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Re-Production has been awarded £50,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.
Re-Production is one of 588 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support – with £76 million of investment announced today. This follows £257 million awarded earlier in the week to 1,385 organisations, also from the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Further rounds of funding in the cultural and heritage sector are due to be announced over the coming weeks.
Re-production have a rich history of providing event support to a range of events. From St Pauls Carnival to Goldney Ball to feminist literature festival Primadonna re-production have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make events happen.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said:
“This is more vital funding to protect cultural gems across the country, save jobs and prepare the arts to bounce back. Through Arts Council England we are delivering the biggest ever investment in the arts in record time. Hundreds of millions of pounds are already making their way to thousands of organisations.
“These awards build on our commitment to be here for culture in every part of the country.”
Chair, Arts Council England, Sir Nicholas Serota, said:
“Culture is an essential part of life across the country, helping to support people’s wellbeing through creativity and self-expression, bringing communities together, and fuelling our world class creative industries.
“This latest set of awards from the Culture Recovery Fund builds on those announced recently and will help hundreds of organisations to survive the next few months, ensuring that the cultural sector can bounce back after the crisis. We will continue doing everything we can to support artists and cultural and creative organisations, with further funding to be announced in the coming weeks.”
Andrew Corrigan Director, said:
“As for many 2020 has been a very hard year from us. The pandemic has been especially hard-hitting considering our great 2019. We would love events back up and as all remember but this vital fund will not only help us survive but adapt to a changing industry. We're relieved that we can continue to keep doing what we love doing and look out for some exciting developments over at RE-PRO HQ! We'd like to thank everyone for campaigning for support of the events industry especially the #WeMakeEvents for everyone's hard work keeping the industry visible. “