Crowds at the Windrush Festival in Avenham Park Pic: Paul Yates/Preston Photographic Society Multiple projects aimed at helping boost arts, culture and spor
Preston City Council savings depend on how interest rates affect Animate borrowing plansMultiple projects aimed at helping boost arts, culture and sport in Preston and the surrounding area are set to receive a funding lift.in and around the city is one of those to have received a pledge of support from the Lancashire Culture and Sport Fund.in February and we’re now 70 per cent of the way towards our funding goal – with the Culture and Sport Fund contributing £2,602 towards the total needed.
“But we only actually get that money if we hit the total crowdfunder target, so it’s all systems go to raise the remaining amount in the next three weeks.”Pop-up space at farm near Cottam to host six festival-themed events this spring and summer Preston City Council’s finance chief and deputy leader councillor Martyn Rawlinson, acting in a personal capacity, is looking to put on aCounty Councillor Peter Buckley, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet member for community and cultural Services, said: “Since launching Crowdfund Lancashire in 2022, we’ve seen an array of innovative and diverse projects come forward and receive the funding they need to turn those ideas into a reality.
“Culture and sport runs through the very fabric of Lancashire’s identity so it is no surprise that Preston in particular would answer our call for ideas.