The Australia Council for the Arts, which is soon to be renamed Creative Australia, has invested A$2.8m (£1.5m/€1.8m/$1.9m) in supporting artists touring their works and performances across the country, bringing art to regional and remote communities. The funding will provide support to artists in developing their craft or performances, as well as engaging new audiences. …
Lewes FC offers community ticket scheme during cost of living crisis
Lewes Football Club has launched a community ticket scheme to help those that are worst affected during the current cost of living crisis in the UK. The semi-professional non-league club, which is based in the East Sussex town of Lewes, is fan-owned and a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society. The club has also paid its men …
Northern Territory research shows benefits of community events
Research commissioned by the Northern Territory Major Events Company in Australia has found that community events have provided significant economic benefits to the area. The 22 events that received support through the Northern Territory Major Events Company’s Event Funding Programme delivered a gross expenditure stimulus of A$39.8m (£22m/€25m/$26m) to the Territory in 2021-2022. These events …
Arsenal Women launch Maria Petri Community Ticket Scheme
Arsenal Women has launched a new community ticketing scheme in honour of the late super-supporter, Maria Petri. The two season tickets held by Petri have been retained by the club and are being donated to members of Arsenal in the Community for every home game. The project will be named the Maria Petri Community Ticket …
TryBooking partners with Stripe to benefit US customers
TryBooking has partnered with financial infrastructure platform Stripe to expand its online checkout solution offering. The online community event ticketing platform hopes the partnership will offer further protection for fighting fraud, as well as offering event organisers reliable and optimised payment channels. Event organisers will be able to link their event to their own Stripe …
Standing with the tech community
Softjourn, a global technology services provider with a focus on ticketing, is headquartered in the US but has offices in Ukraine. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week, chief executive of Softjourn Emmy Gengler condemned the attack. Now, her focus is firmly on her staff. “We have to realise that people are facing an …