THE Blackpool Illuminations, a museum dedicated to football and a theatre group for disabled kids are to be handed thousands of pounds in vital levelling- up funding.
Arts Council England yesterday announced that they are among 990 organisations that will receive a share of £446million each year – as part of a long-term plan to spread cash around the country.
The shake-up relocates funding from central London.
Losers include the English National Opera, which has seen its £12.6million core annual grant from Arts Council England cut, instead getting £17million over three years as part of a plan to relocate, with a new home in Manchester as one option.
Arts Council England chief executive Darren Henley told The Sun it would ensure more people have access to high-quality art and culture – much of which is free – when people are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.