Published: 24 Sep 2020
59 venues across Scotland have received a total of £4.74million from the open call for applications to the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund through Creative Scotland. This follows £7.5m previously awarded to 20 venues through the targeted part of the fund.
Designed to support performing arts venues that cannot yet re-open due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fund is helping to:
Iain Munro, CEO, Creative Scotland said: “Despite the ongoing, detrimental impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on Scotland’s performing arts venues, and on culture as a whole, it is positive that we can offer some funding to help venues navigate these extremely challenging times. I’m also encouraged to see that this funding will help venues across many different parts of Scotland where they form such an important part of the cultural life of local communities.”
Jude Henderson, Director of the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) said: “We welcome the announcement of these emergency awards to performing arts venues across the country. The funds will help to support the vital work they do in serving communities, providing employment and showcasing Scotland's world class theatre and dance offer, much of which is created by our members.”
Recipients of the open call for the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund are:
Applicant name | Venue(s) name | Funding amount | Local Authority |
Alhambra Theatre Trust | Alhambra Theatre | £162,302.00 | Fife |
AngusAlive | The Webster (Arbroath), Reid Hall (Forfar) and Montrose Town Hall | £92,411.00 | Angus |
Assembly Theatre Ltd | The Roxy | £85,000.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Ayr Gaiety Partnership | Ayr Gaiety | £250,000.00 | South Ayrshire |
Birnam Arts Centre | Birnam Arts Centre | £116,563.00 | Perth and Kinross |
Brunton Theatre Trust | The Brunton Theatre | £250,000.00 | East Lothian |
Capital Theatres Trust | Festival Theatre and Kings Theatre | £250,000.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Castlegate Arts | Aberdeen Arts Centre | £55,000.00 | Aberdeen City |
Charlies Rennie Mackintosh Society | Queen's Cross | £56,000.00 | Glasgow City |
Culture and Leisure NL | Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre Complex, Airdrie Town Hall, Bellshill Cultural Centre | £203,743.00 | North Lanarkshire |
Duncan Mackinnon Music and Arts Trust | Mac Arts | £29,900.00 | Scottish Borders |
Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust | Dunoon Burgh Hall | £180,307.00 | Argyll and Bute |
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure | Eastwood Park Theatre | £90,000.00 | East Renfrewshire |
Eastgate Theatre (Peebles) Ltd | Eastgate Theatre | £70,000.00 | Scottish Borders |
Edinburgh City Council | Usher Hall | £240,450.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Falkirk Community Trust | Falkirk Town Hall | £73,690.00 | Falkirk |
Fife Cultural Trust | Adam Smith Theatre, Lochgelly Centre, Rothes Halls, Carnegie Hall | £230,000.00 | Fife |
Glasgow Life | Glasgow Royal Concert Halls/Fruitmarket and City Halls, Kelvingrove Bandstand | £249,824.00 | Glasgow City |
Glenkens Community and Arts Trust | Catstrand | £75,000.00 | Dumfries and Galloway |
Guild of Players | Dumfries Theatre Royal | £103,068.00 | Dumfries and Galloway |
Leisure and Culture Dundee | Caird Hall | £25,000.00 | Dundee City |
Leith Theatre Trust | Leith Theatre | £138,214.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Linnhe Leisure | Nevis Centre | £50,000.00 | Highland |
Live Argyll | Corran Halls, Victoria Halls, Queens Hall (Dunoon) | £186,000.00 | Argyll and Bute |
Live Borders | Heart of Hawick | £68,147.00 | Scottish Borders |
Lyth Arts Centre | Lyth Arts Centre | £97,000.00 | Highland |
Nairn Community and Arts Centre | Nairn Community and Arts Centre | £89,000.00 | Highland |
Out of the Blue | Out of the Blue | £67,034.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall | Pickaquoy Centre | £150,000.00 | Orkney Islands |
Queen's Hall | Queen's Hall | £175,000.00 | City of Edinburgh |
Queen Margaret Union | Queen Margaret Union | £26,925.00 | Glasgow City |
Reconnect | The Regal, Bathgate | £25,000.00 | West Lothian |
Renfrewshire Leisure | Paisley Arts Centre | £71,961.00 | Renfrewshire |
South Lanarkshire Culture and Leisure Ltd | The Town House (Hamilton), Rutherglen Town Hall, Lanark Memorial Hall, East Kilbride Village Theatre, East Kilbride Arts Centre | £250,000.00 | South Lanarkshire |
St Margaret's Trust Braemar | St Margaret's | £19,970.00 | Aberdeenshire |
Stirling Council | Tolbooth and Albert Halls | £79,913.00 | Stirling |
The Buccleuch Centre | The Buccleuch Centre | £25,000.00 | Dumfries and Galloway |
The Byre (University of St Andrews) | The Byre | £131,090.00 | Fife |
The Dundee Whitehall Theatre | The Dundee Whitehall Theatre | £52,800.00 | Dundee City |
The Garret Mask and Puppet Centre Trust Ltd | The Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre | £50,000.00 | Glasgow City |
West Lothian Leisure | Howden Park Theatre | £95,000.00 | West Lothian |
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The Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund is one of a series of measures being put in place to help mitigate the immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the creative and cultural sector, including five new emergency funds which were announced by the First Minister on Friday 28 August and are being delivered through Creative Scotland as follows:
The previously announced £2.2million Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund has reached 72 venues across. Recipients were published on Tuesday 22 September and full information on awards made is available.
Updates on all emergency funds are being published regularly on the Creative Scotland website and publicised through media and social media communications.
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