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Grants made in 2003

Arts and Heritage

Grants approved over £10,000

Aldeburgh Poetry Trust - £30,000
Towards the costs over four years of extending the annual poetry festival and introducing a UK-wide poetry tour and residential writing course.

Alnwick District Playhouse Trust -
£24,000
Towards the costs over three years of developing the Playhouse's artistic programme.

Apples & Snakes - £24,040
Towards costs of training, administration, resources and materials to extend the artists' training programme to the regions.

Arnolfini Gallery Ltd -
£20,000
Towards the costs of a cataloguer to preserve and promote an archive of late 20th century contemporary art.

Artangel Trust -
£15,000
Towards the costs of a series of musical works to be presented in the former village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.

Arts & Media Training Ltd -
£40,793
Towards the costs over two years of the 'Creative Renewal' programme, a professional development programme for artists from a range of disciplines.

Butetown History & Arts Centre -
£43,000
Towards the salary of a Development Worker and core costs to develop and manage a history and arts centre.

Cambridge Foundation (ADC Theatre) -
£20,000
Towards three staff salaries over two years during a period of refurbishment.

City Arts Trust -
£19,500
Towards artists' commission fees and expenses to attend rehearsals and concerts.

COMA - Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs -
£92,900
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Manager, and programme costs for the first year, for a UK-wide scheme for new and established composers.

Contemporary Dance Trust -
£70,896
Towards the costs over two years of the 'Developing Creative Potential' programme to help professional dancers fulfil their artistic potential.

Council for the Care of Churches -
£100,000
Towards the conservation grants programme which preserves historic furnishings and works of art in churches of all denominations.

Dance Northwest Ltd - £15,000
Towards artists' fees to improve the quality of dance work in the North West through mentoring, commissioning and touring.

Dartington Hall Trust -
£20,000
Towards core costs to assist young musicians in their transition from full-time education into professional careers.

Diversions Dance Ltd -
£19,936
Towards the artists' fees and costs over three years of touring four new dance works in Wales.

Early Music Network Ltd -
£13,120
Towards the costs of touring the musical ensemble to six venues across England.

Education Through Art -
£65,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Co-ordinator, artist adviser fees and evaluation costs for a project to support emerging and mid-career artists and craftspeople in the South East.

Endymion Ensemble Ltd - £20,000
Towards administrative salaries and costs to present performances of music by living composers.

Fabrica -
£60,000
Towards the costs over three years of the gallery's exhibition and support programme for emerging artists.

Falmouth Art Gallery -
£17,750
Towards the costs of bringing an exhibition to two small, high quality museums that serve rural communities.

George Piper Dances -
£60,000
Towards the costs of commissioning and touring new work to venues across the UK, and related education work.

Historic Chapels Trust - £16,500
Towards core costs over two years to secure the preservation, repair and maintenance of religious buildings other than those consecrated for the use of the Church of England.

Mendelssohn on Mull Trust - £18,255
Towards musicians' fees, venue hire, publicity and audience development costs to reach new audiences and provide a showcase for young professional musicians.

Merseyside Dance Initiative Ltd - £60,000
Towards the core costs over three years of developing dance through promoting performances and building audiences.

Mull Theatre Limited - £13,752
Towards the costs of taking two productions on tour to areas beyond the company's usual touring network.

Music in the Round -
£30,000
Towards the costs of touring a programme of chamber music to regional venues.

National Art Collections Fund - £102,500
Towards the costs of enabling museums in Northern Ireland to purchase works for their collections.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - £75,000
Towards the salary over three years of a new curatorial post.

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - £75,000
Towards the core costs of the orchestra programme.

National Youth Orchestras of Scotland -
£75,000
Towards the costs over three years of 'Camerata Scotland', which provides orchestral experience for emerging musicians.

National Youth Theatre of Great Britain -
£65,000
Towards core costs during 2003/2004.

New Kent Opera - £20,000
Towards the core costs of a programme to perform high quality opera.

New Writing North -
£59,000
Towards the costs over two years of a literature events programme in Tyneside.

North East Arts Touring (NEAT) -
£26,973
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Worker to develop performing arts touring networks in Aberdeenshire and Moray.

Northern Ballet Theatre - £50,000
Towards the costs of the regional touring programme.

NTC Touring Theatre Company Limited - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of the professional development programme 'InterACT' in the North East of England.

Ophaboom Theatre - £19,565
Towards the salary of a part-time Producer to tour a new piece of work across the UK.

Painshill Park Trust Ltd - £50,000
Towards the salary over three years of the Marketing Assistant and a contribution to publicity costs for one year.

Peckleton Arts - £16,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Development Officer to support the development of arts groups in rural areas and improve the provision of arts events.

Pegasus Opera Company Ltd -
£57,051
Towards the salary over three years of a General Administrator and staff training costs to develop new audiences for opera.

Red Rose Chain - £35,000
Towards the artistic fees for site specific performances and a regional tour of a new production of Macbeth.

SAMPAD South Asian Arts - £60,000
Towards the costs over two years of creating and touring new dance work.

Sinfonia 21 -
£35,621
Towards the costs of commissioning and touring a new orchestral piece.

Site Gallery Ltd -
£30,850
Towards the costs over two years of a training programme to support emerging artists in the North of England through a commissioning and exhibition programme.

South East Dance -
£43,350
Towards the costs over three years of a training programme for professional dancers in the South East of England to work with disadvantaged young people.

St Magnus Festival - £78,000
Towards the costs over three years of an annual arts festival in Orkney.

Tate St Ives - £24,000
Towards the costs of a residency programme for two artists and the ensuing exhibitions, and a contribution towards the refurbishment of the residency studio.

The Farnham Trust - £30,000
Towards the building costs of refurbishing the Harris Workshop, part of the Farnham Pottery in Surrey.

The Faversham Society - £14,000
Towards the costs of the completion of the Gunpowder Story gallery.

The Firebird Trust - £20,000
Towards the costs over two years of a music programme in the East Midlands.

The Georgian Theatre Royal -
£61,800
Towards the salary costs over three years of the Director and Marketing Manager.

The Guild of Handicraft Trust -
£25,000
Towards the conversion of the 17th century Court Barn into a museum and learning centre for craft and design in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

The Opera Group -
£57,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Producer to present 20th century opera and music theatre on tour throughout England.

Whitchurch Silk Mill Trust -
£60,241
Towards the costs of improving displays and interpretation materials at a working silk mill museum in Hampshire.

Wysing Arts -
£89,264
Towards the costs over three years of three artist residencies in a rural arts centre in Cambridgeshire.


Grants approved up to £10,000

Association of British Orchestras - £10,000
Aune Head Arts - £9,800
Belfast Print Workshop - £10,000
Burford House Gallery - Ltd £7,000
Catalyst Arts - £3,400
Corali Dance Company - £10,000
Corsham Festival Association - £10,000
Elbow Room Dance Company - £10,000
Freerange Theatre Company - £9,254
Northumbria University - £5,000
Spacex Gallery - £6,000
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust - £2,200
Taigh Dhonnchaidh Art & Music Centre - £3,000
The Memorial Arts Charity - £8,000
Walk The Plank - £9,600
WilsonWilsonCompany - £3,000
York Early Music Foundation - £8,300


 Arts & Heritage

Total value for Programme:   
£2,415,211
 Total number for Programme:     72

Arts & Heritage Strategic initiatives are listed under Strategic Initiatives

Arts & Heritage grants made jointly with other programmes are listed under Shared grants

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