53TWO RECEIVES LIFELINE GRANT FROM GOVERNMENT’S
£1.57BN CULTURE RECOVERY FUND
53two has been awarded a life-saving grant as part of the Government’s
£1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the
coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture
Secretary has announced today.
53two is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the
country receiving urgently needed support. £257 million of investment has been
announced today as part of the very first round of the Culture Recovery Fund
grants programme being administered by Arts Council
England. Further rounds of funding in the cultural and heritage sector are due
to be announced over the coming weeks.
53two was established in 2016 and since, has become one of Manchester’s
most exciting independent arts venues. Set to move into a new, permanent venue
in September this year, their plans were halted due to the current pandemic.
Nevertheless, they have continued to provide ‘Pay What You Can’ services, training
and opportunities throughout the lockdown, ensuring that creatives were able to
feel connected to the arts whatever their situation. Since March, 53two have
struggled to stay afloat and were concerned about their imminent move to a new
home in Manchester city centre. Whereas money for the capital build was secure,
this grant has allowed them to survive and grow as a company, providing not
just affordable, professional services, but also to ensure they can launch
projects to commission writers, producers, stage-managers, technicians,
designers etc from across the ten Greater Manchester boroughs, creating not
just new work but new opportunities for those that might not usually have them.
53two will also help creatives from diverse backgrounds express their
creativity and launch their careers with much-needed, paid work. This level of
work will enable them to open the doors to their new premises in 2021 and
provide a fully accessible ‘arts hub’ with equality, diversity and opportunity
at it’s heart.
Culture
Secretary Oliver Dowden said:
“This funding is a vital boost for the theatres, music venues, museums
and cultural organisations that form the soul of our nation. It will protect these special places, save jobs and help the
culture sector’s recovery.
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Monday 12 October 2020
NEWS: Sighs of relief and joy all round as Manchester's 53Two is thrown a financial lifeline.
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