SOME of the 45 Museums Sheffield staff
facing redundancy will be granted a reprieve of up to six months after the
trust was granted a small amount of funding from the Arts Council.
The undisclosed figure will cover the
cost and staffing of planned events to coincide with the Olympics and help pay
towards redundancy costs after losing a bid for £4.2 million.
Museums Sheffield is also bidding for
‘transition’ funding from the Arts Council to allow it to keep its
advertised programme of events at the Graves and Millennium Galleries, and
Weston Park Museum, over spring and summer.
Nick Dodd, Museums Sheffield chief
executive, said the trust is also preparing a new bid for longer-term Arts
Council funding - from grants totalling £15 million each year which are being
handed out in September.
Mr Dodd said: “We are receiving a
small sum which will allow us to continue some of our plans for the Olympics
and also to cover redundancy costs. It will allow a stay of execution for up to
six jobs.
“We also hope the Arts Council
will confirm a request for a larger sum which will enable us to put on our
advertised programme of events.
“It will mean we can keep more
staff for those months.”
Mr Dodd said the trust is preparing a
new application for the next round of long-term Arts Council funding which is
being allocated in September.
The trust is looking for a amount
similar to the £800,000 existing annual grant, ending in March.
Mr Dodd said the trust was ‘really
grateful’ for Sheffield Council’s decision not to cut its annual
grant, as well as the amount of support from the public, celebrities and
businesses after losing on its larger bid to the Arts Council.
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