Scotland giving £65 million for culture
Christian Fernsby ▼ | January 4, 2022
Details of a Scotland's financial package worth £65 million for culture and major events have been confirmed by the Culture Secretary Angus Robertson.Article continues below
The split of the funding is as follows:
for cultural businesses, organisations, venues and independent cinema support and grassroots venues - £31.5 million
National Performing Companies (for Christmas losses and touring fund re-purposing) - £2 million
Freelancers - £10 million
Events sector - £19.8 million
Museums, galleries and heritage - £1.7 million
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson said: “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is once again causing disruption and uncertainty in the culture and events sector, who have already been hit so hard by its impact.
“We have been engaging with the sector about the impact of the Omicron variant and we are fully committed to supporting culture and events while they recover from the impact of the COVID – and we are aware of just how important they are to Scotland, and indeed the wider recovery from this pandemic.
“These additional funds will help protect the livelihoods of the people working in the sector – and allow us to give further support to freelancers, culture organisations, venues and our national performing companies.”
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