Lyme Online reports that Dorset-based charity Artsreach has secured three years of funding from Arts Council England, to support its touring programme around the county’s rural communities

Arts Council England announced that Artsreach will remain as a National Portfolio Organisation, meaning its funding would continue for the next three years.

Phil Gibby, South West area director for Arts Council England, said: “We’re pleased to be welcoming Artsreach back into the Arts Council’s 2023-26 National Portfolio programme.

Their fantastic calendar of cultural activity reaches people across Dorset.

Their programme of performances and creative workshops connects rural communities, organisations and artists to make a real difference to people’s lives.

This renewed funding helps us to achieve the vision we set out in our strategy Let’s Create – so that there are more opportunities to take part in creativity, and be inspired no matter where we live.”

Since 1990 Artsreach has provided people living in rural Dorset with access to professional live performances and creative arts projects in rural venues and communities, at affordable and accessible prices.

Its programme is delivered in partnership with a large network of community volunteers and together the scheme coordinates around 150 high quality professional events every year, usually in village halls and often in rurally isolated communities right across rural Dorset.

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Lyme Online - Arts Council England funding to keep culture alive in Dorset’s rural communities

Arts Council England is a member of the Rural Services Network.  You can find out more about them at this link.