The latest scheme to provide such support is ‘Ride for Music’ a campaign recently launched by mobility app FREENOW. Under this scheme, the app pledges £1 for every taxi ride to the UK’s Music Venue Trust, a charity that works towards safeguarding and enhancing venues in the UK. FREENOW has committed to a minimum pledge of £200,000.

“FREENOW’s Ride For Music initiative will donate £1 for every taxi ride booked through the app to MVT, at no extra cost to the customer.”https://t.co/VLonynxwXS @BigIssue @FreeNow_UK

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Michelle de Maat, Head of Marketing at FREENOW UK said, “Music has such a positive impact on people’s lives and on their mental wellbeing, so supporting live music and preserving venues is key to making city life more vibrant for all. By contributing to the resilience of these vital spaces during such challenging times, we aim to ensure that the stages remain lit, and artists have a place to showcase their talent. Ultimately, this supports our users, drivers and all those who rely on these exceptional venues and a thriving nightlife throughout the country.”

Mark Davyd, Founder and CEO of Music Venue Trust, added, “The Ride for Music initiative gives every music fan in the UK an opportunity to play a role in directly supporting grassroots music venues. It’s exactly the type of joined up, creative thinking that we need to tackle the crisis facing our grassroots sector. People can make a genuine difference helping to prevent venue closures, support artists, crew and staff. FREENOW have made it simple for you to be part of the solution, and help the whole music and night time economy.”

Ed Sheeran said “Like so many musicians, I started out playing in grassroots music venues. They are such a vital part of the music ecosystem. Without them, I definitely would not have had the chance to hone my craft and become the artist I am today. I applaud the Ride for Music campaign and hope it raises loads of money for Music Venue Trust, who work tirelessly to both protect and promote these wonderful spaces.”

In 2008, Ed Sheeran relocated to London with the intention of pursuing a career in music. He began by performing at small venues and engaging in busking. The success of Sheeran and the necessity of grassroots venues in providing a crucial stepping stone for all musical talents is evident. This has led to the global stardom of artists such as Ed Sheeran.

With support from big ticket companies such as Ticketmaster and WeGotTickets along with the governments investment pledge of £5milliion back in June this year. There is hope for the survival of grassroot venues, which play a vital role on  metal health according to recent publications from the Big Issue, they stated “The UK is a nation of music lovers – in a new survey, 89% said live concerts have a positive effect on their mental health – yet the spiralling cost of living crisis has caused many to forgo that wellbeing boost.”

By using FREENOW for their taxi rides, individuals can contribute towards the promotion of live music across the country. Further information on downloading FREENOW can be found on the official website. You can also click here to donate and help support Music Venue Trust in it’s pledge to aid the survival of grassroot venues.

The Piece Hall have become the first major venue in the UK to offer the option to donate and directly support independent local venues at the point of purchase. This is after the Piece Hall signed a landmark agreement with the Music Venue Trust as well as with promoters Cuffe and Taylor, allowing the venue to give customers the option to donate to the MVT via Ticketmaster.

Groundbreaking deal to support Yorkshire’s independent music venues!

The funding agreement with @musicvenuetrust means that for all 2024 shows at The Piece Hall, fans can add a donation to support grassroots music venues in Calderdale.

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Music Venue Trust CEO, Mark Davyd spoke of the groundbreaking agreement via a press release, as he said: “This has been an incredibly challenging year for grassroots music venues, with more than 100 venues forced to close their doors to live music and many more at risk. It is absolutely vital that everyone in the music industry recognises the incredible strain the grassroots sector is under, and so it’s great to see The Piece Hall leading the way with a plan that will really make a genuine difference to other venues in the local area. We are extremely grateful to The Piece Hall and Cuffe and Taylor for coming together to support the whole ecosystem around them – we hope it inspires others to follow.”

Alongside this, earlier this year the Music Venue Trust had also announced a public ownership scheme under the name #SaveOurVenues, in which they have their first acquisition: The Snug in Manchester. The initiative was first announced in May after venues like Nambucca in North London and Sheffield’s Leadmill was under threat of closing, in which Nambucca unfortunately did. The scheme is built to tackle ownership issues and secure long-term futures for grass-roots venues.

