Cultural venues to receive share of £11m cash pot

Sixteen cultural venues, museums and libraries in Yorkshire and the Humber are set to receive a share of £11m in government funding.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, the Northern Ballet in Leeds and East Riding Libraries are among those to receive money.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said cultural organisations in the region were "custodians of local identity" which have a "key role in the story we tell ourselves as a nation".

"Arts and culture are the beating hearts of our communities, they have the power to unite us in the face of division and break down barriers to opportunity," she said.

"We want to harness the power to help us build a brighter future for the people of Yorkshire and the Humber."

The money comes from various pools of the £1.5bn Arts Everywhere Fund, which aims to save more than 1,000 at-risk venues in England.

The grants will be delivered by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough was awarded the highest grant in the region, with £2.7m to be spent on essential repairs and upgrades to The McCarthy studio theatre and cinema.

The government said it would ensure the theatre could "continue to produce nationally significant productions and to provide local communities with access to live theatre".

York Museums Trust will receive £2m to enable it to carry out repairs and prevent further water damage to the Grade I listed Yorkshire Museum.

Oakwell Hall in Kirklees will receive £1.6m of funding for work including stabilising the building, repairing the roof, replacing ceilings and gutters and relocating accessible toilets.

The full list of venues and services receiving funding are:

• Scarborough Theatre Trust Ltd - £2,700,000
• Yorkshire Museum - £2,000,000
• Oakwell Hall, Kirklees - £1,638,724
• Barnsley Civic Enterprise Ltd Civic - £805,165
• Yorkshire Dance Centre Trust - £750,000
• Kirklees Theatre Trust - £630,000
• Northern Ballet Limited - £522,500
• Ryedale Folk Museum - £350,676
• Hull Truck Theatre - £318,911
• East Riding Libraries - £300,000
• North Lincolnshire Council - £265,560
• Burton Constable Hall - £242,000
• Hull Culture and Leisure Library - £203,175
• Rotherham Theatres - £200,000
• Mind the Gap Studio - £100,000
• Sheffield Libraries - £87,000

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