inspireculture.org.uk

Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries is a charitable community benefit society that delivers cultural and learning services across Nottinghamshire. Its services include the public library service, archives and heritage, arts and cultural programmes, an education library service, instrumental music teaching for schools, records management, a Young Peoples College and a youth arts service. It trades as Inspire.

Its users are library members, adult learners, young people, schools and public bodies such as Nottinghamshire County Council, which uses its records management service. Library membership is free. The organisation is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation for 2023 to 2028, and its website describes this funding as coming from taxpayers and National Lottery players. Since August 2024 it has been the Hub Lead Organisation for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub, and it hosts the Cultural Education Partnership for Ashfield and Mansfield.

The website states that the organisation has worked since 2016 and became a National Portfolio Organisation in 2018. It delivers services from 70 buildings and through 3 vehicles, employs over 700 people and reports an annual turnover of £23M. The society is owned and controlled by its members, and it is governed by a board of 12 elected and nominated directors. Vacancies are advertised on a third-party recruitment portal.

Product: Public library, archives and heritage, arts and cultural programmes, education library, music teaching, records management and youth arts services in Nottinghamshire.