Burnley Youth Theatre is one of 990 organisations to receive a share of Government investment of £446 million to support arts and culture across the country.
By targeting the Arts Council’s Levelling Up places, Burnley Youth Theatre will receive funding of £130,000 per year over the next three years – accounting for an uplift of £65,000 per year.
The youth thestre, who next year celebrate their 50th anniversary plan to use the extra funding to deliver exciting, engaging and inclusive cultural activities with children, young people and families in Burnley and Padiham from April 2023.
Commenting, Antony Higginbotham MP said:
I'll always fight Burnley and Padiham's corner in Parliament. Making sure we get investment out of London and into our borough - because for too long we'd be left behind!
At the end of September we welcomed the Minister responsible for Arts and Culture to Burnley Youth Theatre. And now I'm pleased to announce that after raising the incredible work they do, £130,000 per year for the next 3 years has been allocated to help them continue with it.
This money builds upon support provided through the Cultural Recovery Fund and will allow Karen and all the team to keep providing a place for young people to enjoy culture and arts all year round!
Commenting, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said:
Thanks to this new government funding package, spreading more money to more communities than ever before, people living in areas from Wolverhampton to Wigan and Crawley to Chesterfield will now get to benefit from the deep economic and social rewards culture can bring.
We continue to support our icons such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Shakespeare Company, but today's announcement will see organisations in places all too often overlooked get the support they need to transform access to the arts for everyone – no matter where they live.
