Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been (a) allocated and (b) delivered to each venue awarded support from the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund.
The £12.5m Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund is being managed by Creative Scotland on behalf of Scottish Government.
The Fund comprises two strands; £7.5m targeted funding for performing arts venues in Scotland currently in receipt of Regular Funding through Creative Scotland, and a £5m open fund for not-for-profit performing arts venues that are not currently in receipt of Regular Funding.
On 5 August Creative Scotland announced that 20 regularly funded venues across Scotland will receive a total of £7.5m from the first strand of the Fund.
On 24 September Creative Scotland announced that 59 venues across Scotland will receive a total of £4.7m from the open call for applications to the second strand of the Fund.
The following tables sets out (a) the level of funding allocated to each organisation and (b) the latest information on the timing of delivery of these funds to each venue that has been awarded support from the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund.
Table 1: Recipients of Strand One of the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund | |||
Venue | Local Authority | Award Total | Funds Delivered |
Aberdeen Performing Arts | Aberdeen City | £750,000 | Successful applicants received their first payment on 10 August except Citizens Theatre which received its first payment on 12 August. As regularly funded organisations (RFOs) the remainder of the award will be added to the organisations’ regular cashflow payments in October and January |
An Lanntair | Na h-Eileanan Siar | £100,000 | |
Beacon Arts Centre | Inverclyde | £114,000 | |
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts | Glasgow City | £214,500 | |
Citizens Theatre | Glasgow City | £100,000 | |
Comar | Argyll and Bute | £119,000 | |
Dance Base | City of Edinburgh | £256,200 | |
Dundee Repertory Theatre | Dundee City | £480,907 | |
Eden Court Theatre and Cinema | Highland | £750,000 | |
Horsecross Arts | Perth and Kinross | £749,900 | |
Macrobert Arts Centre | Stirling | £485,213 | |
Pitlochry Festival Theatre | Perth and Kinross | £400,000 | |
Platform (Glasgow East Arts Co) | Glasgow City | £75,400 | |
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company | City of Edinburgh | £750,000 | |
Shetland Arts Development Agency | Shetland Islands | £247,582 | |
The Barn | Aberdeenshire | £105,000 | |
The Storytelling Centre/TRACS | City of Edinburgh | £213,000 | |
Tramway | Glasgow City | £549,000 | |
Traverse Theatre | City of Edinburgh | £500,000 | |
Tron Theatre | Glasgow City | £499,849 | |
Table 2: Recipients of Strand Two of the Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund | |||
Applicant name & Venue(s) name | Local Authority | Award Total | Funds Delivered |
Alhambra Theatre Trust - Alhambra Theatre | Fife | £162,302 | Creative Scotland issued contracts on 1 October and successful applicants have been asked to return them to Creative Scotland no later than 30 October.
Three-quarters of the award payment will be issued on receipt of the signed contract (and condition satisfaction, if any).
The final 25% will be released in January 2021. |
AngusAlive - The Webster (Arbroath), Reid Hall (Forfar) and Montrose Town Hall | Angus | £92,411 | |
Assembly Theatre Ltd - The Roxy | City of Edinburgh | £85,000 | |
Ayr Gaiety Partnership – Ayr Gaiety | South Ayrshire | £250,000 | |
Birnam Arts Centre – Birnam Arts Centre | Perth and Kinross | £116,563 | |
Brunton Theatre – The Brunton Theatre | East Lothian | £250,000 | |
Capital Theatres Trust – Festival Theatre and Kings Theatre | City of Edinburgh | £250,000 | |
Castlegate Arts – Aberdeen Arts Centre | Aberdeen City | £55,000 | |
Charlies Rennie Mackintosh Society – Queen’s Cross | Glasgow City | £56,000 | |
Culture and Leisure NL – Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre Complex, Airdrie Town Hall, Bellshill Cultural Centre | North Lanarkshire | £203,743 | |
Duncan Mackinnon Music and Arts Trust – Mac Arts | Scottish Borders | £29,900 | |
Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust – Dunoon Burgh Hall | Argyll and Bute | £180,307 | |
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure – Eastwood Park Theatre | East Renfrewshire | £90,000 | |
Eastgate Theatre (Peebles) Ltd – Eastgate Theatre | Scottish Borders | £70,000 | |
Edinburgh City Council – Usher Hall | City of Edinburgh | £240,450 | |
Falkirk Community Trust – Falkirk Town Hall | Falkirk | £73,690 | |
Fife Cultural Trust – Adam Smith Theatre, Lochgelly Centre, Rothes Halls, Carnegie Hall | Fife | £230,000 | |
Glasgow Life – Glasgow Royal Concert Halls/Fruitmarket and City Halls; Kelvingrove Bandstand | Glasgow City | £249,824 | |
Glenkens Community and Arts Trust - Catstrand | Dumfries and Galloway | £75,000 | |
Guild of Players – Dumfries Theatre Royal | Dumfries and Galloway | £103,068 | |
Leisure and Culture Dundee – Caird Hall | Dundee City | £25,000 | |
Leith Theatre Trust – Leith Theatre | City of Edinburgh | £138,214 | |
Linnhe Leisure – Nevis Centre | Highland | £50,000 | |
Live Argyll – Corran Halls, Victoria Halls, Queens Hall (Dunoon) | Argyll and Bute | £186,000 | |
Live Borders – Heart of Hawick | Scottish Borders | £68,147 | |
Lyth Arts Centre – Lyth Arts Centre | Highland | £97,000 | |
Nairn Community and Arts Centre – Nairn Community and Arts Centre | Highland | £89,000 | |
Out of the Blue – Out of the Blue | City of Edinburgh | £67,034 | |
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall – Pickaquoy Centre | Orkney Islands | £150,000 | |
Queen's Hall – Queen’s Hall | City of Edinburgh | £175,000 | |
Queen Margaret Union – Queen Margaret Union | Glasgow City | £26,925 | |
Reconnect – The Regal, Bathgate | West Lothian | £25,000 | |
Renfrewshire Leisure – Paisley Arts Centre | Renfrewshire | £71,961 | |
South Lanarkshire Culture and Leisure Ltd – The Town House (Hamilton), Rutherglen Town Hall, Lanark Memorial Hall, East Kilbride Village Theatre, East Kilbride Arts Centre | South Lanarkshire | £250,000 | |
St Margaret's Trust Braemar – St Margaret’s | Aberdeenshire | £19,970 | |
Stirling Council – Tolbooth and Albert Halls | Stirling | £79,913 | |
The Buccleuch Centre – The Buccleuch Centre | Dumfries and Galloway | £25,000 | |
The Byre (University of St Andrews) – The Byre | Fife | £131,090 | |
The Dundee Whitehall Theatre – The Dundee Whitehall Theatre | Dundee City | £52,800 | |
The Garret Mask and Puppet Centre Trust Ltd – The Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre | Glasgow City | £50,000 | |
West Lothian Leisure – Howden Park Theatre | West Lothian | £95,000 | |
TOTAL |
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