Culture Recovery Fund for DASH!

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Disability Arts in Shropshire (DASH) to receive £35,000 from third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
DASH is among 925 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the Culture Recovery Fund
This award will mean that DASH can continue to thrive and support D/deaf and Disabled artists, ensuring our beneficiaries can access arts and culture

DASH in Shropshire has been awarded a grant of £35,000 by Arts Council England.

DASH is a Disabled-led visual arts organisation. It creates opportunities for Disabled artists to develop their creative practice. These opportunities take many forms, from high quality commissions to community-based workshops, the work it creates is centred around its vision and mission.

DASH works with artists, audiences, communities and organisations to challenge inequality and implement change.

During the last ten years DASH has undertaken truly ground-breaking work – projects that have challenged perceptions, fostered and mentored new Deaf and Disabled artists, encouraged professional development and helped to engineer change in the sector. This funding will enable to DASH to continue our work removing barriers and ensuring access to arts and culture for D/deaf and Disabled artists.

This funding will enable to DASH to improve administrative resources allowing staff to be flexible and adaptable to new ways of working, whilst continuing to ensure access to arts and culture for D/deaf and Disabled artists.

The third round of funding will support organisations from all corners of the sector as they deal with ongoing reopening challenges, ensuring they can thrive in better times ahead.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said:

“Culture is for everyone and should therefore be accessible to everyone, no matter who they are and where they’re from.

“Through unprecedented government financial support, the Culture Recovery Fund is supporting arts and cultural organisations so they can continue to bring culture to communities the length and breadth of the country, supporting jobs, boosting local economies and inspiring people.”

Over £1.2 billion has already been awarded from the unprecedented Culture Recovery Fund, supporting around 5000 individual organisations and sites across the country ranging from local museums to West End theatres, grassroots music venues to festivals, and organisations in the cultural and heritage supply-chains.

DASH Chair Craig Ashley, said:

“DASH is delighted to have been granted further support through the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The grant will enable us to increase our offer of access support to D/deaf and Disabled artists for our projects, build our capacity to raise funds, and improve our administrative resources to provide adaptable, flexible, and remote working for all our staff. Moving forward DASH can continue to thrive in our work to remove barriers to access in the arts, and create space for extraordinary artists.”

Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, said:

“This continued investment from the Government on an unprecedented scale means our theatres, galleries, music venues, museums and arts centres can carry on playing their part in bringing visitors back to our high streets, helping to drive economic growth, boosting community pride and promoting good health. It’s a massive vote of confidence in the role our cultural organisations play in helping us all to lead happier lives”.

Notes to Editors

Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Let’s Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision. www.artscouncil.org.uk.

Following the Covid-19 crisis, the Arts Council developed a £160 million Emergency Response Package, with nearly 90% coming from the National Lottery, for organisations and individuals needing support. We are also one of the bodies administering the Government’s unprecedented Culture Recovery Funds. Find out more at www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19.

For more details about the work of DASH visit www.dasharts.org
Contact: Operations Director, Paula Dower: paula@dasharts.org
m: 07483 162541