Earlier this month, our mental wellbeing coordinator Emma Mills and class facilitator Ian Wilson attended the Mental Health Awards evening in London after being shortlisted for the ‘Most Innovative Mental […]
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Summer with our NetPark Wellbeing Project at Hyde Hall
Over the last few months, our NetPark Wellbeing Project and Hyde Hall have held a joint summer wellbeing project for 15 people living in the Southend area with mental health […]
DC4CC has announced their artist/producer cohort for Phase 2
The Disability Consultancy for Creative Change (DC4CC) is proud to announce the cohort of six selected artists/producers that will be paired with six organisations in the East of England for […]
Mark Richards, Director of Metal Peterborough, to depart the organisation at the end of 2022
Our Director of Metal in Peterborough, Mark Richards, will be departing the organisation at the end of this year. Mark joined us in 2013, opening our central base in the […]
New Artistic Director and CEO, Susie Thornberry, joins Metal
Today we’re announcing our new Artistic Director and CEO, Susie Thornberry following the departure of Colette Bailey who spent 20 years in the role, working closely with our founder Jude […]
Announcement: Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation
We are really delighted to let you know that Metal was successful in our bid to remain an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation for a further three years from […]
Industry speaker at Key Cities ‘Skills for Cities, Skills for Life’ All Party Parliamentary Group
It was a real honour to present Agency for Creative Production at the Key Cities All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting earlier this week addressing ‘Skills for Cities, Skills for Life’. Drawing […]
Josephine Melville
We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic news that our friend, actress and Metal trustee Josephine Melville has sadly passed away. A powerful advocate for arts and culture, […]
Anti-Racism Update
In April 2022, we committed to publishing an update in six months on our anti-racism work including demographic information about our staffing, trustees and commissioned artists. Staffing: Of our 15 […]













