Hundreds of art and culture organisations across the North West will benefit from an emergency funding boost from the Government.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Arts Council England have today (October 12) announced that 1385 arts and cultural organisations across the country are to receive a share of £257 million.

The cash is part of a vital financial boost from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.

A total of 165 North West theatres, galleries, performance groups, arts organisations, museums and local venues facing the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic will benefit from the funding.

Bacup Royal Court Theatre Group, Blackpool Grand Theatre Ltd, Burnley Borough Council, Burnley Leisure, Burnley youth Theatre, Hyndburn Arts Ltd, LCC Lancashire Textile Industry Collection and Pendle Leisure Ltd are just some of the organisations in Lancashire that are included.

Cumbria Theatre Trust, Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, Lakes Story Ltd and Barrow Borough Council/the forum are just some of the organisations in Cumbria that are included.

The emergency funds will help to ensure they have a 'sustainable future and continue to bring joy to local communities and international audiences', says the government.

The organisations set to benefit are those that applied for grants of under £1 million in the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund.

It is set to help the organisations create work and performances, and plan for reopening.

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Many venues were forced to shut throughout the lockdown, although a number were still active, using creative ways to reach audiences.

The funding, described as "the biggest tranche of funding distributed to date from the Culture Recovery Fund" is the first in a series of announcements on the funding programmes administered by Arts Council England.

Applicants for grants of over £1 million, as well as those who applied to round two of the fund and the Repayable Finance programme, will be notified of their outcomes shortly.

Here is the full list of organisations across Lancashire and which will benefit from the funding:

  • ART B&B CIC: £73,000
  • Bacup Royal Court Theatre Group: £50,000
  • Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts & Entertainment) Ltd: £483,666
  • British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust: £183,600
  • Burnley Borough Council: £116,474
  • Burnley Leisure: £336,597
  • Burnley Youth Theatre: £59,448
  • Community Rooms cic: £50,000
  • Dansworks Dance Academy of Performing Arts Community Interest Company: £89,600
  • Eat Sleep Entertainment Ltd: £81,309
  • Fifty Three Two Events: £61,116
  • Funcast Ltd: £50,000
  • Global Grooves: £147,261
  • Hyndburn Arts Limited: £68,000
  • idle women: £89,270
  • Jobe Entertainment: £69,279
  • King George's Hall: £364,000
  • Lamp Oil Ltd: £94,919
  • LCC Lancashire Textile Industry Collection: £64,950
  • Pendle Leisure: £185,543
  • Lite Alternative Ltd: £82,000
  • Lowther Pavilion Theatre: £129,860
  • Mid Pennine Arts: £70,205
  • New Continental LLP: £398,933
  • The Comedy Station: £50,000
  • The Dukes Playhouse Ltd: £150,000
  • Tom And Laci Productions Limited: £362,980
  • Visual Connection Ltd: £115,965
  • Viva Blackpool: £249,000
  • Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery: £155,375

Here is the full list of organisations across Cumbria which will benefit from the funding:

  • Audio Collective Limited: £51,000
  • Bar Thirty Two Ltd: £50,000
  • Barrow Borough Council/the forum: £100,000
  • Brantwood: £221,400
  • Cumbria Theatre TrustL £878,492
  • Kendal Brewery Arts Centre: £237,815
  • Lakes Story Ltd: £250,000
  • Rosehill Arts Trust: £207,281
  • Rosehill Youth Theatre: £89,397

And here are the list of places in the rest of the North West that will get funding:

  • Alexander's Live: £238,404
  • Arts at the Mill CIC: £945,621
  • Bank Top Industries Ltd: £56,186
  • Beat Bazaar Projects Ltd: £75,000
  • Bido Lito!: £50,000
  • Blitz: £136,363
  • Bloom Leisure Ltd: £218,137
  • Bluecoat Display Centre Ltd: £63,250
  • Bolton Party Ltd: £225,451
  • Brighter Sound: £51,505
  • Buy Art Fair Ltd: £50,000
  • Castle Park Arts Centre: £50,000
  • Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum Trust Ltd: £162,000
  • Cavern City Tours Ltd: £525,000
  • Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art: £55,000
  • Cheshire East Council: £180,000
  • Chetham's Library: £66,400
  • Chibuku/Circus Music: £365,000
  • Cinder House Publishing Limited: £136,977
  • Clonter Farm Music Trust: £100,000
  • Creative Tourist Limited: £122,000
  • Cruz 101: £250,000
  • CSLR Ltd: £112,000
  • Culture Warrington: £156,604
  • dBS Solutuons North West Ltd: £70,000
  • Deaf Institute: £148,000
  • Dirty Rascals Ltd: £162,411
  • Discover the Bluedot Ltd: £245,000
  • District 61 Jordan Street Limited: £74,820
  • dot-art Services CIC: £52,810
  • Eagle Bar Manchester: £90,000
  • Events Design Company Ltd: £75,000
  • Events With Intent LTD, £217,911
  • FACT: £58,357
  • Fit The Bill Ltd: £58,000
  • Future Everything CIC: £95,000
  • Future Yard CIC: £60,000
  • Glasswerk Concerts: £74,487
  • Gorilla: £255,500
  • Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd: £351,000
  • Halle Concerts Society: £740,000
  • HDI Dance Camps Ltd: £115,000
  • Heart of Glass: £151,725
  • Hey! Manchester: £50,000
  • Icon Events and Productions Limited: £126,818
  • Inner City Music Ltd: £211,200
  • INVISIBLE WIND FACTORY LIMITED: £230,000
  • Laughterhouse On The Road Ltd: £96,357
  • Link4Life: £666,475
  • LipService Theatre: £53,846
  • Rising Moon Theatre: £60,000
  • Liverpool & Merseyside Theatres Trust Ltd: £389,352

  • Liverpool Irish Festival: £50,500

  • Liverpool Lighthouse: £81,272

  • Lumen Productions Limited: £82,478

  • Lyceum Theatre Crewe Ltd: £231,387

  • Mackinnon & Saunders Ltd: £97,092

  • Manchester Camerata Limited: £229,000

  • Manchester City Galleries: £780,022

  • Manchester Collective: £156,174

  • Manchester Craft And Design: £80,030

  • Manchester Jazz Festival: £64,968

  • Manchester Literature Festival: £54,000

  • Manchester Museum: £240,580

  • Manchester Young People's Theatre trading as Contact: £193,720

  • Matt and Phreds Mcr Ltd: £125,000

  • Meraki Liverpool: £56,836

  • Merseyside Dance Initiative: £80,000

  • Merseyside Youth Association: £97,524

  • Mission Mars: £1,000,000

  • National Football Museum: £515,965

  • NAVentures Limited: £166,111

  • NK Theatre Arts: £80,004

  • Northern Hospitality MCR Ltd: £131,223

  • Off The UK: £69,610

  • Oldham Coliseum Theatre: £243,342

  • Parr Street Studios: £63,000

  • Partisan Collective: £53,594

  • Phase One Liverpool: £69,582

  • Plain View Production Ltd: £85,000

  • Proud and Loud Arts: £126,706

  • Redriff Ltd: £146,984

  • Reform Radio: £89,310

  • Regal Entertainments Ltd: £313,080

  • Royal Court Liverpool Trust: £729,915

  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: £748,000

  • Salt Town Limited (Trading as The Salty Dog): £80,000

  • SBS Audio Visual: £60,000