Often referred to as ‘businesses with social objectives with any profits usually reinvested in the local community’, many social enterprises do not necessarily recognise or associate themselves within this definition. A social enterprise may operate a community centre, charge a fee to provide a childcare facility and also draw down grant funding or raise money […]

WHAT does the future hold for the arts in rural areas? Jessica Sellick investigates. With the Glastonbury Festival, Alison Cooper’s ‘write to roam’ at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Cotswold & Forest of Dean declaring itself ‘Britain’s rural capital of culture’; the arts not only bring national and international performances to rural communities but also […]