A grant scheme for arts and culture in Leeds generated more than £56m for the local economy last year.
Leeds City Council says the arts@leeds project, which gave 41 organisations grants of up to £50,000, funded more than 2300 activities involving more than 126,000 people. The total audience for these events exceeded 1.4 million.
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The scheme is a cornerstone of the Leeds Culture Strategy, which aims to grow the city’s culture sector to grow and put culture at the heart of all major policy decisions up to 2030.
Published: 18-02-2020