[cma-l] Arts Council England funding

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Arts Council England is making an extra £44.5 million available over
two years to help maintain artistic excellence during the economic
downturn, through the following initiatives:

Sustain – a new £40 million open application fund for arts
organisations struggling from the effects of the recession. Grants
from £75,000 to £3 million are available, and the programme will run
initially over two years, 2009/10 and 2010/11. Any arts organisation
can apply but the fund is intended to sustain artistic excellence, not
to support failing organisations or to replace funding withdrawn from
elsewhere. Sustain is intended to be a rapid response fund and a six
week turnaround time from application to award is planned.
Applications open on 1 June 2009.

Town Centres Initiative - £500,000 support for the Government’s scheme
for the community use of empty retail properties. Grants of £1,000 to
£10,000 will be available to fund artistic activities

Grants for the Arts - a £4 million increase in this budget over the
next two years, to give additional support for individual artists and
smaller arts organisations. Individuals and arts organisations who
would apply to Grants for the Arts in the usual way, plus those not
qualifying for a Sustain grant, are eligible to apply for these extra
funds.

See here for more information on Arts Council England’s action on the
recession, including Sustain:

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/actiononrecession

See here for further information about Grants for the Arts:

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding

See here for the Arts Council press release:

http://press.artscouncil.org.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=659&NewsAreaID=2

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