More cash injected into arts sector survival

More cash is being made available to help Renfrewshire’s cultural groups and arts venues survive.

Creative Scotland announced yesterday that £25million of additional emergency funds is on offer to prevent insolvency or significant job losses.

The cash can be accessed by groups that received money in the first round of emergency covid support.

A total of £13m will come from Creative Scotland’s Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund and £12m from the Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.

Both funds will also include an option for urgent payment to support any organisations which are at immediate risk of insolvency.

The groups will get the cash in their bank accounts next month.

Iain Munro, Creative Scotland chief executive, said:“We very much welcome this much needed additional emergency funding to support Scotland’s cultural organisations and performing arts venues, who continue to deal with the challenge of closure or partial closure due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.

“Following confirmation from the Scottish Government on June 2, everyone at Creative Scotland is working as quickly as possible to deliver this funding.

“As reflects the seriousness of the situation, this includes early payment of a proportion of funds to any organisation at immediate risk of insolvency.”