These innovations are in response to the Music Venue Trust’s warnings this year that many small music venues in the country were at a knife-edge, as the trust called out for other big players in the music industry to help. Earlier in the year, MVT CEO Mark Davyd said about this: “This is the best year for live music in the UK in terms of gross receipts that there’s ever going to be. It’s not possible to make an argument that this can be accompanied by 100 venues closing down, cutting down access to live music for communities and cutting off the talent pipeline for artists that’ll never get to play.”

The live performances will take place starting from 19th July 2021 within Grassroots music venues alongside the Music Venues Alliance, 19th July also marks the date in which the Government has issued for Grassroots music venues to fully reopen. The scheme’s tour entitled ‘The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour’ boasts a roster of talented artists and promises over 300 live performances. The array of other music artists joining the pair on their crusade include English singer-songwriter James Arthur, Mahalia, 27-year-old singer Sam Fender and Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC. All artists involved in the ‘Revive Live’ scheme will be working alongside Music Venue Trust and the National Lottery. Both organisations founded the campaign to bring back lost revenue and to support new artists, musicians and the nation’s live music scene.

The National Lottery injected a sizeable donation of £1 million into the scheme which will cover all touring and production costs occurred during the tour and further events. The donation also means that with upfront costs already paid, the grassroots live music industry can start promoting and producing tours and live shows. Along with the donation to the scheme, the organisation is also offering 30,000 tickets for lottery and scratchcard players to win. The 30,000 tickets up to win will make up half of the tickets available, the other half will be on sale to the public.

Nigel Railton, the Chief Executive of National Lottery, part of the Camelot Group has spoken on the organisation’s excitement to be working with the Music Venue Trust within the scheme. “The National Lottery is very excited to be working with Music Venue Trust in what we believe is a truly ground-breaking initiative. The last year has been incredibly challenging for many industries and we hope The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour will help kick start the return of grassroots live music. With every ticket having a built in plus-one, we hope The National Lottery can bring friends back together this summer to once again share the experiences we’ve all missed, while thanking players for the amazing things they make happen just by buying a ticket.”

Sir Tom Jones will be performing for a limited audience of 800 at one of the three performance spaces within the Cambridge Junction. Ran’n’Bone Man will play for an even smaller crowd of 250 ticket holders, the gig will take place in Kent. The venue, Tunbridge Wells Forum, is famed within the county as the performance space was once a public toilet.

The ‘Sex Bomb’ singer has spoken on how proud he is to be part of the scheme and the importance of the campaign. He also talks about how grassroots venues are a key part of a new artist’s career and states the importance of support for such venues. “Musicians can record in their bedrooms, but they can’t learn to perform in public without a place to play, without that, there is no way you can communicate directly to people. It’ll be tough to hone your skills and you’ll never have the thrill of feeling their feedback. Without a grassroots music venue, the neighbourhood won’t have a place where people can come together to discover and support a new talent”. So, support your local pub, club, gym or church or wherever someone has the guts to bring in some entertainment, it makes all the difference both to budding artists and the community, I’m delighted to be able to perform a special show as part of The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour and to be celebrating the return of live music.”

Mark Dayvd, the CEO of Music Venue Trust has also provided the following statement concerning the new campaign. “It’s so important to get artists and crew back out and working, to get our grassroots music venues back up and running, and to get friends, families and communities back together enjoying live music. Grassroots music venues play a crucial role in the development of British music, nurturing local talent, providing a platform for artists to build their careers and develop their music and their performance skills, These venues also play a vital role in the cultural and economic vibrancy of any village, town or city. The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour is a fantastic initiative which will kickstart the return of great events across the country. We can’t wait to get started!”

The Music Venue Trust has been combating the negative effects in which COVID-19 has held over live music and the industry itself since March 2020. They aim to safely reopen all venues using various campaigns and schemes. Their most successful campaign was # Save Our Venues, which saw support and money given to help infuse revenue and business into Grassroots venues. Now with the new scheme, tour of live performances and #ReviveLive, the trust is on a mission to bring live music back.

