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Grants made in 2004

Arts and Heritage

Grants approved over £20,000

7:84 Theatre Company - £47,887
Towards the costs over three years of an extended touring programme.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields - £19,200
Towards the costs of a tour of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.

Actors Centre, The - £19,955
Towards the costs of a
workshop programme.

Anurekha Ghosh and Company - £19,865
Towards fees for musicians and composers to produce and tour a South Asian contemporary dance and music production.

Armitt Trust - £60,000
Towards core costs.

Art Asia Trust Ltd - £31,500
Towards the costs over two years of a Trainee Marketing Assistant.

Art Circuit Touring Exhibitions - £15,000
Towards artists' fees and exhibition touring costs.

Art Shape Ltd - £84,036
Towards the costs over two years of running an integrated arts initiative and touring exhibition.

Arts & Media Training Ltd - £45,092
Towards the costs of the 'Creative Renewal' programme, to provide professional development for artists.

Association of Independent Museums - £248,000
Towards the costs over three years of a programme of grant support to help improve the sustainability of smaller museums in the UK.

Bailiffgate Museum - £12,000
Towards core and marketing costs of the museum.

Beamish - The North of England Open Air Museum - £86,721
Towards core costs to make the collections more accessible to the public.

Belfast Print Workshop - £60,000
Towards core costs and programming over three years to provide a centre of excellence for printmaking.

Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company - £50,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Co-ordinator to run a programme of accredited training for artists.

Boilerhouse Theatre Company Ltd - £60,000
Towards core costs over two years to create new work and extend the touring circuit.

British Music Information Centre - £52,545
Towards the salary over three years of a Production Services Manager to work on composer support schemes.

Britten Sinfonia Ltd - £20,000
Towards the costs of touring contemporary classical music to regional venues.

Bronte Society, The - £12,593
Towards the costs of commissioning and exhibiting a new visual arts project.

Bruiser Theatre Company - £18,000
Towards touring costs to take theatre to a wide audience in Northern Ireland.

Chaturangan - £20,000
Towards project costs and artists' fees to give choreographers in North West England the opportunity to create new work.

Chinese Arts Centre - £38,395
Towards the costs over three years of a programme of support for emerging artists and a touring exhibition of new work.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - £20,000
Towards the costs of the 2004/5 'Centre Stage' series to provide professional development opportunities for musicians.

Contact Theatre - £37,885
Towards the costs over three years of a residency programme for emerging artists.

Contemporary Glass Society - £32,340
Towards a three-year programme of professional training and creative development of artists.

Context Gallery - £12,750
Towards the costs of fees and materials for six artists to work in nine locations in Northern Ireland.

Council for the Care of Churches, The - £100,000
Towards the costs over two years of making grants to individual churches for conservation work.

Cove Park - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of residencies for emerging artists.

Crafts Council - £250,000
Towards core costs over three years to support a programme of regional development, in order to create a stronger infrastructure for the crafts in England.

Creu Cymru - £91,650
Towards touring and marketing costs over three years, and professional development opportunities for staff.

Dance East - £75,000
Towards the costs over three years of touring professional dance companies to village halls in Essex and Suffolk.

DanceXchange Ltd - £19,900
Towards the fees of a Trainee Rehearsal Director to work with West Midlands based dance artists.

Dartington Hall Trust, The - £60,000
Towards the costs of installing a Peter Randall-Page sculpture.

Derbyshire County Council - £31,800
Towards the salary over two years of a Film Development Worker to increase the quality, range and amount of film available to rural communities across Derbyshire.

Design Museum - £99,375
Towards the costs of bursaries for young UK designers and a touring exhibition of their work.

Dundee Contemporary Arts Ltd - £20,000
Towards the costs of a new contemporary artwork in Dundee.

Eastern Orchestral Board - £30,942
Towards the costs of promoting a series of chamber orchestra concerts.

Endymion Ensemble Ltd - £20,000
Towards core costs to perform new and traditional classical music.

English Touring Theatre Ltd - £90,000
Towards core costs of bringing theatre to people across England.

Forkbeard Fantasy - £38,784
Towards the costs over two years of a training programme for 80 artists in Devon.

Friends & Patrons of Buckinghamshire County Museum - £20,000
Towards the costs of assembling an exhibition of Buckinghamshirerelated 17th century exhibits.

