Blackpool Illuminations, football museum and theatre group for disabled kids get levelling-up cash
THE Blackpool Illuminations, a museum dedicated to football and a theatre group for disabled kids are to be handed thousands of pounds in vital levelling- up funding.
Arts Council England yesterday announced that they are among 990 organisations that will receive a share of £446million each year — as part of a long-term plan to spread cash around the country.
Arts Council England chief executive Darren Henley told The Sun it would ensure more people have access to high-quality art and culture — much of which is free — when people are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. A record-breaking 1,730 applications were submitted for the 2023-26 investment programme, funded by the Government and
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