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Red squirrel conservation project gets the go ahead NORTH Yorkshire is set to get it s first red squirrel enclosure. The Yorkshire Arboretum at Castle Howard has been granted planning permission by Ryedale District Council to begin its red squirrel project and it will mean a small group of native red squirrels are brought to live at the arboretum in a large, tree-filled enclosure, as part of its mission to promote healthy trees and healthy woodland. Arboretum Director Dr John Grimshaw said: We’re delighted that we can now go ahead with this exciting project, which will enable visitors to encounter this iconic native animal, which has long been extinct from this area, while learning about its role in our woodlands.
CULTURAL and creative organisations across the region are to receive a share of £400m as part of a vital financial boost from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of more than 2,700 organisations being offered millions of pounds in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover from the pandemic Among the recipients is Darlington Hippodrome, which will use its grant to offset losses from cancelled productions, retain jobs, secure the long-term future of the theatre and secure the purchase of new state-of-the-art cinema screening equipment. Heather Tarran-Jones, the Hippodrome’s director of programming and development, said: “We are delighted to receive news of this second Arts Council England grant.
Castle Howard, which is receiving a £4.5 million loan from the Cultural Recovery Fund and (inset) Shakespeare s Rose Theatre in York, built by Acorn Events which is receiving a £4 million loan CASTLE Howard has been given a £4.5 million loan to help it survive the pandemic - while the firm which built Shakespeare s Rose Theatre in York has been given a £4 million loan. Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake said a total of £5,369,640 had been allocated from the Cultural Recovery Fund for culture and heritage organisations in his constituency to help make them financially secure over coming months. He said the Castle Howard Estate was receiving £4,540,000, the North Yorkshire Moors Historical Railway Trust £578,000, the Ryedale Folk Museum £39,950, the Palace Cinema in Malton £21,490, Rural Arts North Yorkshire £55,000, the Wesley Centre in Malton £39,000, Pickering Methodist Church £28,700 and Scampston Hall & Walled Garden £67,500.