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'Living in Fear' - how one woman's lockdown experience inspired an award-winning film

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07 Apr 2021 Coronavirus

"Living in Fear" - how one woman's lockdown experience inspired an award-winning film

The first coronavirus lockdown was a challenging experience for most people. But for Steph Castelete-Tyrrell, a 26-year-old from Northampton who has muscular dystrophy, its impact was so profound it inspired her to make an award-winning film.

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29 Mar 2021 Coronavirus

How UK CreaTech can be a world-beater

The Minister for Digital and Culture has backed UK ‘CreaTech’ pitch to become a world leader in the field

UK advertising industry goes ‘all in’ today for census

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10 Mar 2021 Culture

UK advertising industry goes ‘all in’ today for census

Hundreds of UK Agencies, Brands, Media Owners & Tech Platforms Taking Part In Bid To Build Better Workplace For All

UK Advertising Export Group Stages Exports Month to Boost Global Trade

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01 Mar 2021 Culture

UK Advertising Export Group Stages Exports Month to Boost Global Trade

Special plans include UK House at SXSW 2021, a new online tool to support export strategies and a Going Global roadshow for companies looking to build international revenue

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28 Jan 2021 Communities

UK Sport names 27 coaches as part of plan to increase female representation in Olympic & Paralympic sport

Today officially marks the start of UK Sport’s new female coaches leadership programme with 27 coaches from 15 sports coming together as part of a plan to more than double representation in the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community by Paris 2024.

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18 Dec 2020 Communities

UK Sport outlines plans for £352million investment in Olympic and Paralympic sport

UK Sport has today signalled its intent for the UK to become successful in a wider range of sports and build a high-performance sports community which reflects the diversity of British society.

Andy Carter MP: Radio is a powerful way to reach audiences beyond the Westminster bubble

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18 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Andy Carter MP: Radio is a powerful way to reach audiences beyond the Westminster bubble

Ensuring radio businesses remain strong is good for jobs and the economy, as well as for democracy as it keeps politicians accountable. It also means we can communicate with people of all backgrounds and interests, not only those in a social media echo-chamber or metropolitan bubble.

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10 Dec 2020 Communities

UK Sport will grant extra funding to help national governing bodies due to financial impact of COVID-19

UK Sport has confirmed it will grant another £438,000 worth of extra funding to help national governing bodies struggling because of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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08 Dec 2020 Culture

Betting and Gambling Council respond to the launch of the Government's Gaming Review

03 Dec 2020 Culture

Musicians are being let down by the current streaming system

With live work on hold, musicians are relying on royalties from recorded music. But if they are to survive, they need a larger cut of streaming revenue

03 Dec 2020 Culture

Our local heritage and iconic national buildings face permanent closure

We would be immeasurably the poorer without these historic places. Funding must be forthcoming to cover ongoing costs and support restart activity

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02 Dec 2020 Communities

UK Sport & EIS outline ambition to make coaching UK’s competitive advantage

UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have come together to produce a paper as part of a joint ambition to develop coaching as the UK’s competitive advantage.

02 Dec 2020 Social affairs

Britain’s female wrestlers have spoken out on sexual abuse. The industry must be better governed

Practical measures must be put in place to safeguard participants and make wrestling an attractive feature of Britain’s sport and entertainment output

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30 Nov 2020 Culture

CreaTech is ‘one to watch’ in 2021

As the UK seeks to recover from the economic effects of Covid-19, CreaTech has the potential to open up longer-term business opportunities and bolster the UK’s record in exporting creativity and new creative technologies.

28 Nov 2020 Culture

We need a radical overhaul of the way football is governed

Covid has exposed the financial flaws at the heart of the game’s structure. The government must honour its manifesto promise and kick off a fan-led review to bring about change

28 Nov 2020 Culture

The ugly side of the beautiful game

Football is failing our underrepresented groups. More must be done to improve inclusion and reflect our diverse society

16 Nov 2020 Economy

Review: The Powerful and the Damned, by Lionel Barber

Though pacey, entertaining and readable, Lionel Barber’s misleadingly styled – and frequently anodyne – diaries lack any sense of immediacy or candour

08 Oct 2020 Culture

Thousands in the creative industry at risk of redundancy, unless the government introduces sector-specific support

Without the DCMS sectors thriving, there can be no recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. The government needs to take action now and introduce tailored, sector-specific support.

28 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

When we rebuild our creative industries, diversity and representation must be key

The UK’s creative industries were already an unequal playing field before Covid-19 struck – with an uncertain future and high levels of self-employment, we must ensure that all stories can be told

Closing the digital divide: nurturing talent online

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08 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Closing the digital divide: nurturing talent online

During coronavirus, community organisation Intercultural Youth Scotland has successfully moved most of its services online, continuing to engage, support and nurture its community of young people in Scotland.

07 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Sports clubs play a vital role in our communities, we cannot afford to lose them

Local clubs are clearly rooted in their community – they know what’s needed, how to reach people and how to respond quickly.

Helping to maintain students’ health and wellbeing during lockdown

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07 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Helping to maintain students’ health and wellbeing during lockdown

With schools closed because of coronavirus, the Marjorie McClure Special School quickly set up a programme of activities designed to maintain students’ health and wellbeing during the lockdown, funded by The National Lottery.

20 Aug 2020 Culture

Government must act quickly before a storm of job losses in the arts becomes a tsunami

Unless the Government's arts package funding is released quickly, once support from the Job Retention Scheme ends, creative industries will have no choice but to make further job cuts.

24 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

UK faces 'cultural catastrophe' if £100bn industry not supported, cross-party MPs say

The UK faces a "cultural catastrophe" if the £100bn industry is not supported in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.