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Huge boost for libraries and the heritage sector
Arts and culture in the UK is set to receive a huge £270 million package as part of an Arts Everywhere Fund, which benefit hundreds of arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings.
The funding will target organisations most in need of financial support to help with daily running costs, carrying out infrastructure work, and as well as securing hundreds of jobs across cultural and heritage sectors nationwide.
The creative industries are worth £124 billion to our economy, and cultural sectors support 666,000 jobs across the country.
At an inaugural lecture marking the 60th anniversary of the first ever arts white paper by former minister Jennie Lee, culture secretary Lisa Nandy will gather leaders across the arts and culture industries at the Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford-upon-Avon.
In this lecture, the culture secretary is set to announce the funding that will begin in April, including a new £85 million Creative Foundations Fund to support urgent capital works to keep venues open, a fourth round of the Libraries Improvement Fund at £5.5 million, and an extra £120 million to continue the Public Bodies Infrastructure Fund, which will ensure that national cultural public institutions are able to address essential works in their estate.
Ms Nandy said: “Arts and culture help us understand the world we live in, they shape and define society and are enjoyed by people in every part of our country. They are the building blocks of our world-leading creative industries and make a huge contribution towards boosting growth and breaking down barriers to opportunities for young people to learn the creative skills they need to succeed.
“The funding we are announcing today will allow the arts to continue to flourish across Britain, creating good jobs and growth by fixing the foundations in our cultural venues, museums, libraries and heritage institutions.
“As a government that is on your side, our Plan for change will ensure that arts and cultural institutions truly are for everyone, everywhere.”
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