Eight arts organisations in Lancashire are to receive nearly £24,000 in funding to help them develop a wide range of projects throughout the county.
The decision to award the grants was made by CC Mike Calvert, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet member for Adult and Community Services, under Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000.
This means the projects must either promote or improve the economic, social or environmental well-being of their area.
CC Mike Calvert said: “I recognise the vital contribution that the arts make to cultural life here in Lancashire. The people who are directly involved in these excellent projects will benefit enormously, as will the people who visit them.
"In making my decision on these grants, I have been impressed by how they all seek to achieve at least one of the principles of Participation, Accessibility, Equality, Social Inclusion and Sustainability.”
The projects that will benefit are:-
• A grant of £3,500 to They Eat Culture for developing the Lancashire Writers Network. The grant will be used to develop Lancashire Writers Network activities into Pennine Lancashire and to develop opportunities for writers
• A grant of £2,496 to the Forest of Bowland Area of Natural Beauty for open access arts activities. The grant will help to engage artists to work with rural communities of Bowland
• A grant of £2,000 to Alison for estates online: online youth music showcase. The grant will assist young people in Preston to collaborate through music with other young people in Lancashire and the North West
• A grant of £1,500 to Preston City Council fo r Chinese New Year 2010. Community groups will be involved in arts activities culminating in a Chinese New Year Celebration
• A grant of £4,000 to be earmarked for Saks Media, Walking Drawings. Young people and other residents of Morecambe will be involved in creating a giant temporary drawing on Morecambe sands
• A grant of £1,500 to Chorley Arts Partnership for Interchange Mural. This will involve young people in creating an artwork for Chorley Town Centre
• A grant of £5,000 to Folly for Abandon Normal Devices Festival. The grant will enable Lancashire to get involved in a series of digital arts events as part of the AND festival which is taking place across the North West
• A grant of £3,500 to Lancaster City Council for Way of the Roses cycle route. The grant will be used to look at the options for using public art to enhance the proposed Lancashire part of the Way of the Roses Cycle Route (Morecambe to Bri dlington) with public art
Arts organisations wanting to find out more about how they can apply for funding, should phone Lancashire Arts Development Service on 01772 531292
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