Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community arts projects.

DCMS provides funding to community arts projects in England through our arm’s-length body, Arts Council England.

They are committed to supporting community arts projects, and have identified "Cultural Communities" as a key focus of its 10 year strategy “Let’s Create”.

One recently funded project is in Bath constituency; Bath Carnival CIC were recently awarded £79,000 from National Lottery Project Grants to support their 2022 community carnival inspired by the theme ‘Natural Habitats’.