More Than £13m Coming To Cultural Organisations In Sussex

Groups and businesses working in the cultural sector throughout Sussex are receiving a total of £13,224,121 in Cultural Recovery Fund grants from the government

The groups in the More Radio area form part of 2,700 cultural and creative organisations across the UK getting a share of the current £400m funding round from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

The kinds of organisations included in the support cover theatres, galleries, performance groups, art organisations, and local venues.

It's intended that the funds will help them reopen and recover from the closures enforced by coronavirus safety laws.

Some of the more notable grants given to the More Radio area include:

• £953,264 for Chichester Festival Theatre, which produces a diverse range of dramas, musicals and new commissions - with these often transferring to the West End, nationally and internationally. Through digital and streaming developments in 2020, the theatre has expanded its global reach to across 52 countries. It also has the largest youth theatre in the UK, with 800 members attending weekly. The Culture Recovery Grant funding will enable them to build up the scale of activities through reprogramming 2020 postponed shows, re-establishing LEAP's community partnerships to reduce barriers and broaden reach and online output.
• £470,500 for Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, a leading regional and national cultural hub, reaching over 600,000 people a year through its venue Brighton Dome and annual Brighton Festival - the largest curated multi-arts festival in England. Programming ranges from music, dance, theatre, visual arts, digital and comedy alongside creative learning and participation. Funding will help Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival invest in digital programming and prepare for the annual Brighton Festival in May with the partial re-opening of the Concert Hall. 
• £325,000 for De La Warr Pavilion, an iconic Grade I listed modernist building and centre for contemporary visual arts with a 1500 capacity live venue, in Bexhill, East Sussex. De La Warr Pavilion has been bringing communities together through culture for 85 years, through exhibitions, learning and participation and a live programme (music, comedy). Funding will support the reopening of the venue, safeguard the building and help adapt its planned programme - including live streaming, moving indoor activities outside and an exhibition in partnership with England's Creative Coast.
• £123,500 for Komedia, an award-winning venue in Brighton that programmes over 700 events annually across comedy, theatre, music and children's shows - including acts like The Artic Monkeys, Mumford & Sons and Eddie Izzard. Funding will support the venue to develop a limited programme of live and socially distanced events between April and June, as well as expansion of its live-streamed events.
• £37,397 for Barefoot Opera in Hastings, which aims to make opera more inclusive and accessible by reworking the classics and commissioning contemporary productions. It is embedded in its local community - focusing on inclusion, wellbeing and community cohesion - providing a cultural offer that is appropriate and fun. Funding will be used to deliver workshops with Arts on Prescription and the Hastings Refugee Buddy Project, programming to support disadvantaged young children and online training and mentoring. 
• £49,000 for Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, an independent museum based in the South Downs that has previously been shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year. It presents the story of artists and craftspeople based in and around Ditching since 1900, as well as celebrating contemporary craftsmakers and artists. Funds will support development of a new show titled 'John Vernon Lord and Friends', alongside a blended programme of talks and workshops and marketing.
• £25,000 for The JMK Trust, a charity that runs a national talent development programme for theatre directors and makers, working in partnership with a national network of twelve regional theatres. Funding will support the delivery of the JMKSpace online programme, as well as recruitment for up to three Assistant Director bursary positions and production development.
• £128,470 for Shoreham's Ropetackle Arts Centre, a grassroots multi-arts venue, with a specialism in live music, attracting over 40,000 people a year. Funding will support the venue to reopen with a programme of social distanced performances and reduced capacity to ensure safety.

Here is the complete list of organisations supported in this round of funding.

Ropetackle Centre Trust, £28,000
Technical Solutions Audio Visual Limited, £80,500
The Noise Next Door LTD, £47,919
The Hanover Band Foundation, £75,000
Chichester Festival Theatre, £953,264
Lila Dance, £26,136
Outside In, £95,000
Pallant House Gallery, £128,470
TSL Lighting Ltd, £370,908
BMG Live Ltd, £27,000
The 99 Club Limited, £50,000
West Sussex Music Trust, £535,845
Annephen Ltd, £28,193
Chequer Mead Arts and Community Trust, £73,525
Atom Promotions, £27,838
DZA Technical Ltd, £209,363
KP Projects CIC, £30,690
The JMK Trust, £25,000
Worthing Theatres and Museum, £98,398
Wowbagger Productions, £20,000
13 Artists Ltd, £390,863
201 Dance Company, £26,495
Andi Watson Design Ltd, £91,690
ARA Productions Ltd, £41,324
Brighton Dome & Festival Limited, £470,500
Brighton Early Music Festival, £50,346
Brighton Fringe Ltd, £143,891
Brighton Marina Studios, £35,435
Brighton Pride, £264,370
C3 Productions, £79,786
Concorde2 Limited, £115,000
Creative Future Ltd, £29,759
Culture24, £101,235
E3 Production Ltd, £60,000
Extraordinary Expeditions Limited, £251,470
Fabrica, £62,157
Fat Poppadaddys Ltd, £79,275
FMLY Agency Ltd, £94,113
Ground Up Media Ltd, £34,218
Hope & Ruin, £10,637
Jamm Hot Ltd, £150,000
Komedia Ltd, £123,500
Latest Bars Ltd, £49,259
Library Productions Ltd, £26,000
Little Green Pig, £28,162
Long Nose Puppets Ltd, £15,400
LOOKOUT Brighton CIC, £34,173
Lout Events Ltd, £78,853
Marlborough Theatre Productions Ltd, £38,000
Mckeown Events Ltd, £92,644
Melanie Brown Impressive PR Limited, £30,310
Murmuration Arts Production CIC, £37,000
New Writing South, £73,100
Nick Barnes Puppets, £27,990
ONCA Trust Ltd, £37,000
Ooosh Tours Ltd, £29,347
Otherplace Productions Ltd, £152,451
Paramount Artists Limited, £286,747
Phoenix Brighton, £57,780
Polly Barker Productions Ltd, £25,167
Puppets with GUTS, £27,222
Renegade Lighting Design, £295,774
Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, £370,000
Select Security & Stewarding Ltd, £156,316
Smart Power Ltd, £90,606
Spymonkey, £68,871
St James Events Ltd, £54,715
The Albert Ltd, £160,000
The Brighton and Hove Studio LTD, £52,873
The Dream Engine International Ltd, £89,894
The Old Market, £179,888
The Pipeline, £25,500
Vervacity Ltd, £159,200
Volks Bar and Club, £218,750
Whiskey Bravo Productions Ltd, £46,000
Windmill Young Actors CIC, £26,069
Devonshire Collective, £33,702
Eastbourne Borough Council, £1,871,262
Tempest Property Holdings Ltd, £183,196
The Royal Hippodrome Theatre, £93,457
Towner Art Gallery, £70,250
Barefoot Opera, £37,397
Hastings Contemporary, £209,000
Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, £71,060
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, £225,515
Home Live Art, £26,570
MSL Projects, £60,000
Project Art Works, £183,500
Soundcastle, £32,040
St Mary in the Castle, £44,239
Sweet and Dandy, £29,920
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, £49,000
so sussex, £10,000
18 Hours Ltd, £36,485
De La Warr Pavilion, £325,000
Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, £85,000
Feral Peacock Ltd, £240,600
Frontier Fireworks Limited, £74,531
Lost Dog Dance, £34,841
Nomad Trading (into the Wild arts festival), £46,500
Sussex Events Ltd, £25,228
The Charleston Trust (Bloomsbury in Sussex), £367,654