Cash boost for Picture House
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY “gem” Hebden Bridge Picture House has been given a funding package to help it reopen.
It is the recipient of £8,500 from the British Film Institute’s Film Audience Network Covid-19 Resilience Fund, which has awarded cash from the National Lottery and the Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Business Support Fund.
The support will help the community arts venue to survive the shutdown due to COVID-19 and be “instrumental” in helping the single screen cinema prepare for reopening after its temporary closure in March.
Grants were awarded to inat dependent venues in critical financial need as they continue to face months of closure and uncertainty.
Coun Dr Carol Stow, chairwoman of the Picture House Committee, said: “The Town Council understands the Picture House is a well-loved gem the heart of our community. In these exceptional times we are determined to do everything we can to ensure its survival.
“Receiving this grant will help us to weather the current difficult times created by the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure we can once again re-open to provide entertainment for the people of Hebden Royd.”
Rebekah Fozard, manager of the Picture House, said: “We are currently reliant on the financial support of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme, which runs until the end of October and is providing assistance to the cinema whilst all staff are furloughed. We want to be able to bring you the best film programme possible.”
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