St Helens to lose ‘iconic’ lottery-funded arts venue as Arts Council invests in library

After celebrating its 30th anniversary last year, the Citadel Arts Centre building will close at the end of June, but the Citadel Arts Centre Charity will continue to deliver arts activities for children and families, disabled, vulnerable and elderly people. Meanwhile, the Council Library Service, a new Arts Council England national portfolio organisation, will receive a further £110,000 to “continue the mission to make the area a cultural hotbed”.