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Grants Made 2017
| Organisation Name | Project Title | Grant Paid | Region |
| English National Ballet , London | towards the fit-out costs of English National Ballet's new home at London City Island - a regeneration project in East London | £ 250,000 | England, London |
| Royal College of Art, London | towards improving access to the RCA's Special Collections, specifically to cover one year of the Special Collections Development post and the remainder towards reconfiguring the space, digitisation equipment and storage equipment (1st payment of 2) | £ 150,000 | England |
| Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London | towards 'Mountivew Moves to Peckham' a new purpose built drama school (1st payment of 2) | £ 150,000 | England, London |
| Hallé Concerts Society , Manchester | towards the final phase of creating a complete rehearsal facility | £ 150,000 | England, North West |
| Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield | towards the new Bretton Country Park Visitor Centre at the East entrance to Yorkshire Sculpture Park | £ 150,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Roundhouse Trust, London | towards the new campus building and other capital works (1st payment of 2) | £ 125,000 | England, London |
| Royal College of Music, London | towards the redevelopment of RCM's east courtyard (1st payment of 2) | £ 125,000 | U. K. |
| Horsecross Arts, Perth | towards specialist lighting, audiovisual equipment and seating for the new studio theatre | £ 100,000 | Scotland |
| Poetry Society, London | towards the continuation of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award for the next three years (1st payment of 3) | £ 90,000 | U. K. |
| South London Gallery, London | towards a new contemporary art centre within the former Peckham Fire Station | £ 75,000 | England, London |
| Manchester Young People's Theatre | towards the capital redevelopment of the theatre building (1st payment of 2) | £ 75,000 | England, North West |
| St Wilfrid's Hospice, Chichester | to cover an art therapy room in the new Hospice building | £ 75,000 | England, South East |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | towards continuation funding for the Foyle Future Firsts Scheme October 2016 to 2019 (2nd payment of 3) | £ 60,000 | U. K. |
| Writers' Centre Norwich | towards an additional capital grant towards the creation of a national centre for literature in Norwich | £ 50,000 | England, East |
| Leicester Theatre Trust | towards redeveloping a rehearsal room into a multi-functioning studio | £ 50,000 | England, East Midlands |
| Leeds International Piano Competition, Leeds | towards the live streaming of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2018 | £ 50,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Site Gallery, Sheffield | towards the expansion of the site offered on a matched funding 1:1 basis | £ 50,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Wakefield Theatre Trust | towards phase 1 of the restoration of the Theatre Royal Wakefield | £ 50,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre | towards upgrading lifts, modernising dressing rooms and improving rehearsal room lighting, part of larger programme of capital improvements | £ 45,000 | Scotland |
| Royal Court Liverpool Trust | towards a new 120 seat venue in the basement of the art deco theatre in Liverpool | £ 40,000 | England, North West |
| Tobacco Factory Arts Trust, Bristol | towards a new studio theatre | £ 40,000 | England, South West |
| English Touring Opera, Vauxhall | towards 'ETO's new touring operas for children: to delight, inspire and educate' over two years (1st payment of 2) | £ 35,000 | England |
| Orchestras for All, London | to cover Programme Manager salary and a contribution towards the 2017-2018 season 'Music and Dance: The Rhythm of Life' | £ 35,000 | England, London |
| WAC Arts, London | towards core costs in 2017/18 | £ 35,000 | England, London |
| Greater Manchester Arts Centre | towards the second year of Lab, a talent development programme for experimental artists | £ 35,000 | England, North West |
| Tron Theatre Ltd, Glasgow | towards phase one of the 35th Anniversary Capital Appeal to invest in the building and new equipment | £ 35,000 | Scotland |
| Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London | towards a research project, 'Impact Through Evidence' to explore the impact of cultural learning amongst young people in schools across England, specifically towards the Senior Researcher and other project costs | £ 30,000 | England |
| Lincoln Arts Trust | towards 'FutureProof', a programme of technical and infrastructure upgrades | £ 30,000 | England, East Midlands |
| Orchestras Live, London | towards new orchestral and learning activity in underserved areas of the North East region over three years (1st payment of 3) | £ 30,000 | England, North East |
| Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust | to support the new Playhouse Residency programme over three years (2nd payment of 3) | £ 30,000 | England, North West |
| Holy Trinity (Hull) Development Trust | towards development of a creative and cultural mid-scale hub for the community | £ 30,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Nofit State Community Circus, Cardiff | towards a new improved touring structure enabling an increase in attenders | £ 30,000 | Wales |
| Contemporary Art Society, London | towards the Acquisition Scheme for Fine Art, the Curatorial Professional Development Programme, the Starting Point Scheme and a Travel Bursary (2nd payment of 2) | £ 25,000 | England |
| Hofesh Shechter Company, London | towards the UK tour of pilot programme Shechter II | £ 25,000 | England |
| Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London | towards 'Vision for Music (V4Music)' in 2017/18 specifically to support music education activities in the regions | £ 25,000 | England |
| Organisation for New Sound and Music, London | towards the Summer School for Young Composers in 2018 | £ 25,000 | England |
| Britten Sinfonia, Cambridge | towards Britten Sinfonia Academy for one year (2017/18) | £ 25,000 | England, East |
| Wells Maltings Trust | towards the fit out of the Granary Theatre part of Wells Maltings project | £ 25,000 | England, East |
| London International Festival of Theatre | towards the Afrobeats project and LIFT's Tottenham programme through to the June 2018 festival | £ 25,000 | England, London |
| Royal Drawing School, London | towards the cost of accrediting the Foundation Year | £ 25,000 | England, London |
| Samling Foundation, Hexham | towards Samling Artist Programme, Samling Academy and Samling Futures in 2017/18 | £ 25,000 | England, North East |
| Manchester International Festival | towards Cotton Panic a new production at the Manchester International Festival 2017 | £ 25,000 | England, North West |
| Southampton Nuffield Theatre Trust | towards Shadow Factories, a city-wide participatory project to launch the new theatre | £ 25,000 | England, South East |
| Cheltenham Festivals | towards a community opera to be developed during 2018 and performed at the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival | £ 25,000 | England, South West |
| Sinodun Players, Wallingford | towards replacing the roof of the Corn Exchange | £ 25,000 | England, South West |
| National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, London | towards NYO Inspire to reach out to young musicians around the UK who lack high level orchestral opportunities (2nd payment of 2) | £ 25,000 | U. K. |
| Opera Rara, London | towards recordings as a celebration of two of the 19th century's greatest singers, Gilbert-Louis Duprez and Julie Dorcus-Gras | £ 25,000 | U. K. |
| Soho Theatre Company, London | towards taking six artists/theatre companies on a UK tour in autumn 2017 and spring 2018 | £ 25,000 | U. K. |
| New English Ballet Theatre, London | towards a new commission by choreographer Jenna Lee to Max Richter after Vivaldi (Four Seasons) to tour the UK | £ 20,000 | England |
| The Sixteen, London | towards regional promoted touring and education work over two years (2nd payment of 2) | £ 20,000 | England |
| Wysing Arts Charity, Cambridge | towards creating a new studio recording facility | £ 20,000 | England, East |
| Dance Umbrella, London | as match funding to support the Commission Fund in 2017-2019 | £ 20,000 | England, London |
| Hoxton Hall, London | towards Female Parts, a season of work in 2017/18 | £ 20,000 | England, London |
| Ballet Lorent Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne | towards the Rumpelstiltskin community cast project as part of a large-scale UK tour | £ 20,000 | England, North East |
| North Music Trust, Gateshead | towards audience development activities for the Royal Northern Sinfonia over two years (3rd payment of 3) | £ 20,000 | England, North East |
| Streetwise Opera, London | towards a cabaret opera from Streetwise Opera in partnership with Sage Gateshead, Royal Northern Sinfinia and Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums | £ 20,000 | England, North East |
| Chads Theatre Company, Cheadle | towards venue improvements including replacing the roof and refurbishing the auditorium | £ 20,000 | England, North West |
| Oxford Playhouse Trust | towards a new Learning Co-ordinator to help expand their education work | £ 20,000 | England, South East |
| South Hill Park Trust, Bracknell | towards the Associate Company Mentoring & Nurturing Programme 2017 | £ 20,000 | England, South East |
| Leeds Art Fund | towards refitting and refurbishment of the Henry Moore Lecture Theatre at Leeds Art Gallery | £ 20,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds | towards producing Windrush, a multidisciplinary production telling the history and stories of British Caribbean people | £ 20,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Glasgow | towards an expanded RSNO Music for Life: National Schools Concert Programme in 2017 operating in Glasgow and Edinburgh | £ 20,000 | Scotland |
| Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust | towards converting a neighbouring building to provide storage and exhibition space for the art collection | £ 20,000 | Wales |
| Stills, Edinburgh | towards the development of a new business initiatives, specifically the Business Development Manager and new income generating equipment | £ 18,000 | Scotland |
| Live Music Now, London | towards the SEND Fellowship Programme in 2017/18 to enable musicians to work in regional SEN schools | £ 15,000 | England |
| Sound Connections, London | towards developing the research and consultancy strand of Sound Connections' work over two years to enable greater earned income (1st payment of 2) | £ 15,000 | England |
| Forma Arts and Media, London | towards touring a new multi-arts performance to former coal mining areas across England | £ 15,000 | England |
| Theatre 6 Ltd, London | towards a theatre tour of Gabriel by Moira Buffini to seven regional mid-scale venues | £ 15,000 | England |
| Upswing Aerial Ltd, London | towards the second year of 'Building Stories, Pushing Boundaries' project to develop diverse family audiences and artists in deprived areas | £ 15,000 | England |
| English Concert, London | towards residency and education programme centred at Buxton Festival 2017 | £ 15,000 | England, East Midlands |
| Acme Artists Studios, London | towards the Graduate Artist Programme for one year and associated exhibition programme | £ 15,000 | England, London |
| Albert & Friends Instant Circus, London | towards circus skills sessions for children and young people with special needs | £ 15,000 | England, London |
| Four Corners Limited, Bethnal Green | as a general donation to support the work of Four Corners | £ 15,000 | England, London |
| Synergy Theatre Project, London | to produce 'Blackout' by Davey Anderson for young people at pupil referral units | £ 15,000 | England, London |
| Clonter Farm Music Trust, Congleton | towards the emerging artists programme part of The Marriage of Figaro new production | £ 15,000 | England, North West |
| Link4Life, Rochdale | towards Touchstone Gallery's core costs and artist production costs | £ 15,000 | England, North West |
| Brighton Fringe | towards core costs, specifically the existing Participation and Development Manager | £ 15,000 | England, South East |
| Tangled Feet, Southborough | towards the physical theatre's artistic programme in 2017 | £ 15,000 | England, South East |
| Chichester Art Trust | Three year support to consolidate the new Children's Competition as part of the National Open Art Competition (2nd payment of 3) | £ 15,000 | England, South West |
| Exeter Northcott Theatre Foundation | towards the formation of an Exeter Theatre Young Company for 2017 | £ 15,000 | England, South West |
| Godiva Awakes Trust, Coventry | towards the development of one new commission to form part of an expanded Festival of Imagineers from 2018-2021 | £ 15,000 | England, West Midlands |
| Grid Iron Theatre Company, Edinburgh | towards 'Bingo!' a new musical play to tour to five mid-scale venues across Scotland | £ 15,000 | Scotland |
| Imaginate, Edinburgh | towards one year support for Imaginate's new Festival on Tour | £ 15,000 | Scotland |
| West Of Scotland Schools Orchestra Trust, Glasgow | towards 'Widening Access to Music', to support young musicians in the West of Scotland | £ 15,000 | Scotland |
| Tenebrae Choir, London | towards core costs | £ 15,000 | U. K. |
| Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Cyf, Caernarfon | towards the twelve-month programme leading up to the fourth Wales International Harp Festival in 2018 | £ 15,000 | Wales |
| Cory Band, Treorchy | to cover the salary of a new P/T band manager post for two years (1st payment of 2) | £ 15,000 | Wales |
| Literature Wales, Cardiff | towards 'Weird & Wonderful Wales' a writing and visual arts project to tour communities in Wales | £ 15,000 | Wales |
| Classical Opera, London | over two years to support the building of new audiences in Birmingham as part of the Mozart 250 project (1st payment of 2) | £ 14,000 | England, West Midlands |
| Bermondsey Artists' Group, London | towards a new programme of exhibitions near Canada Water for one year | £ 12,500 | England, London |
| Quarantine, Manchester | to support tour of Wallflower, including audience development for one year | £ 12,500 | England, North West |
| Ex Cathedra, Birmingham | towards one year of the the Ex Cathedra Choral Scholarship Programme | £ 12,500 | England, West Midlands |
| Yellow Earth Theatre Company, London | towards Tamburlaine Reclaimed, an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburline to tour regional theatres | £ 12,000 | England |
| Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, Derry | towards Echo Echo Festival of Dance and Movement - fifth edition | £ 12,000 | Ireland |
| Ulster Youth Orchestra, Belfast | towards the Ulster Youth Orchestra's 2017-18 Artistic Programme | £ 12,000 | Ireland |
