Kettering’s ambitions bring £4m investment in culture

A £3m grant from the government’s Get Building fund, topped up from Kettering Borough Council’s reserves and a grant from Northamptonshire County Council, will enable Kettering’s library, museum and art gallery to be repaired, extended and upgraded. The renovation aims to establish the area as the ‘cultural anchor’ for North Northamptonshire, and the Borough has ambitions to "improve these assets and diversify their uses in order to change the way communities access and engage with culture and creative industries", as well as unlocking economic growth through skills development, job creation and boosting the visitor economy.