Mike Hedges MS welcomes Additional £10 million which has been made available for arts and culture in Wales.

 

Mike Hedges MS welcomes Additional £10 million which has been made available for arts and culture in Wales.    Speaking from his Morriston Office, Local MS Mike Hedges said… ‘ we all know how important arts and culture are in Welsh Communities and Swansea East is no exception with organisations such as Morriston Orpheus Choir establishing international reputations. I am therefore delighted that the Welsh Government has provided another tranche of support for the arts and culture sector. This new funding will support free-lance musicians and other people who working in the arts sector who have struggled to get support in the previous funding rounds. I would urge people to check if they are eligible.    If people need help with the applications, please get in touch with my office on 01792 790621 Following the high demand for funding support across the arts and cultural sectors a further £10.7m will be made available to support organisations and individuals during the pandemic, taking the total funding package available through the Cultural Recovery Fund to £63.7m. This is in addition to an £18m portfolio package provided in April, which was delivered by the Welsh Government, Arts Council of Wales, Creative Wales and Sport Wales. The announcement comes as many organisations and individuals are already benefiting from the Cultural Recovery Fund. This additional funding will be targeted towards the large number of applications, which have already been received by the Welsh Government – supporting organisations in the cultural, creative, events and heritage sectors – to ensure this money reaches more parts of the sector as quickly as possible. The funding will be used to open a third phase of the successful Freelancer Fund which will see a further £3.5 million being made available nationwide across all local authority areas from 10 am on Monday 23 November to freelancers in the creative sector. The £7m Freelancer Fund has already supported 2,800 freelancers with a grant of £2,500 each. This additional funding will support a further 1,400 people. To date, more than £30m has been distributed through the Welsh Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund, with the Arts Council of Wales allocating a £20m package for the sector last month. You can read more about this announcement here.