| Aisling Ghear Theatre Company, Belfast | towards a touring Irish language adaptation of Dario Fo's 'Can't Pay Won't Pay' (Northern Ireland costs only) | £ 11,000 | Ireland |
| Futures Theatre Company, London | towards OFFSIDE National Tour 2017 | £ 10,000 | England |
| Hosking Houses Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon | to create the Skoyles Bursaries Fund over a period of five years to support writers residencies for women (2nd payment of 5) | £ 10,000 | England |
| Protein Dance, London | towards 'May Contain Food, May Contain You', a touring participatory performance for community centres and halls | £ 10,000 | England |
| Bungay Arts and Theatre Society | towards the cost of operating the catering function | £ 10,000 | England, East |
| Creative Arts East, Wymondham | towards 'Inn Crowd Writers in Residence' | £ 10,000 | England, East |
| Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust, Snape | towards the 2017 Lettering Arts Trust Exhibition programme | £ 10,000 | England, East |
| Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell | to support the new Marketing and Development Officer | £ 10,000 | England, London |
| Deafinitely Theatre, London | towards first UK revival and the first bilingual presentation of Mike Bartlett's contemporary play, 'Contractions' | £ 10,000 | England, London |
| Metta Theatre, London | to cover a new Part Time producer role for one year and support the 2017 tour of Jungle Book | £ 10,000 | England, London |
| Mimbre Limited, London | towards the Expanding Circus Audiences programme | £ 10,000 | England, London |
| Theatre Sans Frontieres, Hexham | towards a tour of 40 UK schools in February and March 2018 | £ 10,000 | England, North East |
| Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool | towards the artist-maker residency programme at a hospital and a neurology hospital over two years (1st payment of 2) | £ 10,000 | England, North West |
| International Organ Festival Society, St Albans | towards St Albans International Organ Festival and Competition 2017 | £ 10,000 | England, South East |
| Mill Arts Centre Trust, Banbury | to develop a year long programme of art events and participatory activities in Bicester to diversify audiences | £ 10,000 | England, South East |
| Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington | towards updating technical equipment to replace obsolete technology and enable expansion of offsite activities | £ 10,000 | England, South West |
| Tangle, South Petherton | towards creating and touring a new production of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in spring 2018, part of the Woza Faustus project | £ 10,000 | England, South West |
| Two Moors Festival, South Moulton | towards festival activities | £ 10,000 | England, South West |
| La Serenissima, Long Compton | two year support towards the 25th Anniversary Season 2018/19 | £ 10,000 | England, West Midlands |
| Lichfield Festival | towards the Aspire, Learning and Participation programme to encourage new audiences leading up to and during the 2017 Festival | £ 10,000 | England, West Midlands |
| St Laurence Ludlow Parochial Church Council | towards the purchase of a second hand Steinway Model D Piano to support the extensive music programme | £ 10,000 | England, West Midlands |
| Alive & Kicking Theatre Company, Leeds | towards core costs as the company develops new projects and improves sustainability | £ 10,000 | England, Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Brassneck Theatre Company, Belfast | towards core costs to support the work of the West Belfast theatre company | £ 10,000 | Ireland |
| In Your Space NI, Derry | towards Carnival of Colours in September 2017 | £ 10,000 | Ireland |
| Photo Festival Belfast | towards a series of outdoor exhibitions and events as part of the 2017 International Belfast Photo Festival | £ 10,000 | Ireland |
| Absolute Classics, Annan | towards classical performances, workshops and events in Dumfries and Galloway | £ 10,000 | Scotland |
| Guild of Players, Dumfries | towards core costs | £ 10,000 | Scotland |
| Toonspeak Young People's Theatre, Glasgow | towards development of Ma' Bit, a large scale contemporary music theatre production for young artists to be performed at the Tron Theatre | £ 10,000 | Scotland |
| Arts Development UK, Brynamman | towards RawFfest GwylGrai 2017, the youth arts festival for Wales | £ 10,000 | Wales |
| Cory Band, Treorchy | to cover the salary of a new P/T band manager post for two years (2nd payment of 2) | £ 10,000 | Wales |
| Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts | towards the 2017 Festival, including the 'Bagatelles after Beethoven' commission fund and the education outreach work | £ 10,000 | Wales |
| Volcano Theatre Company, Swansea | towards Troublemakers' Festival - part of the From the Station to the Sea project | £ 10,000 | Wales |
| Total: 127 items | £ 3,791,500 | ||
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