Upcoming opportunities and events available to any Future Arts Centres member include:

Creative Enterprise

A series of online discussions with external speakers invited to share their reflections on the question ‘if you were running an arts centre, what would you do?’ You can find out more about the programme and the speakers here.

• Location: Online
• For: CEOs and any other relevant members of staff of FAC members
• Date: 8.30am-9.45am, Thursday 6 February 2025 with Andy Haldane, RSA
• Date: 8.30am-9.45am, Thursday 6 March 2025
• Date: 8.30am-9.45am, Thursday 8 May 2025

Members’ Meetings

National Members’ Meetings take place three times a year and are an informal, discursive opportunity for leaders of arts centres to share best practice, provide peer support and shape the national advocacy of the network.

The next Members’ meeting will be in March 2025 and will focus on strengthening the relationships between CEOs and Chairs of Boards, or the equivalent of these roles for each arts centre.

• Location: In person at member arts centres
• For: CEOs, or equivalent, of FAC members
• Date: 12-4pm, Wednesday 12 March 2025 at Rich Mix, London – for CEOs and Chairs
• Date: 12-4pm, Wednesday 25 June 2025 at HOME, Manchester – for CEOs

Other opportunities which are currently available to specific FAC members include the following online member discussions:

Heads of Finance

• Location: Online
• For: Heads of Finance for FAC member arts centres
• TBC

Local authority-run

• Location: Online
• For: CEOs of FAC members which are owned or operated by a local authority
• TBC March 2025

Inclusive Recruitment

• Location: Online
• For: members of the Inclusive Recruitment ARG 2023/24
• TBC March 2025

North East

• Location: Online and in person
• For: CEOs of FAC members which are in the North East of England
• 11am-12.30pm, Tuesday 14 January at The Witham

Scotland

• Location: Online
• For: CEOs of FAC members which are in Scotland
• TBC February 2025