The band took to their Instagram to share the news with fans, other posts made by the group also announced that the ‘Asleep In The Black‘ movie is now available on YouTube. The movie, made by the band’s long term creative partners, Soup Collective, documented the album’s release and campaign and was originally released in 2009 as part of a deluxe CD edition of the album.

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The special collection will not only include a reissue of the album itself but also various b-sides, two of their releases for Manchester Independent Uglyman Records, tracks from ‘The Newborn EP‘ and ‘The Any Day Now EP’, an original recording of ‘Power Blue’ which was the band’s debut album’s second single and songs from the band’s very first EP ‘The Noisebox EP’. The band’s first EP was released on 1st January 1999 under the label Soft Records and also featured a recording of ‘Powder Blue’ on its tracklist.

Also featured in the special anniversary collection are tracks recorded at the band’s show at London Astoria, as well as further recordings made from the same tour. The band have also released three tracks performed in April 2001 for Steve Lamacq’s Evening session, the music show which is aired on BBC Radio One. The releases also include remixes of the debut’s album tracks, included in the remixes is English producer Andy Votel’s version of ‘Powder Blue’.

The indie veterans formed in Manchester consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Guy Garvey, Craig Potter on keyboard/piano and backing vocals., Mark Potter on guitar and backing vocals and on bass and backing vocals, Pete Turner. The members have been banded together since 1990 when Garvey and Potter met in college.

Elbow have enjoyed long-standing success since their first release, the debut album, ‘Asleep In the Black’ was not only a commercial success but won the band a Brit award for Best New British Band as well as a Mercury Prize nomination and was named in the list of the best 50 albums of 2001. Released on 7th May 2001, the album put out four singles, the first single titled ‘Red’ was released on 23rd April 2001 with its second single, ‘Powder Blue’ released on 9th July 2001. ‘Newborn’, released on 8th October 2001 was made available in four formats including a 12’’ Vinyl Remix promo and 12’’ Vinyl. The album’s last single, ‘Asleep In The Back/Coming Second’ was released on 4th February 2002 as a double A-side charting at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart.

Fans will be glad to hear that this is not the only exciting news to come from Elbow, the band have announced the date for their ‘Passport: Back To Our Roots’ show, which will be held at Manchester’s Night and Day Café on 23rd November 2021. The very special one-off show is in aid of the UK’S Independent grassroots music venues in conjunction with the Music Venue Trusts campaign #SaveOurVenues. Also, in support of this year’s record store day, the band will release exclusive 10’’ Vinyl editions of ‘The Newborn EP’ and ‘The Any Day Now EP’.

Click here to stream the new collection.

Elbow UK Tour Dates

28/08/2021 – 3Arena – Dublin
29/08 – Waterfront Hall – Belfast
01/09 – Pavilions – Plymouth
02/09 – Bonus Arena – Hull
05/09 – O2 Academy – Leeds
06/09 – O2 Academy – Leeds
08/09 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh
09/09 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh
10/09 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
12/09 – Eventim Olympia – Liverpool
13/09 – O2 Academy – Newcastle
14/09 – O2 Academy – Newcastle
16/09 – De Montfort Hall – Leicester
17/09 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
18/09 – Centre – Brighton
20/09 – Eventim Apollo – London
21/09 – Eventim Apollo – London
22/09 – Eventim Apollo – London
24/09 – Guildhall – Portsmouth
26/09 – International Centre – Portsmouth
28/09 – O2 Apollo – Manchester
29/09 – O2 Apollo – Manchester
30/09 – O2 Apollo – Manchester

The Music Venue Trust is a charity is tasked with the aim of the safe reopening of grassroots venues as well as the re-emergence of live music in the UK. Revealing their new plan in November called ‘The Traffic Light’ campaign, which served as an update on their victorious #SaveOurVenues campaign. The campaign was successful in saving 13 venues from the ‘red list’ including Four Horsemen in Bournemouth, Hootenanny in Inverness and Rossi Bar located in Brighton. New campaigns are following the next steps to bring live music back to the nation as safely and successfully as it can.

