Decision details

1.                  That a budget of £8.6m over 2 years from April 2020 for the GMCA Culture Fund to fund the balanced portfolio of applications detailed within the Part B item of this report be approved.

2.                  That the list of organisations detailed within the Part B item of this report, to be funded by the GMCA Culture Fund be approved and that it also be agreed that the report be made public within one month of this meeting.

3.                  That authority be delegated to the GMCA Treasurer, in consultation with the Portfolio Lead Chief Executive and Portfolio Lead for Culture, to enter into grant funding agreements with the organisations, and for the amounts, listed in the Part B report.

4.                  That it be agreed that a report will be submitted to GMCA over the following months that will set out a new sustainable approach to the funding of GM’s culture organisations from 2022.

5.                  That the list of organisations detailed within the part B  report to be funded by the GMCA Culture Fund 2020-2022 be approved.

6.                  That the GMCA record its congratulations to Bury on becoming the first Town of Culture for Greater Manchester.

That the GMCA record its thanks Councillor David Greenhalgh (Portfolio Lead for Culture), Alison McKenzie-Folan (Lead Chief Executive for Culture) and officers within the cultural team at the GMCA.