's cultural sector which generates an estimated £23 billion for the economy.  Today's announcement will allow institutions such as the Theatre Royal York, Kettles Yard art gallery in Cambridge and Tate St Ives to produce more ambitious creative work by nurturing the leadership skills of their most talented people.

Twenty-three organisations have formed four partnerships in order to run the leadership development projects. All the projects will run for 18 months using a range of activities including placements, secondments, networking, coaching and mentoring.  They will also benefit from the support of a Lead Advisor provided by the Cultural Leadership Programme.