Foden's Band has announced that they have been successful in obtaining £33,450 through Arts Council England's National Lottery funded 'Covid 19' programme.

Arts Council England (ACE) made £160 million of emergency funding available for individuals and organisations to apply for if they had been previous recipients of ACE funding and had suffered as a result of the pandemic.

Guidance stated that the funding had been set up to 'afford practitioners and organisations time to stabilise, to think, and to plan for the future.'

Grateful

Foden's spokesperson Mark Wilkinson told 4BR: "We're extremely grateful to ACE for accepting our application. Like all organisations Foden's have been seriously affected by Covid 19 and the funding allows us to look at ways to increase our online presence and interact with audiences in a new and innovative way.

We are also able to purchase equipment and work with professionals to allow us to become a leader in this area."

Guidance stated that the funding had been set up to 'afford practitioners and organisations time to stabilise, to think, and to plan for the future'4BR

Thanks

He added: "I would like to thank Carole Hirst for coordinating and submitting the bid on our behalf.

Carole is a previous solo baritone player with the band and since becoming our Strategic Arts Funding Advisor in 2016 has been instrumental in securing funding from Arts Council England's National Lottery funded 'Grants for the Arts programme 2016 — 2019', Heritage Lottery Funding through the "Our Heritage"Programme in 2016 and 'Catalyst' funding in 2019.