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Darren Henley

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CEO Arts Council England. New book ‘The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ out 30th January.

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Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Excellent speech by Darren Henley CBE @henleydarren.bsky.social “Access and excellence are not an either/or scenario. The fact is that the one leads directly to the other.“ This is exactly why our aim is to make Sunderland ‘a place where talent wants to live’. www.linkedin.com/pulse/access...
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Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our Chief Executive @henleydarren.bsky.social recently spoke with Public Finance Magazine about the positive impact of public investment in creativity and culture 📖 He talks about how it can benefit everyone - in villages, towns and cities across the country. Read more👇 buff.ly/7LVIvCe #LetsCreate
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Fine-tuning the arts | Public Finance
As chief executive of Arts Council England, Darren Henley oversees millions of pounds of investment in creative and cultural pursuits. Here he talks to PF about how the arts can drive growth and trans...
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Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We’re sharing an open letter from our Chair Sir Nicholas Serota and his National and Area Council colleagues in response to Wigmore Hall’s successful fundraising campaign, the subsequent debate about public funding of arts and culture and #LetsCreate. Read the key points below 🧵
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 13/03/2025
Making the case for the value of public investment in culture must be about more than just facts and figures, says ACE's Darren Henley 👇
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Darren Henley: Making our case to government must be about more than facts and figures
The argument for public investment in culture isn’t won or lost in the short term, says ACE’s chief executive officer Darren Henley. Rather, it’s made over the long term: by demonstrating the advantages – financial, social, personal – delivered by public investment in culture
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The result of a decade-long journey across England, @henleydarren.bsky.social reflects on our remarkable national cultural landscape – and why he believes that public investment in creativity and culture can help us all to lead happier lives. Order via @bookshop-org.bsky.social: bit.ly/3DiP39D
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Strike Comms @strikecomms.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Read our latest blog with key reflections from Darren Henley's latest edition of The Arts Dividend. Creativity is so crucial for a prosperous society, and for the happiness of many of us. www.strikecommunications.co.uk/proof-that-a... @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @henleydarren.bsky.social
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Proof that arts and culture is key to a happy life - Strike Communications
Every day at Strike we work with incredible cultural organisations and charities who make a true difference in people’s lives through music, digital design, exhibitions, drama, art workshops, craft se...
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Kristina Broughton @kristinabroughton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What a treat to receive this in the post today! Thank you so much @henleydarren.bsky.social I very much look forward to reading it.
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Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A new edition of The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives by @henleydarren.bsky.social has been published. Read this blog post on @artscouncilengland.bsky.social website to hear more from Darren.
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The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives
Our Chief Executive Darren Henley speaks about the new edition of his book 'The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives' and how it makes the case for investment in arts and cul...
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, and we're looking forward to the release of @bernadetterussell.bsky.social's new book! In #ConversationsOnKindness, Bernadette embarks on an extraordinary 366-day journey - to undertake one small act of kindness, every single day for a year bit.ly/40hKLbe
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Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Thanks, Dr Darren Henley CBE @henleydarren.bsky.social & Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, for supporting Sunderland Music City's successful bid to join the Music Cities Network with Berlin, Sydney and others www.musiccitiesnetwork.com Sunderland is a Music City www.musiccity.uk
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Paul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Delighted to be quoted once again in @henleydarren.bsky.social latest edition of #TheArtsDividend with reference to how ‘the impetus for increased cultural tourism can come from sometimes unexpected sources.’
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Paul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
My latest PS column makes the evergreen case for public investment in Stoke-on-Trent’s two largest theatres and highlights the cultural dividend this investment delivers.
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Phil Gibby @philgibby.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A very good read, this - with several references to arts and culture in the south west >
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A brand new edition of #TheArtsDividend by @henleydarren.bsky.social is published today! This book encourages us to consider our country’s innate creativity and the invaluable rewards to be gained from the public investment that enables the arts, museums and libraries to be part of everyone’s lives
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