Participants from Stage Beyond Theatre Company based in Derry-Londonderry. The company has been awarded £29,016 under the latest round of Lottery Project funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
SEVEN Derry based arts groups set to benefit from £1.5 million of Arts Council of Northern Ireland and National Lottery funding, to bring a series of high quality arts projects to people across the region.
The funding will be used by groups to support the development and creation of events, exhibitions, performances and workshops across all areas of the arts, including community arts, literature, visual arts, music and theatre.
Roisin McDonough, Chief Executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, said:
“The Arts Council is delighted to support fifty-four organisations in delivering a wide-range of arts projects that will benefit communities across Northern Ireland.
“Lottery funding, worth £1.5 million, spread throughout the region will have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of communities, individuals and artists, offering even more opportunities for people to engage with the arts.
“Lottery funding has contributed vastly to the socio-economic and cultural growth of Northern Ireland and allows the Arts Council to support organisations that are bringing high quality, arts programming to all.
“This year’s awardees are no exception and include organisations such as Community Circus Lisburn, delivering youth and community-based programmes of tuition and skills development, through to The Irish Writers Centre who will focus on the development of the next generation of great writers. ”
Successful projects include:
Stage Beyond, Derry:
Stage Beyond is a theatre company for young adults with learning disabilities. The company is made up of members from throughout the North West who already have shown a keen interest in drama and now the Derry-Londonderry group who brought Shakespeare to us on the street are back with a series of workshops leading to a production of Peer Gynt. Peer Gynt will be showcased in the Millennium Forum, Derry-Londonderry, and Lyric Theatre, Belfast. The project will also see the group work with a facilitator to deliver and extensive outreach programme in schools, colleges and day centres.
The seven other Derry groups are:
Abridged – £13,500;
Bounce Culture – £11,570;
Sestina Music Ltd – £21,450;
North West Carnival Initiative: £34,780;
Carntogher Community Association – £40,000;
Eden Place Arts Centre – £29,100.
The full list of recipients is below:
| Organisation Name | Grant Amount £ | Location |
| 174 Trust | £50,000 | Belfast |
| Abridged | £13,500 | Derry-Londonderry |
| Accidental Theatre Productions | £14,830 | Belfast |
| Accolade | £17,240 | Newry |
| Armagh Piper’s Club | £46,500 | Armagh |
| Bbeyond | £20,100 | Belfast |
| Beam Creative Network | £11,475 | Donaghmore |
| Belfast Philharmonic Society | £18,720 | Newtownards |
| Belfast Photo Festival | £30,000 | Belfast |
| Beyond Skin | £25,000 | Belfast |
| Blackstaff Press Limited | £11,040 | Belfast |
| Booktrust Northern Ireland | £15,000 | Belfast |
| Bounce Culture | £11,570 | Derry-Londonderry |
| Brain Injury Matters | £12,125 | Belfast |
| Brassneck Theatre Company | £36,555 | Belfast |
| C21 Theatre Company Ltd | £23,347 | Bangor |
| Cahoots NI Ltd | £19.500 | Belfast |
| Carntogher Community Association | £40,000 | Maghera |
| Cathedral Quarter Trust | £21,457 | Belfast |
| Chamber Choir Ireland | £33,117 | Dublin 2 |
| Children’s Books Ireland/Leabhair Phaisti Eireann | £13,100 | Dublin 1 |
| Community Circus Lisburn | £16,000 | Lisburn |
| CRAIC (Community Recreational Arts in Coalisland) | £38,000 | Coalisland |
| Creggan Education & Research Services (CERS) | £33,975 | Omagh |
| Donaghcloney Rural Needs Development Group | £27,000 | Donaghcloney |
| Dublin UNESCO City of Literature (on behalf of Dublin Book Festival) | £14,100 | Arklow |
| Dumbworld Ltd | £34,885 | Belfast |
| Eden Place Arts Centre | £29,100 | Derry-Londonderry |
| Festival of Fools | £47,245 | Belfast |
| Gasyard Development Trust | £40,000 | Belfast |
| Greater Shankill Partnership | £56,383 | Belfast |
| Green Shoot Productions | £47,896 | Belfast |
| Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble | £30,000 | Belfast |
| Irish Writers Centre | £24,137 | Dublin |
| Kids’s Own Publishing Partnership Ltd | £13,800 | |
| Linen Hall Library | £25,000 | Belfast |
| Little Island Books Limited | £15,000 | Dublin 6 |
| MACHA Productions | £29.500 | Belfast |
| MADD Music | £27,750 | Antrim |
| McCracken Cultural Society | £16,940 | Belfast |
| Newry Chamber Music | £34,983 | Newry |
| North West Carnival Initiative | £34,780 | Derry-Londonderry |
| Outburst Arts Festival | £40,000 | Belfast |
| Patrician Youth Centre | £17,290 | Downpatrick |
| PRS for Music Foundation | £35,000 | London |
| R-Space Gallery CIC | £39,190 | Lisburn |
| Rawlife Theatre Company | £30,000 | Ballynahinch |
| Sestina Music Ltd | £21,540 | Londonderry |
| Sliabh Beagh Development Association | £53,975 | Roslea |
| Stage Beyond Theatre Company | £29,016 | Derry-Londonderry |
| Strand Arts Centre | £42,000 | Belfast |
| Theatreofpluck | £27,820 | Belfast |
| Upper Springfield Development Trust | £24,782 | Belfast |
| Voice of Young People in Care | £15,045 | Belfast |