CEO of Music Venue Trust Mark Davyd has released this information, “The crisis is nearing its final lap but we need to make sure these venues finish the race. With the support of artists and audiences, we have fought our way through the last 11 months venue by venue, case by case, trying to make sure that venues can Reopen Every Venue Safely. These 6 newly highlighted venues need urgent help, and we still have 14 venues that were on the original Red list that we can’t yet guarantee will survive to bring live music back to our communities. We are completely determined that they will.”

The charity has released a new ‘red list’ which lists all the venues which are currently in danger of permeant closure, here visitors and supporters can donate funds to the venue of their choice, and the great thing is that if an individual venue has raised enough money for their safety the donation will go to other venues still on the ‘red list’. As well as the ability to donate to support the charity, The Music Venue Trust also sells merch to aid the cause.

Loved venues that are included in the list are Boom in Leeds, Spiritual Bar in London, and the warehouse club for electronic fans, Egg, located in Kings Cross. Included on the list is the legendary Islington venue The Lexington, opened under the current name in 2008, in October of last year the venue was put on the list to benefit from the Cultural Recovery Fund given by Arts Council England. The Venue is unfortunately still at risk of closure and is crowdfunding to survive post-COVID.

With the news on February 22nd from Boris Johnson, giving a road map to a sense of normality for our lives as well as a revival for music and live events, it is more important than ever that the grassroots venues are supported.

Click here to view the Red List and donate and click here to buy merch.

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In the recent news of 13 venues being removed from The Red List Davvyd stated, “The love shown for these venues continues to demonstrate how important they are to people and to our towns and cities. Music Venue Trust is committed to reopening every venue safely and we are going to carry on working through this crisis until that outcome is achieved.”

One of the 13 saved from the Music Venue’s Trust fundraiser was Grand Elektra in Hastings. The venue is the cities leading music venue and nightclub, hosting comedy nights, theatre and music videos as well. Paul Mandy, the owner of Grand Elektra stated, “Being part of the red list #saveourvenues has been great support for the venue and hospitality sector. It’s brought great publicity to our cause and with the support of the MVT which has been amazing throughout the whole of the pandemic crisis and helped us weather this storm so far.”

The full list of the 13 venues removed from the Red List are:

Arden Inn, Accrington
Backstage Kinross
Boulevard, Wigan
Four Horsemen, Bournemouth
Gellions, Inverness
Hootenanny, Inverness
Plot 22, Sheffield
Rossi Bar, Brighton
Strange Brew, Bristol
The Brunswick, Hove
The Grand Elektra/ The Crypt, Hastings
The Railway Inn, Winchester
Waterloo Bar, Blackpool

However, there are still venues being added to the ‘Red List’ that are in desperate need of support. These include BOOM in Leeds, The Lexington in London, The Windmill in Brixton and many more. The target for the campaign to succeed is £1,750,000 with a current £791,502 raised from 12,418 supporters.

BOOM Leeds, a renowned punk music venue, has hosted famous artists such as slowthai, Gallows and Code Orange. Yet, the beloved venue is still in dire need of donations due to the pandemics restrictions on live music. Frank Turner, lead vocalist of Million Dead and now solo singer-songwriter, performed a live-stream set in which the proceeds went to BOOM Leeds. In a social media post, the singer stated how his ‘first hard-core gig’ was at BOOM, leading to Turner and his fans raised £7000 for the venue. 

To support your favourite music venue and stop iconic live music settings closing, donate here.

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This year, more than any other, we are reminded of the words of Joe Strummer, who said ‘Without people, you’re nothing’.

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In an end of year statement, MVT spoke positively about the campaign, and thanked all donators for the money raised so far. “We feel it is important to take a moment to acknowledge all the remarkable work that has been done this year to shield our community from the worst possible outcome of this pandemic, and to thank all of the people who made that possible,” said the organisation.

“This year, more than any other, we are reminded of the words of Joe Strummer, who said ‘Without people, you’re nothing’. Our community has responded to this crisis with extraordinary passion and commitment. You are our people, and that means everything to us and to the venues.”

