A cash injection to support the arts during the Covid-19 crisis will see individuals and organisations in Kent receive emergency funding.
In all more almost £2.1 million will be distributed to support creative endeavours in the county as artists and groups - including some of our biggest venues - struggle with the impact of coronavirus.
The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury is among the organisations to receive emergency funding
The support package, announced today by Arts Council England, will see 182 individuals share a total of £418,627, while 78 independent organisations will receive funds totalling £1.68 million.
Other organisations being backed by the newly-announced funding include Maidstone Museums, the Horsebridge Arts Centre in Whitstable, and Folkestone Fringe.
Hedley Swain, area director for the south east at Arts Council England, said: "Our sector is in unprecedented times and I am very pleased that we have been able to award so many grants in Kent and beyond in such a short timeframe.
"We’re extremely grateful to our partners for helping us to get this critical funding to artists, creative practitioners, arts organisations, museums and libraries - who use their creativity to benefit communities in villages, towns and cities across the country."
The Arts Council’s Emergency Response Package is designed to help reduce the immediate pressure faced by the creative sector this summer.
In all 7,484 grants totalling £17.1 million will be awarded to individual artists and creative groups across the country.
Almost 90% of the budget for this emergency response funding came from the National Lottery.
The full list of grants awarded to organisations in Kent
]performance s p a c e [ - £38,174
51zero - £15,000
6FootStories Ltd - £34,908
Acá Theatre - £18,929
Acrojou - £35,000
AE - £35,000
Animate Arts Company - £22,833
Bon Volks CIC - £12,570
Bright Shadow - £13,988
Broadstairs Folk Week - £34,835
Chiddingstone Castle - £34,964
Circo Rum Ba Ba - £34,441
Crate Studios & Project Space - £6,926
CSP in the Park - £27,522
Custom Folkestone CIC - £18,500
DancingStrong - £5,290
Deal Music and Arts Limited - £32,644
Dizzy O'Dare - £14,980
DOVER ARTS DEVELOPMENT - £33,484
Fat Lady Opera CIC - £14,980
Folkestone Fringe - £35,000
Folkestone Puppets CIC - £14,660
FrancisKnight Ltd - £9,950
GDND Community - £12,000
HOP Projects - £34,766
Horsebridge Arts Centre - £35,000
Icon Theatre - £28,000
Inspiration Creative C.I.C. - £22,481
Kent Creative - £15,989
Living Words - £26,850
Loop Dance Company - £7,343
Looping the Loop - £16,317
LV21 Ltd - £20,200
Lyrici Arts - £25,842
Maidstone Museums - £22,500
Margate Arts Club - £9,500
Margate Festival CIC - £35,000
Margate Films - £34,401
Moochdesign Ltd - £10,195
Moving Memory Dance Theatre - £21,394
Music for Change - £20,000
MUSIC@MALLING - £17,017
Musical Walkabout CIC - £8,568
Northdown Studios - £9,500
Open Heart Productions - £29,200
Outdoor Studios CIC - £15,500
Positive View Foundation - £16,837
POW! Thanet - £24,320
Project MotorHouse - £12,973
Ramsgate Music Hall - £13,535
Resort Studios - £30,430
Revelation - St Marys Arts Trust - £15,658
Round in Circles - £18,100
Screaming Alley CIC - £30,000
Screen South - £35,000
Shepway Spectrum Arts - £8,000
ShivaNova - £31,600
Smugglers Events ltd - £26,783
SPACER - £16,522
SparkedEcho - £21,909
Square Pegs - £15,000
Strange Cargo - £35,000
Strangeface - £8,865
Strangelove Festival - £12,000
Stretch - £18,000
Sun Pier House CIC - £35,000
Thanet Writers - £6,177
The Lighthouse - £14,725
The Margate Bookie - £8,758
The Margate School Ltd - £35,000
The Marlowe Theatre - £34,468
Tom Thumbb Theatre - £20,000
Translating Nature - £26,000
Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre - £35,000
Well Projects - £14,143
Westcoast Kent Community Interest Company - £13,520
