Govt announce new arts job funding
Published:22nd Jan 2010
The Department for Culture, Media and Sports has announced the creation of new arts jobs across London and Essex.
Under the new scheme, more than 160 jobs in London and 56 in Essex will be offered to those unemployed in the arts, including positions as design assistants, marketing and press assistants, community craft workers and fundraisers.
Venues will include the British Library, the Young Vic, the Royal Court and a disability-led theatre group in Essex.
Culture minister Ben Bradshaw (pictured) said: 'I am very pleased to announce today these new jobs in the arts, all of which will be paid for by the government's Future Jobs Fund.
'This means that there will shortly be over 200 previously unemployed young people working in an exciting, creative environment that might otherwise have proved impossible to break into.'
He added that the investment, totalling £1.45 million, represented a tremendous drive to bring fresh and new talent to the creative industries.
Under the new scheme, more than 160 jobs in London and 56 in Essex will be offered to those unemployed in the arts, including positions as design assistants, marketing and press assistants, community craft workers and fundraisers.
Venues will include the British Library, the Young Vic, the Royal Court and a disability-led theatre group in Essex.
Culture minister Ben Bradshaw (pictured) said: 'I am very pleased to announce today these new jobs in the arts, all of which will be paid for by the government's Future Jobs Fund.
'This means that there will shortly be over 200 previously unemployed young people working in an exciting, creative environment that might otherwise have proved impossible to break into.'
He added that the investment, totalling £1.45 million, represented a tremendous drive to bring fresh and new talent to the creative industries.
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