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Keeping people connected: Northampton Open Media helps put arts, government and more online through pandemic


Keeping people connected: Northampton Open Media helps put arts, government and more online through pandemic
Northampton Open Media Production Coordinator Dave Newland, left, and Executive Director Al Williams talk about the last year while a clip of the Carolyn Dufraine Trio plays on screen in the NOM offices. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Northampton Open Media Executive Director Al Williams says the public access TV station and community media center has been busier than ever during the pandemic. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Northampton Open Media Production Coordinator Dave Newland looks over a work in progress at the group’s office. NOM has helped screen many online concerts with local groups in the past year  STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING ....

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£165,000 grant to help save King George's Hall, Darwen Library Theatre and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery


 
£165,000 grant to help save King George’s Hall, Darwen Library Theatre and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
King Georges Hall, Blackburn. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday August 25, 2016..
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have announced that they have invested £4,501,380 in arts and cultural organisations across Lancashire through the second round of their Culture Recovery Fund distributed by Arts Council England.
In Blackburn with Darwen, this means the immediate future of the borough s cultural venues is more secure, after the council received a grant of £165,613 from the fund.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said more than 2,700 cultural organisations and local authorities across the country will receive a share of £400million as part of the vital financial boost from the Government’s £1.57billion Culture Recovery Fund. ....

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