From Here to Maturity Dance Company Ltd - £10,747
Towards the costs of touring the double bill Endangered Species in England.

Glyndebourne - £50,000
Towards the costs of creating and touring a new opera to attract new audiences.

Grand Union Orchestra - £32,150
Towards the costs of creating and touring new work, and a professional development progamme.

Hall for Cornwall Trust Ltd - £81,700
Towards the costs over three years of providing a programme of theatre, music and dance.

Hallé Concerts Society - £60,000
Towards the fees over four years to enable a young conductor to develop their skills.

Hebrides Ensemble Ltd - £39,000
Towards the salary costs over three years of the General Manager and the Artistic Director.

Imperial War Museum - £70,000
Towards the costs of restoring a Handley Page Hastings
transport aircraft.

Independent Theatre Council - £100,000
Towards the costs over two years of a fast-track arts management training scheme targeted towards people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.

James Stevens No. 14 Restoration Project - £20,000
Towards the restoration costs of an early lifeboat in Frinton-on-Sea.

Kadam Asian Dance and Music Ltd - £25,620
Towards the production and touring costs of a new work
by emerging artists.

Kali Theatre Company - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Trainee Director and touring costs.

Kingswood Heritage Museum Trust - £30,800
Towards the costs of restoring the tower of an 18th century,
Grade II listed windmill.

Leeds Museums and Galleries - £20,000
Towards the costs of purchasing an oriental lacquer secretaire, orginally made for Temple Newsam House.

Live Theatre Company - £97,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Literary Manager and a commissioning fund, and the costs of two new productions.

London Artists Project Ltd - £18,000
Towards the costs of touring a new performance piece.

London Printworks Trust - £77,825
Towards the costs over three years of an exhibition programme and a Programme Co-ordinator, and a new UK-wide professional development programme.

London Sinfonietta - £19,905
Towards the costs of developing and touring to a network of smallscale promoters.

Look Ahead Housing & Care Ltd - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of a series of public art commissions.

Lyric Theatre - £20,000
Towards the production costs of a new work.

Manchester City Galleries Development Trust - £86,600
Towards the salary and costs over three years of a Fine Art Conservator.

Manchester Jewish Museum - £34,147
Towards the salary over two years of a Curator to improve access to the collections.

Market Gallery - £13,639
Towards the costs of providing a year round programme of exhibitions and residencies.

Mawnan Anvil Trust - £32,284
Towards the costs of restoring a historic listed building, to secure its use as a blacksmith's workshop and local visitor attraction.

Metal - £18,700
Towards the fees for the artistic team to create a new piece of musical theatre.

Momentum Arts - £120,000
Towards core costs of promoting the arts in Eastern England.

Mourne Heritage Trust - £50,000
Towards the costs of restoring four vacant traditional dwellings which are at risk.

National Museums & Galleries of Wales - £120,000
Towards the costs over three years of co-ordinating a series of exhibitions across Wales.

National Opera Studio - £19,650
Towards the costs of residencies with Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera.

New Kent Opera - £20,000
Towards core funding of the programme.

New London Chamber Choir - £20,000
Towards the costs of touring a new work.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival - £18,000
Towards the costs of producing and marketing a new opera.

Number 8 - £35,600
Towards the salary over three years of the Programming and Marketing Manager and programming costs.

Oglander Roman Trust - £20,000
Towards the costs of a marketing campaign for a new exhibtion and business centre.

Pentabus Theatre - £59,675
Towards the costs over three years of a new writing development programme, focusing on producing new writing for rural audiences.

Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery - £19,880
Towards the salary costs of a part-time Project Worker to provide greater access to the history of Peterborough.

Photofusion - £44,000
Towards the salary over two years of an Artists' Support Co-ordinator to manage a new professional development programme for photographers.

Pier Playwrights - £18,720
Towards the salary over two years of an Administrator and costs of a professional development programme.

Protein Dance - £20,000
Towards production and touring costs.

Push - £48,920
Towards artists' fees and production costs for two new pieces.

Queen's Hall Edinburgh Ltd, The - £75,000
Towards the costs of towards a series of concerts featuring both high profile and emerging artists.

Quilters' Guild - £33,104
Towards the salary and costs over three years of the Development Manager.