The money raised will help venues across the UK remain open despite financial issues, with venues, with the Alchemy Bar in Croydon, the Spiritual Bar in Camden and Mundell Music Backstage in Kinross being some of many venues to receive aid from the campaign. When speaking to NME, MVT CEO Mark Davyd said that the effort and hard work of communities had been a amazing feat, and a true example of ‘people power’.

Johnson’s revised rules will see hospitality and night-time venues closing at 11pm, with last orders to be taken at 10pm. Set to commence from Wednesday, December 2nd, Johnson’s new rules show almost no consideration towards the survival of the night time industry.

Night Time Industry Association Michael Kill released a public statement sharing his worries surrounding the new government restrictions. Kill stated “This announcement by the Government has led us to believe that they are intentionally aiming to collapse our sector…Every town and city across the UK stands to lose valued and much-loved venues.  This will be another stab in the heart of our town and city centres.”

Live music and independent venues, integral parts of British culture, are at stake, Kill warns. Kill argued that “We stand to lose the cultural institutions and amazing workforce of professionals that the UK are renowned for globally. Our clubs, bars, venues, security, freelancers, staff, managers, DJ’s and many more will lose their livelihoods and continue to suffer financial hardship without Government intervention.”

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Kill went on to directly question the Prime Minister’s lack of support for the live music sector. Kill said: “I make a direct appeal to the Prime Minister –what are you doing to save the lives and livelihoods of the many businesses and workers within the night-time economy, businesses that have been closed since March and are continuing to suffer? 

Kill rightly pointed out that “they have staff and freelancers that will lose their jobs irrespective of furlough because the businesses won’t survive.” Kill concluded the statement with: “What do you say to that Prime Minister, I hope you are sleeping well at night because thousands within our sector are struggling to sleep, in fear of their future.”

In a survey taken of 400 UK businesses, the NTIA found that 75.6% of establishments confirmed that they will be closed by Christmas indefinitely. Additionally, 73% of them said they have made workers redundant since the pandemic began.

 

 

 

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Whilst larger night clubs, such as London’s iconic Fabric, were aided by the government following the £1.5b Cultural Recovery Fund, countless others, which the government labelled as “culturally insignificant”, have been ignored.

In response to the Night Time Industry Association, a government spokesperson from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport said today: “Pubs, clubs and grassroots venues are the heartbeats of our vibrant night-time economy and we are continuing to work closely with the Night-Time Industries Association and medical experts to develop advice and guidance so that nightclubs can reopen when it’s safe to do so.”

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Meanwhile, the Music Venue Trust has launched a brand new preservation campaign towards 30 UK Grassroots venues on the edge of permanent extinction. The MVT’s new #SaveThe30 campaign is vital in protecting beloved venues such as London’s Lexington or Halifax’s The Lantern.

Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd stated: “If we don’t act to save them right now, we do expect a large number of them to be permanently closed – it’s as simple as that. Unless a significant movement is made in the next four weeks, we should expect them to start closing in the middle of December.”

More information about donating to the Music Venue Trust can be found here.

The auction agendas are to curate funds for music industry workers financially struggling from the Covid-19 pandemic. The fate of much of the music industry is undecided at the moment, thus the public support by the likes Twigs and Gallagher is vital.

The first auction is a one-off event for The Music Venue Trust (MVT), a charitable organisation focused on preserving and maintaining music industry artists, particularly independent venues. The MVT was behind the huge #SaveOurVenues movement, a national campaign that has since generated over £1m.

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The second auction is entitled #ILoveLive. The proceeds of the #ILoveLive auction will go entirely to the Stagehand charity. Stagehand is a hardship fund for workers of live industry events.

After hearing of “a former stage manager who woke up in tears after realising she had £10 in her bank account”, Stagehand selected the worker for a series of £500 payments. Stagehand said: “It wasn’t much but it showed that someone cared.” Both FKA Twigs and Gallagher gave signed guitars to the #ILoveLive auction. Tahliah Debrett Barnett, aka FKA Twigs, bequeathed some of her famous stage masks too. 

