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Darren Henley CBE

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Darren Henley CBE

@HENLEYDARREN

CEO Arts Council England. New book ‘The Arts Dividend: How investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ published 30th January 2025

England

eandtbooks.com/books/the-arts…

Joined September 2010

Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Jul 5, 2020
Thank you @OliverDowden @RishiSunak @DCMS @hmtreasury for this really significant new £1.57 billion investment in arts and culture. The team at @ace_national are looking forward to working with you on delivering the next steps to support creativity across England.
Oliver Dowden
@OliverDowden
Jul 5, 2020
ARTS NEWS 🎭A £1.57 BILLION emergency support package 🩰 Weeks in the making to make this world leading fund to help the arts weather the storm of Covid 🎶 I said I wouldn’t let the arts down. Culture and the arts matter, and this Govt backs you @RishiSunak @ace_national
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Aug 25, 2018
What are the arts for? Why do we encourage creativity? Why do we teach children to play, to perform, to paint? I argue that a creative education is the greatest gift we can give our next generation in a new article I’ve written for @tes here: tes.com/news/creative-…
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Dec 16, 2019
Very happy today to confirm that all of our @ace_national National Portfolio Organisations across England will receive a 1.84% increase in their Arts Council investment for the year 2020-21 thanks to confirmation of our funding settlement for the next financial year from @DCMS
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Mar 24, 2020
The @ace_national team cares very deeply about the people & organisations who work in the arts, museums & libraries across England. We’ve worked very hard to put together this £160 million #covid19 emergency response package. We hope it makes a difference: artscouncil.org.uk/covid19
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Mar 15, 2020
We know how difficult #COVIDー19 will make things for people across our cultural industries over coming weeks. We’re doing our best at @ace_national to support you as quickly and effectively as we can. This thread outlines our first steps:
Arts Council England
@ace_national
Mar 15, 2020
#Covid19 emergency: Arts Council England’s No.1 Priority for the next three months is to support people who work in the arts, museums and libraries. We want as strong a sector as possible as we come out the other side of this crisis. THREAD 👇
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Mar 18, 2020
We’re proud at @ace_national to be working closely with the @BBC and @bbcarts on #CultureInQuarantine - a brilliant new arts and culture service that will keep the arts alive in people’s homes during these challenging times. Find out more: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/la… #LetsCreate
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Aug 27, 2018
Why Art & Design, Dance, Drama and Music - and learning how to create rather than only to consume what others have created - should be core components of every child’s education, not just those with an economic or geographical advantage. New @tes article: tes.com/news/creative-…
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Mar 24, 2020
We’ve just announced a new @ace_national Emergency Response Package for the #Covid19 crisis: £160 million of investment for people and organisations in the cultural sector. Supporting you the best we can during this crisis remains our No.1 Priority: artscouncil.org.uk/covid19
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Jul 5, 2024
Alongside the whole @ace_national team, looking forward to working with new @DCMS Secretary of State @lisanandy to champion benefits of public investment in artists, arts organisations, museums & libraries on lives of people in villages, towns & cities across England #LetsCreate
UK Prime Minister
@10DowningStreet
Jul 5, 2024
Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS.
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Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Dec 23, 2020
On behalf of the @ace_national team, I want to take a moment to wish a happy and healthy Christmas to all the creative people and cultural organisations we work with. We’ve done our very best to do everything we can to support you in 2020. We’ll be here to do the same in 2021.
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Apr 11, 2018
New longitudinal neuroscience research from Holland shows that music lessons significantly improve primary school children’s cognitive skills and academic performance and visual arts lessons significantly improve children’s visual and spatial memory: sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/…
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Apr 20, 2020
Today is my 5th birthday at @ace_national - just reflecting on how privileged I am to work alongside a brilliant team across the country who are dedicated to doing their very best to support artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries every day - and especially right now.
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Mar 17, 2020
We closed our @ace_national offices today because we want to do our best to keep our team safe and well. We’ll all still be working from home though. We’ll continue to be in full contact with people & organisations across the arts, museums & libraries. You’re still our priority.
Darren Henley CBE
@HENLEYDARREN
Jun 28, 2018
A world without creativity would see no original ideas; no new inventions or advances in science or medicine; no new products or services; no new music or art; no solutions to new problems. That’s why #CreativityMatters - new book out now from @eandtbooks waterstones.com/book/creativit…