On 17th October, Neon Performing Arts receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund .
Neon Performing Arts has been awarded £65,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.
Neon Performing Arts is one of 588 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support – with £76 million of investment announced today. This follows £257 million awarded earlier in the week to 1,385 organisations, also from the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Further rounds of funding in the cultural and heritage sector are due to be announced over the coming weeks.
Neon Performing Arts is the only Performing Arts Schools in the country that offers classes in all styles of Dance: Ballet, Acrobatic, Modern Jazz, Contemporary and Hip Hop; as well as Singing, Music Production, Costume Design, Art and Drama classes for children and young people aged 3-18 years old. Working in partnership with Flawless and Cool it Art as well as numerous other Arts Organisations to ensure a high level of multi-disciplinary Arts is accessible to all as well as networking with industry experts.
Their aim is to create versatile and unique artists, with a high level of technical and creative ability with a focus on young BAME men. Two-thirds of their students, who come low income families, have already joined prestigious schools; many on scholarships - such as The Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Dance, The Place and Trinity Laban CAT Scheme, Rambert, The Royal Ballet, The National Theatre Youth Company, the Brits School and other youth dance companies such as Avant Garde Dance Company and ZooNation Youth.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said:
“This is more vital funding to protect cultural gems across the country, save jobs and prepare the arts to bounce back. Through Arts Council England we are delivering the biggest ever investment in the arts in record time. Hundreds of millions of pounds are already making their way to thousands of organisations.
“These awards build on our commitment to be here for culture in every part of the country.”
Chair, Arts Council England, Sir Nicholas Serota, said:
“Culture is an essential part of life across the country, helping to support people’s wellbeing through creativity and self-expression, bringing communities together, and fuelling our world class creative industries.
“This latest set of awards from the Culture Recovery Fund builds on those announced recently and will help hundreds of organisations to survive the next few months, ensuring that the cultural sector can bounce back after the crisis. We will continue doing everything we can to support artists and cultural and creative organisations, with further funding to be announced in the coming weeks.”
Emanuela Pagliei - Director of Neon Performing Arts, said: “We are thrilled to have received this funding to enable us to continue to empower young people through the Arts. This is a new era, a new beginning, a new direction for the authentic Artists that have committed to create a legacy of Art: to inspire the next generation, breaking boundaries and making the Arts accessible for all”
Neon Performing Arts
Neon Performing Arts
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