Eric Clapton, Elbow and Nile Rogers also partook in the #ILoveLive, each gifting a signed guitar. Other artists that got involved were Florence Welch, Ellie Goulding and Robbie Williams, who gave the personal gift of handwritten lyrics. Meanwhile, The Chemical Brothers donated a signed synth, and Craig David gave away a signed mixing desk.  

Steven Wilson, singer, songwriter and founder of progressive rock band Porcupine, donated personal memorabilia for the MVT auction. Wilson donated a box set containing a Grammy nomination certificate, an unreleased song, and other surprises, all worth over £10,000.

 

 

 

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David Stopps, music manager and founder of the Stagehand draw, spoke on the Covid-19 pandemic, and how the mental health of many industry workers have been negatively affected. Stopps said sadly: “When I heard about the 10th suicide attempt among road crew I thought, I’ve got to do something.”

Tom Bailey, a client of Stopps and a former member of the Thompson Twins, donated the guitar that he played at Live Aid back in 1985. Meanwhile, Nile Rogers, originally from Chic, gifted a special replica of his iconic Stratocaster guitar. The “hitmaker” replica was the driving force behind several Chic tracks, and more recently serving on Daft Punks’ Get Lucky.

Rogers showed his gratitude for music tour workers amid the donation. Rogers meditated that “A Chic show would not be possible without our incredible crew who have been deeply affected by the pandemic, as have all the crews. They’ve had such a tough time this year with no work at all.”

The need for financial action towards the music industry at these present times is immediate and pressing. Although the UK government has given furlough schemes and grants for industry workers, but it is not enough. Freelance workes such as sound and lighting engineers and tour managers have been left by the wayside during the Covid pandemic. Hopefully, the auctions are a step in the right direction for saving the music industry as we know it.

Night and Day, Manchester’s iconic music venue, has also been selected to receive help from the vital fund. This news follows the Cultural Recovery Fund awarding financial support to over 1000 organisations earlier this week, with an agenda geared towards the preservation of Britain’s beloved music venues and spaces.

The Cultural Recovery Fund ensures that selected festivals, live music venues and arts spaces will be kept safe from the looming threats of coronavirus related closures until April 2021. Back in October, influential venues such as Liverpool’s Cavern Club and The Brudenell in Leeds received chunks from the £257 million coronavirus fund. Now, the next recipients of the government’s £1.57 billion bailout fund have been unveiled. 

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Night and Cafe, the famous Mancunian music venue, will get a £64,745 grant. The essential grant will enable Night and Cafe to host socially distanced shows from December, and full capacity shows from 2021. This is not the first closure threat directed at Night and Cafe, who faced and then fought against closure threats back in 2014.

Jennifer Smithson, director of Night and Cafe, expressed her utmost gratitude for the grant. Smithson relayed that “We’re delighted to have received support from the Cultural Recovery Fund. The grant enables us to plan for the future when we look forward to having live music back at the venue once again.” Other paramount organisations set to receive grants are London’s Fighting Cocks Bar & Venue, Nottingham’s Hockley Hustle, Coventry’s Kasbah and of course, Oxfordshires Truck Festival. Fighting Cocks will receive £163,732, Hockley Hustle £98,800, Kasbah £180,838, whilst Truck Festival will receive £219,232.

 

 

 

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Additionally, Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studios, the hallowed halls in which Pulp and Arctic Monkeys recorded music, will receive £161,053. The Music Venue Trust, the organisation behind the massively successful #SaveOurVenues campaign who have been fighting to save Grassroots music venues since March, has welcomed the government grants with open arms.

In an official statement, Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Trust, stated that “The Culture Recovery Fund released by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport is an essential injection of support.”

Davyd continued, explaining that the Cultural Recovery Fund “does not just protect cherished and much loved cultural infrastructure, it also enables these venues to stage a gradual, planned and safe return to work for staff, artists and crew and that will support the whole grassroots sector as we seek to Revive Live.” 

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The Cultural Secretary Oliver Dowden acknowledged the importance of the Cultural Recovery Fund, saying that “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.” 

Further details of the Cultural Recovery Fund grants and its recipients will be revealed this week.