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Arts Council rejects Trinity Arts funding appeal
ARTS Council England will withdraw £48,000 funding from Gainsborough's Trinity Arts Centre at the end of October.
The news comes after weeks of fierce campaigning from over 4,000 residents who signed a petition to keep the district-council run venue open.
Chief Executive of West Lindsey Council, Duncan Sharkey, said he was disappointed that the Arts Council had not granted the appeal.
"They have told us that they were impressed by the case we put to them and by the amount of local feeling expressed in the petitions but at the end of the day they have confirmed their original decision," he said.
He added that the Arts Council had offered transitional funding for six months and would be working with West Lindsey on individual packages for the district.
A review had also been launched which would aim to ensure that users and local groups were not disadvantaged by the Arts Council decision.
Read this Thursday's Standard for more reaction to the decision.
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