Economic Impact

Definition of Economic impact, from the Achates framework the Eight Types of Impact of Culture and Heritage©: The value of culture to staff, freelancers and in the wider economy.

Royal Literary Fund

In 2023, the RLF’s economic impact was £7.6million, which they celebrated as part of the Culture Makes campaign.

  • National Centre for Writing

    National Centre for Writing celebrated the economic impact of their work, noting that in 2023/24 they welcomed 349 artists and practitioners, worked with 40 local employees, and published 146 creative commissions from early career writers and translators. This allowed them to enhance the capacity of NCW, giving them more resources to support emerging creatives in the region. Read more here.

  • One Dance UK

    One Dance UK spotlit the benefits of investing in the arts which has a huge ripple effect in communities, including the enhanced sustainability and capacity of organisations, value to the economy of an area, the ability to sustain a career and more cultural and heritage professionals remaining residents in an area. Read more here.

  • Shetland Arts

    Shetland Arts told us that culture creates jobs, it re-energises localities and guards against the brain drain of those leaving for work elsewhere. Read more here.