European Union contributes £40m a year to UK culture

New research by Arts Council England, produced to inform the Brexit negotiations, has highlighted the negative impact losing funding and free movement could have on the sector. Up to £40m a year in funding for arts and culture in England is estimated to be at risk because of Brexit, according to new research by Arts Council England (ACE). As well as highlighting potential lost funding, the research has found around half of arts workers are concerned about the impact losing free movement could have on their organisation. The findings, published in two reports this week, have been passed to Government to inform the Brexit negotiations. ACE Chair Sir Nicholas Serota said: “These reports give us valuable data on what culture organisations need to thrive as we reframe our trading relationships with Europe and the world.”

Around 1,385 arts and cultural projects received at least £345m in EU funding between 2007 and 2016, of which £210m came through European Structural & Investment Funds, according to the research commissioned by ACE and conducted by EUCLID.

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