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Plea for lifeline funding to ensure arts centre can stay open for future
North Devon Journal
|May 29, 2025
FINANCIAL support is needed to keep a 50-year-old arts centre running in Torridge.
The Plough at Torrington is seeking emergency funding of £60,000 or could close within months, Cllr Chris Bright (Lib Dem, Torrington) told members at a district council meeting this week.
The authority has provided £55,000 to the Plough since 2020.
In his motion to the council, which was approved, Cllr Bright asked members to see what support could be made, given the importance of the arts centre to the district.
"The Plough has already implemented a recovery strategy, but costs have increased while measures introduced to boost income, like grant applications, need longer to come to fruition," he said.
This story is from the May 29, 2025 edition of North Devon Journal.
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