Sector Support
We at the Digital Culture Network are experts in lots of areas, but we know that we’re not experts in everything. This is why we work closely with other organisations in the arts and cultural sector, in order to provide you with the best possible support. Below are just some of the digitally focused organisations we work with, who can offer expert advice and resources in addition to what the Digital Culture Network provides.
Association for Cultural Enterprises
External linkAssociation for Cultural Enterprises equips people with the skills to maximise commercial income in the arts & heritage world, through digital events and training, exclusive member resources, unrivaled networking, and with study days and masterclasses.
https://culturalenterprises.org.uk
VocalEyes
External linkVocalEyes support theatres, museums and heritage sites to welcome and provide accessible and inclusive experiences, particularly for blind and visually impaired people. They provide audio description services for live performances, events, tours and recorded/digital AD for online video or mobile audio tours. They also provide advice, consultancy, and free promotion of all accessible cultural experiences to the blind and visually impaired community.
https://vocaleyes.co.uk
Arts Marketing Association
External linkThe Arts Marketing Association provides training, resources and networking opportunities to help arts, culture and heritage organisations reach more audiences, more effectively. They deliver a rolling programme of training focused on digital marketing, audience development, organisational development and practical marketing skills, along with opportunities for their members and the sector to connect and share skills.
https://www.a-m-a.co.uk
The Audience Agency
External linkAs a mission-led charity, The Audience Agency's purpose is to enable cultural organisations to use their national data to deliver on the triple bottom line – your artistic vision, social purpose and business resilience. They believe arts, culture and heritage have the power to improve the quality of people’s lives, to create meaning and community, to promote empathy and learning. Their methods draw on their unrivalled market understanding derived from real engagement data from 20 million households - the largest audience data-set in the world. The more citizens have a voice in shaping culture and taking part, the greater the power.
https://www.theaudienceagency.org
Collections Trust
External linkCollections Trust helps museums capture and share the information that gives their objects meaning. As a Sector Support Organisation they deliver a substantial programme of Arts Council England funded activity, including free training and advice through an outreach programme delivered via the Museum Development Network. Their website offers a large selection of free resources to help museums manage their collections, digitise them, and present them engagingly online.
https://collectionstrust.org.uk
The Space
External linkThe Space is a commissioning and development agency supporting greater digital access to the arts. Founded by Arts Council England and the BBC, they are now an independent, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to increase the audience reach and impact of publicly funded arts and culture through digital technologies and to build digital skills across the cultural sector.
https://www.thespace.org
Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy
External linkArts Fundraising & Philanthropy’s mission is to strengthen arts, culture and heritage organisations’ resilience and sustainability by transforming their fundraising knowledge, skills and levels of success. The work is funded by Arts Council England and is led by the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy Consortium which includes Cause4 as lead partner, the University of Leeds and the Arts Marketing Association (AMA).
https://artsfundraising.org.uk
National Lottery Heritage Fund
External linkDo you work or volunteer for a heritage organisation looking to develop its use of digital technology? The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Digital Skills for Heritage initiative will be able to help. The initiative is designed to raise digital skills and confidence across the whole UK heritage sector. Free training, resources and activities are available to organisations of all shapes and sizes. Technology can provide low-cost ways to connect to communities and bring heritage to more people. It can support organisations through short-term challenges and into future resilience. Wherever you are on your journey, this initiative can help you embed digital into your work.
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/article/digital-skills-heritage
Culture24
External linkCulture24 was an independent charity who between 2001 and 2023 helped arts and heritage people drive positive change inside their organisations, building resilience and capacity. They are now part of The Audience Agency having merged their two charities in December 2023. This site is an archive of their work up until then.
https://www.culture24.org.uk/
StageTEXT
External linkStagetext supports the cultural sector to be accessible to d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, by providing and promoting captions and live subtitles.
https://stagetext.org