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Dateline: 30th January, 2011
N Yorks 85% Cut for Harrogate North Yorkshire County Council is to cut its grant to Harrogate Theatre by 85%. This cut will happen on 1st April and there is no guarantee of any funding beyond that. According to David Bown, the theatre's chief executive, "During the summer and autumn of 2010 Harrogate Theatre, along with other North Yorkshire arts companies, was invited by NYCC to take part in a consultation regarding Arts funding. During this consultation all funded Arts organisations agreed that cuts were inevitable and felt that a 10% reduction in 2011/12 was responsible. This is a greater cut than any proposed by other funders. The consultation requested that each organisation explored what the consequences would be if a higher percentage of reduction was implemented and also if there was a 100% cut. All organisations were united that anything over 10% in the next financial year would be crippling and a complete reduction would push companies towards insolvency." Although Harrogate Theatre has an annual turnover of £1.5m, it has been calculated by the Arts Council that it contributes an additional £6.8m to the economy of North Yorkshire by the further subsidiary trade that it generates. For every £1 in funding provided by NYCC the Theatre turns that into another £50 for the county. "The grant is not about putting on plays," Bown adds. "It’s about bringing trade into the region, adestination that relies heavily on tourism. It’s about working with people who have little access to the arts in rural areas. It’s about projects working with young people who are socially excluded. It’s about working with schools and enhancing cultural provision and it’s about providing facilities so the whole community can engage in cultural activity." The council proposes to make grants of £30,000 for the arts across the whole of North Yorkshire, which Andrew Harper, Assistant Director – Economic and Rural Services, calls a "positive position". The total cut, across the entire county, amounts to approximately £115,000.
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