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ICYMI: Parliamentary inquiry finds women working in music have had their 'lives ruined' by men who have never been held to account, including 'household names' buff.ly/5veW6yI

ICYMI: Cultural organisations say relying on public funding is unfeasible and are seeking more sustainable financing models buff.ly/t9x4Cux

ICYMI: Public funder says it ‘may explore using AI’ for administrative tasks such as checking and verifying information, and analysing and categorising data sets buff.ly/Wej5VUM

ICYMI: British Museum employees have organised a petition to the organisation’s leadership criticising a decision to host a private event marking the anniversary of the founding of Israel buff.ly/vS8v7YK

ICYMI: Study finds 53% of NPOs are in financial peril, with up to 7% at risk of closure before the next funding round buff.ly/nk9UJuh

ICYMI: The key to securing the North’s future as a cultural leader, argues Lynn Haime, CEO of Liverpool’s Baltic Creative, lies in closer cooperation. buff.ly/KHAKwNx

Don't miss: Head of Place and Partnerships at Peterborough Cultural Alliance via Peridot Partners, Peterborough. Salary: £47,500 - 52,000. buff.ly/ODPvsst #artsjobs

Don't miss: Plays for the People from Shakespeare North Playhouse. Join acclaimed theatre maker Andy Smith and award-winning applied arts practitioner Lynsey O’Sullivan for a day of play, discussion, and action. buff.ly/AB4VNpa

ICYMI: Thackray Museum in Leeds is running a new pricing initiative offering customers the option to choose from four entry prices buff.ly/tM0VHQ2

The charity sector is increasingly asking one urgent question: where has all the funding gone? Cause4's Will Harriss and Michelle Wright wonder whether private sector funding has gone or simply taken a new form artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

Public funder says it wants to enable the cultural organisations it funds to focus more on their creative output and less on having to manage paperwork related to grants buff.ly/VcYJqeE

Creative communities are key to turning spaces into places and they are the real drivers of development says Professor Katy Shaw Northumbria Uni artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

Young people visiting heritage properties believe it is “non-negotiable” for venues not to engage with “contested histories”, a new report by Historic Houses has found. buff.ly/DCWboz6

An arts venue’s decision to cancel an event sponsored by an Israeli arms supplier comes as cultural organisations face renewed pressure from activists and artists to sever ties with sponsors with links to the country. buff.ly/x7wDqeC

ICYMI: Report commissioned by the Scottish Trade Unions Congress paints a bleak picture of creative sector freelancing in Scotland buff.ly/HwJnDxO

ICYMI: New ‘How to Queer Your Historic House’ toolkit aims to support heritage sector to introduce queer narratives to historic sites buff.ly/ZqOzZ9V

Don't miss: Executive Director at The Oxford School of Drama, Oxfordshire. Salary: £60,000 - 70,000. buff.ly/GY5StPo #artsjobs

In 2000, political leaders described the arts as essential to building a shared future. Why, then, is Northern Ireland’s arts sector the lowest funded in 25 years? asks cian smyth artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

Settlement for Department for Culture, Media and Sport will result in a day-to-day spending budget of £1.6bn a year for each of the next two years, followed by a £400m boost to £2bn in 2028/29 buff.ly/18u1nMn

New job: Communications and Fundraising Director at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol. Salary: £40,500. buff.ly/oLypVNa #artsjobs