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£11.6 million awarded to 36 arts organisations across England to build resilience by improving buildings and equipment
Arts Council England has announced that we will be awarding £11.6 million to 36 organisations across the country in the latest round of our Capital: Small Grants programme.
The programme helps to ensure organisations have the right buildings and equipment to deliver their work, helping them build resilience and become more sustainable and innovative businesses. The grants, which range between £100,000 and £499,999, allow organisations to consolidate and improve existing facilities and equipment, make energy efficiencies and develop new digital technologies.
Among the recipients of these latest awards are:
- Creative Kernow in Cornwall, for the construction of a new environmentally sustainable workspace, which will house a number of significant creative organisations in the South West
- Bow Arts in London, to upgrade The Lakeside Centre, including increasing its capacity to harvest energy and rainwater and enabling full step-free access
- M6 Theatre in Rochdale, where the award will be invested in the company’s touring and digital facilities by purchasing a greener touring van and creating a digital archive of M6’s production history
- Colchester Arts Centre, to transform the venue’s accessibility for D/deaf and disabled artists and audiences, as well as improving energy efficiency and tech infrastructure
- Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, to improve its light fittings and humidity and ventilation systems, reducing its carbon footprint – a grant that forms part of our major investment in Coventry’s year as City of Culture 2021.
Full details of all 36 projects can be found on our website here.
Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: “Our Capital: Small Grants programme provides organisations with vital funding to ensure that their buildings and equipment can adequately support their work. We are able to help organisations of all sizes from across the country develop more sustainable and resilient businesses through these grants, allowing them to produce even more excellent work for the public.
We anticipate the next round of our Capital: Small Grants programme, which will be in 2019/20, will open in Spring of next year.
The £11.6 million of awards being made in this round is split between each of the Arts Council’s five areas as follows:
London: £3,307,429
Midlands: £1,542,352
North: £3,654,197
South East: £1,680,998
South West: £1,461,521
Notes to editors
Capital: Small Grants – successful applicants:
Further details about the applicants can be found on our website here.
| Area | Organisation | Award amount |
| London | Bow Arts Trust | £382,480 |
| London | Bureau of Silly Ideas | £125,000 |
| London | Crafts Council | £100,000 |
| London | Havering Theatre Trust | £350,000 |
| London | Institute of Contemporary Arts | £350,000 |
| London | Matt’s Gallery Ltd | £200,000 |
| London | National Youth Theatre of Great Britain | £499,950 |
| London | OTO Projects CIC | £120,000 |
| London | Peckham Platform Ltd | £380,000 |
| London | Studio 3 Arts | £499,999 |
| London | Studio Voltaire | £300,000 |
| Midlands | City of Birmingham Symphony orchestra | £215,000 |
| Midlands | Compton Verney House Trust | £120,000 |
| Midlands | Culture Coventry | £376,353 |
| Midlands | Ikon Gallery | £331,000 |
| Midlands | The Courtyard Trust | £499,999 |
| North | Ballet Lorent Limited | £110,000 |
| North | Barnsley Museums | £125,000 |
| North | East Street Arts | £400,000 |
| North | Global Grooves | £490,000 |
| North | Heads Together Productions Limited | £250,000 |
| North | Kendal Brewery Arts Centre | £499,999 |
| North | M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED | £185,000 |
| North | Opera North Limited | £499,999 |
| North | The Bluecoat | £450,000 |
| North | The Hepworth Wakefield Trust | £499,999 |
| North | The York Early Music Foundation | £144,200 |
| South East | Colchester Arts Centre | £499,999 |
| South East | Norwich Arts Centre | £499,999 |
| South East | Pallant House Gallery | £300,000 |
| South East | The Seachange Trust | £131,000 |
| South East | Wavendon Allmusic Plan Ltd | £250,000 |
| South West | Creative Kernow Ltd | £250,000 |
| South West | Dorset County Museum | £489,775 |
| South West | The Point | £367,800 |
| South West | The Pound Arts Trust Ltd | £353,946 |
| TOTAL | £11,646,497 |
Arts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working to enrich people’s lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to visual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. www.artscouncil.org.uk
Contact information
Nisha Emich – National
Communications Officer
Nisha.Emich@artscouncil.org.uk
Original article link: http://press.artscouncil.org.uk/press_releases/11-6-million-awarded-to-36-arts-organisations-across-england-to-build-resilience-by-improving-buildings-and-equipment/
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