A raft of grants totaling £26.5 million has been awarded to organisations to help save culture in South West.
The annual Chalke Valley History Festivals, Broad Chalke has received £260,000 and Wiltshire Creative, Salisbury, £446,968 among 129 South West venues sharing £26,560,756.
Dorset museums also did well and the County Museum, Dorchester was given £213,121.
Stagecore Productions Ltd, Blandford Forum received £50,000 and Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust £59,491, and The Tank Museum, Bovington £780,000.
The £26.5 million cash boost comes from the government’s new Culture Recovery Fund.
The full list of winners can be found at https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication/culture-recovery-fund-data