Rambert Dance Company Ltd - £20,000
Towards the costs of a programme to develop dancers' choreography skills.

Reeling and Writhing Ltd - £39,191
Towards the costs of developing and touring a new production.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - £80,000
Towards core costs.

Rydal Hall Garden Restoration Appeal - £19,287
Towards the costs of restoring a 17th century summer house in Cumbria.

Scottish Poetry Library - £16,300
Towards the costs of a two-year programme, including events and marketing.

Scottish Screen Archive - £20,000
Towards the costs of restoring the film work of artist and poet Margaret Tait.

Script - £20,000
Towards the costs of a series of events to develop work from emerging culturally diverse writers.

Sgript Cymru - £20,000
Towards the costs of touring productions in English and Welsh across Wales and to Scotland.

Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum - £17,000
Towards commissioning and production costs.

Siobhan Davies Dance Company - £51,000
Towards the costs of touring Bird Song across the UK to build audiences for contemporary dance.

Sion Mills Building Preservation Trust - £72,000
Towards core costs over three years to support the restoration of the Grade B+ listed Herdmans Linen Mill in Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone.

South Square Centre - £17,900
Towards the costs of co-ordinating exhibitions for emerging artists and establishing the post of a part-time Trainee Curator.

SS Great Britain Trust - £71,802
Towards the salary of a Fundraiser to assist with the fundraising plan.

Stagetext - £80,000
Towards the costs over two years of employing a Director to manage a national captioning service for arts venues.

Stills Ltd - £85,000
Towards the costs over two years of a professional development programme for visual artists.

Stuart House Trust - £36,000
Towards core costs to help secure the sustainability of this arts and heritage centre in Liskeard, Cornwall.

te POOKa - £10,800
Towards performers' fees for a production aiming to reach new audiences in remote areas of Scotland.

Touring Exhibition Group - £103,245
Towards the costs over three years of a programme of work to expand and improve the quality of touring exhibitions across the UK.

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery - £20,000
Towards artists' fees and the costs of producing and installing work for exhibition.

Tunnell Trust, The - £19,400
Towards the costs over three years of bursaries for up to 25 musicians.

Vincent Dance Theatre - £20,000
Towards the costs of a touring production and artists' fees.

Walker Dance Park Music - £20,000
Towards the costs of producing and touring a new contemporary dance opera.

Warrington Library, Museum & Archives Service - £19,100
Towards developing and producing two touring exhibitions.

Watermill Theatre - £75,000
Towards the costs of a tour of The Winter's Tale and extending the tour to Scotland.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery - £16,000
Towards the production costs of new artwork to be toured across the UK.

Works, The - £14,690
Towards the costs of a project for emerging artists from performing and visual arts.

Young Vic, The - £250,000
Towards the costs of three regional co-productions of classic plays directed by younger directors, transferring to the Barbican main stage.


Grants approved up to £10,000

Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble, The - £6,750
Asian Music Circuit Ltd - £6,000
Basho Music Ltd - £8,000
Belfast Exposed Community Photography - £4,631
Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival - £1,750
Buxton Arts Festival Ltd - £8,000
Calne Music and Arts Festival Society - £8,225
Campbeltown Community Business Ltd - £8,845
Chitraleka and Company - £8,000
Cockpit Arts - £3,159
Dorset Dance Forum - £6,600
Faceless Company Ltd, The - £9,350
Finzi Friends - £3,000
Harlow Chorus - £8,870
Henri Oguike Dance Company - £8,950
International Guitar Foundation & Festivals - £9,956
MacDougall Trust - £10,000
Meadow Gallery, The - £8,000
Memorial Arts Charity, The - £6,065
Museums Association - £7,000
Orkney Heritage Society - £9,746
Oxford Playhouse Trust, The - £10,000
Project Oasis North Downs - £3,350
Sounds New Ltd - £3,000
South West Screen - £10,000
St Magnus Festival - £5,000
Theatre Dynamo - £2,910
Theatre Sans Frontieres - £9,927
Triangle Arts Trust - £6,000
Yellow Earth Theatre Ltd - £10,000



Arts & Heritage
Total value of grants: £5,357,180
Total number of grants: 138


Arts & Heritage Strategic initiatives are listed under Strategic initiatives

Arts & Heritage grants made jointly with other programmes are listed under Cross-programme grants


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