Museums Sheffield is set to keep its
current level of Sheffield Council funding for the next financial year to help
the trust cope after losing out on a bid for £4.2 million of Arts Council cash.
Opposition Lib Dem councillors proposed
a motion at this afternoon’s full council meeting that the current annual
grant of £2.044 million should stay the same for next year - which was accepted
by the authority’s ruling Labour group.
Freezing the council grant for the next
three years had been a condition of receiving the Arts Council money but after
the bid for funding was lost, the council could have made a cut. Money for
other trusts, including Sheffield Theatres, is being reduced.
The boost comes as a redundancy notice
was issued for 45 of Museum Sheffield’s 107 staff on account of the Arts
Council’s rejection.
Museums Sheffield is bidding for a share
of further Arts Council funding to be announced in September.
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