Cultural recovery fund grants announced

[Shez]

Details available from the Arts Council here.

Announced today, this is only round 1 - awards under £1 million.

[timsabre]

I am very pleased to see that many of our local venues and sound/light companies have been thrown a lifeline to keep alive... great news

[Ynot]

We couldn't apply as we're "Not the right sort of charity"... :(

[Shez]

We couldn't apply as we're "Not the right sort of charity"... :(

Looking through the list of venues close to me, there are a few surprises - many different types, including some I'd have thought were structurally similar to yours. And of course many that aren't charities.

[Ynot]

We couldn't apply as we're "Not the right sort of charity"... :(

Looking through the list of venues close to me, there are a few surprises - many different types, including some I'd have thought were structurally similar to yours. And of course many that aren't charities.

Hmmm... ©

There were very specific inclusions/exclusions listed - We're a non-incorporated charity (though moves are afoot to change that) and that was an exclusion

 

 

 

[themadhippy]

Good to see,but do find it a bit strange that varies social or trade clubs have been granted funds when there still able to trade ,whilst venues like ynot's that have been forced to close cant get anything.

[ImagineerTom]

One of the very specific application terms was that you apply for the funds to keep going through this winter- not replace your full revenue, not make up for money lost earlier in the year; literally just the money it takes you to keep existing so a venue that’s open and employing lots of staff (but not profitable because of distancing) will get a lot more money than a rental company who could only claim their rent and skeleton caretaker / admin staff costs if they didn’t have any bookings.

[Ynot]

Listening to today's updates, I'm hopeful at least that we'll qualify for the £3k a month Rishi announced - that's pretty much what we've calculated is our average monthly cost is just to keep us closed, so bonus there.

And the extended furlough may be utilised for our single PT employee, although we had worked out that we could afford to bring her back from November at least for a while.

[GridGirl]

My old theatre announced they’d been granted the full amount they’d applied for so I’m delighted for them.

[Junior8]

Good to see,but do find it a bit strange that varies social or trade clubs have been granted funds when there still able to trade ,whilst venues like ynot's that have been forced to close cant get anything.

Unincorporated Associations can be a very efficient way to run small organisations but I found when I was treasurer of one such, a Youth Advice group, that it made applying for grants from all sorts of funders impossible. They simply wouldn't deal with us. In the end we incorporated as a company limited by guarantee which was really quite simple. Since then the position of Trustees in Unincorporated Associations has been the subject of much debate and looking back I think we all underestimated the possibility of each and several liability if something went badly wrong despite having the correct insurances.

Edited October 13, 2020 by Junior8