Extra funding for Gainsborough's Trinity Arts Centre

The venue, in Trinity Street, Gainsborough, will benefit from a total of £196,690 from the £1.6 billion Culture Recovery Fund which aims to get the sector back on its feet after the coronavirus pandemic.

This funding will be used to help performances to restart, to allow venues plan for re-opening and to protect jobs and create new opportunities for freelancers.

And the funding has been welcomed by Gainsborough’s MP, Sir Edward Leigh.

He said: “The Trinity Arts Centre make a huge contribution to our part of Lincolnshire and the recent months have been exceptionally challenging.

“I am thrilled that arts and culture will receive a boost thanks to taxpayer funding, helping organisations to plan for their eventual reopening while protecting jobs in the meantime.”

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “This funding is a vital boost for the theatres, music venues, museums and cultural organisations that form the soul of our nation.

"It will protect these special places, save jobs and help the culture sector’s recovery.

“These places and projects are cultural beacons the length and breadth of the country, from the Beamish museum in County Durham to the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Bristol Old Vic.

“This unprecedented investment in the arts is proof this government is here for culture, with further support to come in the days and weeks ahead so that the culture sector can bounce back strongly.”

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