Local Life - Wigan - December 2020

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Cash for Culture Recovery
Arts at the Mill CIC has been awarded £945,621 as part pandemic so this money will go a long way in covering
of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund losses incurred in the organisation due to closure”.
(CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus
Rebecca continued “We now broadcast live performances,
pandemic and to ensure that the organisation has a
workshops, tutorials, seminars, vlogs and more several
sustainable future, the Culture Secretary announced
times per week to continue to provide creative output
recently.
and to maintain cultural engagement for all. Doing
Arts at the Mill are one of 1,385 cultural and creative this has meant we’ve been able to continue offering
organisations across the country receiving urgently paid work in a time when opportunities for artists have
needed support.
become extremely limited”.
£257 million of investment has been announced as part She added “In addition, we’ve thankfully been able to
of the very first round of the Culture Recovery Fund grants maintain employment for all our staff members with a
programme being administered by Arts Council England. number of them continuing to work and some, having
Further rounds of funding in the cultural and heritage
been furloughed, using their time to volunteer for the
sector are due to be announced over the coming weeks.
Covid-19 Community Response Team. We can’t thank
DCMS and Arts Council England enough for giving us this
The Arts at the Mill Marketing & Communications Director,
incredible lifeline.”
Rebecca Davenport said:
For more inforation about The Old Courts and the role
“We feel lucky and extremely grateful to have been
they play in the local arts scene, visit their website at
awarded this grant. We had to make the difficult decision
www.theoldcourts.com.
to close our doors in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus
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