HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 cc588-93W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the successful bids for millennium festival awards in the north-west. [78785]

Janet Anderson

A list of successful bids is shown in the following table. This information is also available on the Millennium Commission's website (www.millennium.gov.uk). In addition, the North West has benefited from Watson Steel of Bolton winning the contract to provide the steel for the structure of the Dome.

North west Millennium Festival grants by county
Organisation Project Award £
Cheshire
The Millennium Commission
Cheshire County Council The Cheshire Pilgrimage: Journeys of Commitment for the 3rd Millennium 70,000
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council Crewe and Nantwich Celebrates 60,000
Macclesfield Museums Trust Macclesfield Silk Museum 25,000
Macclesfield Borough Council Making the Most of the Millennium in Macclesfield 25,000
Winsford 2000/Winsford Now 'Representing Winsford'—A Year in Photographs 8,500
Heritage Lottery Fund
Cheshire Wildlife Trusts Celebrating Nature 37,000
Chester Civic Trust 2000 Years of Building 30,000
Halton Borough Council Park Life—2000 19,800
National Library for the Blind Unseen History 12,300
Arts Council of England
Chester Gateway Theatre The Polychronicon 23,200
Congleton Borough Council Light Year 2000 20,000
Chester and District Festival of Trees Chester and District Tree Festival 2000 19,900
Rodewald Concert Society/Ensemble 10:10 AMAHL 2000 15,900
Chester Literature Society Literative For All Seasons 12,800
English Sports Council
Cheshire Sports Trust Cheshire Millennium Youth Games TBA
Cumbria
The Millennium Commission
The Spirit of Cumbria Consortium The Spirit of Cumbria Millennium Festival 300,000
Heritage Lottery Fund
Environ (Trust) Ltd. Sacred Cumbria 28,900
Barrow and District Council for Voluntary Service Voyager—Taking History into the Future 21,900
Arts Council of England
Cumbria Theatre Trust Ltd. Equinox 28,500
Dancetales The Linking of the Chain 22,000
Welfare State International The Sky's the Limit 20,000
North Pennine Highlights North Pennine Dance Highlights—Marking Time 17,000
Prism Arts 'Breaking the Mould' 11,700
Changeling Productions Tempus Fugit 10,000
Eden Arts Eden Arts Trust 9,500
English Sports Council
Cumbria County Council Cumbria CC TBA
The Millennium Commission
Millennium Waterfronts Steering Group Millennium Waterfronts (Salford, Manchester, Tameside and Oldham) 300,000
Manchester City Council Manchester Coming Home 200,000
Moss Side and Hulme Business Federation The Millennium Carnival Programme 45,000
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 'Mapping the Millennium' Festival 40,000
Oldham Education and Leisure Services 'One World One Oldham' Festival 30,000
All Saints Church, Micklehurst Threads 30,000
Disabled Living Looking Good, Feeling Good, 2000 (Manchester) 27,500
Salford Open Theatre Walkden Millennium Community Play 20,000
Heritage Lottery Fund
National Museum of Labour History People's History for the Third Millennium 82,200
National Lottery Charities Board
BETA—Basic Education and Training for Adults 30,000
Groundwork Rochdale Oldham and Tameside 30,000
The Pankhurst Trust 29,970
Dr. Kershaw's Hospice 12,000
Arts Council of England
Halle Concerts Society Inner Spark 27,000
Full Circle Arts @ 2000 23,600
The Whitworfh Art Gallery The Times Of Our Lives 23,200
Class Street Outreach New Generation, New Millennium, A Visual Arts Experience 20,700
Independence Festival (to become IF Ltd.) Independence Festival 2000 20,700
Community Arts North West 'Inquotation' 16,000
The Bridgewater Hall Community Education Trust Saxophony 2000 12,000
English Sports Council
Greater Manchester Youth Games Greater Manchester Millennium Youth Games TBA

North west Millennium Festival grants by county
Organisation Project Award £
Lancashire
The Millennium Commission
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Celebrating the Millennium in East Lancashire 80,000
Lancashire County Council Millennium Celebrations for Lancashire 50,000
Hyndburn Borough Council Hyndburn Millennium Timeline 30,000
Disability Services (Blackpool, Wyre and Flyde) I'm Not Asking To Be Einstein 30,000
The Chorley Partnership Chorley Millennium Celebrations 29,300
Mela Festival Committee Mela Millennium Festival (Preston) 25,000
Pendle Borough Council/Pendle Partnership Remembering Pendle—A History of the Last 2000 Years Through the Eyes 25,000
Heritage Lottery Fund
Lancashire County Millennium Exhibition Committee Story of Christianity in Lancashire 90,000
North West Museums Service Discover for Yourself! 40,000
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Telling Tales, Rochdale 29,700
National Lottery Charities Board
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Council for Voluntary Service 50,000
Lancashire Development Education Group 50,000
Lancashire Development Education Group 37,560
Arts Council of England
Ludus Dance Agency Our Future, On Reflection 25,000
M6 Theatre Company 'Visioning the Future' 24,000
Folly Gallery Lancaster Digital Arts Festival 23,100
Turnpike Community Theatre Epic Millennium Community Play 21,400
Indian Association Oldham Indian Association Oldham Millennium Festival Celebrations 21,400
Lancaster and Morecambe Arts Promotion Network Time and Tide 21,000
Mid Pennine Arts L2L2K 20,000
Mossley Community Arts Ltd. Festival of Fire 16,000
Little World Ltd. (Horse and Bamboo) Feeding The Dragon 15,000
Burnley Youth Theatre Spirit 13,200
Rais Academy 3 Generations 5,600
Longridge Millennium Committee Longridge Millennium Stone Cross 5,000
English Sports Council
Lancashire County Council Lancashire Millennium Youth Games TBA
Merseyside
The Millennium Commission
Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust (LADT) The River of Light Millennium Celebrations 200,000
The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play and Arts Project Lighting Up Bidston Hill 30,000
The Blackie/Great Georges Community Cultural Project Ganes for the New Years 25,000
HOPES: The Hope Street Association (Liverpool) The Hope Street Millennium Public Arts Route 25,000
Heritage Lottery Fund
Groundwork St. Helens, Knowsley and Sefton Sankey Canal Festival 30,000
Mersey Film and Video Mersey Films: Present from the Past to the Future 30,000
Mersey Heritage Trust Millennium Liverpool May Horse Parade 30,000
Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse Leasowe Lighthouse—Local Educational Network Link 6,200
National Lottery Charities Board
Blackburne House 30,000
The Groundwork Trust 30,000
The Groundwork Trust 22,000
Arts Council of England
Merseyside Dance Initiative Quantum Leap 25,000
Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology Access All Areas 24,000
Liverpool John Moores University Wow 2000! Writing On The Wall—2000: A National and International Writing Festival 21,200
Mockbegger Theatre Company Time For Together 20,400
The Windows Project Stonepoems 20,000
Circle of Literary Friends Asian Diaspora 2000 14,800
English Sports Council
Merseyside Sport Merseyside Sport Millennium Youth Games TBA
West Lancashire
Arts Council of England
West Lancashire District Council District Visions 23,900