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14/07/2016
Applications Open For €9m Arts And Culture Capital Scheme
The 2016 Arts and Culture Capital Scheme has opened for applications, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys, has announced.
The new €9m capital investment scheme for arts and culture centres will run from 2016-2018 and is focussed on enhancing the existing stock of arts and culture centres throughout the country.
The funding is being made available as part of the Capital Investment Framework 2016-2021. Applications are now being invited for funding under Streams 1 and 2 of the scheme.
Minister Humphreys said: "The scheme will provide a very important capital injection for arts and cultural centres around the country. We are relatively well served in terms of regional cultural centres, but I am very aware that the current stock needs to be upgraded.
"It is my priority to target investment at existing facilities, to bring the current stock of arts centres up to standard. This €9 million investment scheme will run from 2016-2018, and we have designed it in such a way that venues of varying size and purpose will benefit.
"Arts and cultural centres act as a hub for local communities, and having a fit for purpose cultural space can really add to a sense of community pride. If we want to ensure that the arts are accessible in the regions, it is very important that we support our cultural infrastructure."
(MH/JP)
The new €9m capital investment scheme for arts and culture centres will run from 2016-2018 and is focussed on enhancing the existing stock of arts and culture centres throughout the country.
The funding is being made available as part of the Capital Investment Framework 2016-2021. Applications are now being invited for funding under Streams 1 and 2 of the scheme.
Minister Humphreys said: "The scheme will provide a very important capital injection for arts and cultural centres around the country. We are relatively well served in terms of regional cultural centres, but I am very aware that the current stock needs to be upgraded.
"It is my priority to target investment at existing facilities, to bring the current stock of arts centres up to standard. This €9 million investment scheme will run from 2016-2018, and we have designed it in such a way that venues of varying size and purpose will benefit.
"Arts and cultural centres act as a hub for local communities, and having a fit for purpose cultural space can really add to a sense of community pride. If we want to ensure that the arts are accessible in the regions, it is very important that we support our cultural infrastructure."
(MH/JP)
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