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<p>In March 2022 we were delighted to announce the recipients of the £48 million first
round of funding from the Cultural Investment Fund. This round of funding will go
to more than 60 organisations, including those whose focus is on arts and music. The
Cultural Investment Fund will invest up to £128.4 million of further capital in innovative
cultural and creative projects, libraries, and museums across the country over the
Spending Review period (2022/23–2024/25). Alongside this, the Cultural Development
Fund represents the Department's largest existing ring-fenced funding explicitly for
culture-led regeneration projects outside London, in line with our Levelling Up work.
The successful applicants to the £30.2 million third round of the Cultural Development
Fund will be announced in spring 2023, and will help to unlock economic growth in
towns and cities across England through investment in cultural and creative activities,
using creativity as a catalyst to make places more attractive to live, work and visit.</p><p>In
addition, Arts Council England recently announced the outcome of its 2023-2026 Investment
Programme, which will be investing £446 million each year in arts and culture across
England. This funding will support a record 990 organisations across the whole of
England and will give people across the country more opportunities to access high-quality
arts and culture on their doorstep.</p><p>Arts Council England has also extended the
Supporting Grassroots Live Music ‘time-limited priority’ until 31 March 2023, with
a ring-fenced fund of £1.5 million. The fund is designed to support organisations
across the country – including venues and promoters – with little or no prior experience
of public funding applications.</p><p>In June 2022, the Department for Education and
the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport co-published a refreshed National
Plan for Music Education, which sets out our vision to enable all children and young
people across the country to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music, and
have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents. As part of the
plan, the Government announced a new investment of £25 million of capital funding
to enable the purchase of musical instruments and technology, including adaptive instruments.
The Department for Education also confirmed they will continue to invest £79 million
per year for the Music Hubs programme over three years up to and including 2024/25,
so that music hubs can continue to provide vital support to local schools.</p><p>This
Government’s investment in arts and culture remains a key part of its levelling up
work.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p>
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