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Our funding in the Midlands

Our funding in the Midlands

Across the Midlands, the Arts Council invests in 132 National Portfolio organisations and including museums, libraries and Sector Support Organisations for the first time. We also support two Bridge organisations, Arts Connect and The Mighty Creatives, who help connect children and young people to great art and culture. Between 2018-22, they will receive a combined investment of £283.8 million. We also invest in many more artists, creative practitioners, and arts and cultural organisations through our open access funding Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

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Photo by Beyond Borders, a film co-created with over 130 young dancers in the West Mids. c BIDF
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Our funding in action

Our funding in action

From Creative People & Places, to National Lottery Project grants,  we’re making a real difference to those working in the arts and cultural sector in the Midlands - helping to build skills, confidence and strong community relationships.

Priority places

Priority Places

As part of our plan for achieving Let’s Create, we’ve identified a number of places across England with low investment and engagement which we’re prioritising working with from 2021 to 2024; including 13 places in the Midlands.

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Photo by Burslem Light Night, Appetite Stoke on Trent (C) Andrew Billington Photography
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With support from Arts Council, the Ballroom at Fenton Town Hall has been restored and reopened as a new civic arts venue for Stoke-on-Trent.

Photograph of exposed wooden vaulted ceiling at Fenton Ballroom

Thanks to Arts Council England support, a Midlands theatre group has created an original play staring people who live with Parkinson’s disease.

Nottingham group Parky Players

Creative Black Country have been helping artists, creatives and community groups to make a connection with audiences during lockdown and social distancing.

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Photo by The Box (Plymouth). Photo © Dom Moore Photography.
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Photo by Angelica Mesiti, ASSEMBLY, 2019. Photo © Lawrence Bury
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Photo by Nottingham Puppet Festival 2018. Photo: Alan Fletcher
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