Festivals and Special Occasions: Newcastle upon Tyne
(asked on 23rd May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support Newcastle upon Tyne's Freedom City 2017 festival.
This question was answered on 26th May 2016
Freedom City 2017 is an important and exciting prospect for Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Arts Council England's (ACE) North Director in Newcastle sits on the steering group for the festival and, in April 2015, ACE provided a Grants for the arts award of £15,000 to the Northern Roots, a partner in the development of the Freedom City 2017 event. ACE are continuing discussions with the Festival organisers on how they can further support the event.