Lorraine Le-Blanc Davis, centre manager for BN1 Arts Centre in Brighton, has been awarded £35,600 through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants to run a Community Arts Programme for marginalised groups in Brighton. The award will be used to develop a sustainable, inclusive arts space reflecting the diversity of the community – bringing together aspiring […]
Fifteen community organisations in Brighton, Hove and East Sussex are celebrating securing four-year funding of £1.21million from the National Lottery’s Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK to build Food Use Confidence in communities across the region to support work tackling food waste and engaging communities in climate action. The groups involved already […]
Liverpool arts organisations Homotopia and DuoVision have announced a grant of £142,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for The Power of Holly – a new exhibition documenting the life and work of pioneering LGBTQ+ musician, songwriter and artist Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) The project will explore Johnson’s personal archive and work with […]
Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, over the next year the project will unlock the history of the London-based organisation from its origins in gay liberation to its identity today as the UK’s longest-running LGBTQ+ community choir, turning 40 this year. The project will make the choir’s archive collections more easily accessible and will enable new ways to engage with the Pink Singers’ archive digitally.
Brighton & Hove City Council celebrates the Grade-11 listed Old Reading Room and Temple buildings, which are currently being restored as part of the Black Rock Rejuvenation project.
Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon has announced it has been awarded over £370,000 for three years from the National Lottery Community Fund towards the charity’s Community Services
Organisers of the Iris Prize have launched a Wales-wide, three-year project working with community groups from across the country to discuss issues faced by LGBTQ+ people.
Sussex Wildlife Trust awarded grant of £528,600 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its Wild Coast Sussex Project.
Totnes-based social enterprise, Proud2Be, is celebrating after being awarded £160,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with LGBTQ+ young people and their families in Devon.
Kennedy St, a Brighton based addiction project, secures £10,000 of National Lottery funding to ensure its programme of support is available to all who need it during the coronavirus pandemic.
