ACE grants £4.3m for ‘strengthening’ diverse-led organisations

Forty-five diverse-led organisations will share in £4.3m awarded by Arts Council England.

Beneficiaries of the latest round of the council's Elevate programme include hip-hop training organisation Street Factory, advocacy project Touretteshero and Black-led theatre company Selina Thomspon.

The programme aims to "enhance the diversity of the arts and cultural sector by strengthening the resilence of diverse-led organisations". This funding round includes 41 organisations that are Disability or Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic-led.