{"id":87164,"date":"2017-12-08T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=70cabfc03b51cff2a7a80c4bc4f52cc0"},"modified":"2017-12-08T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:24:51","slug":"press-release-support-northern-powerhouse-culture-this-christmas-minister-says-during-coronation-street-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87164","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Support Northern Powerhouse culture this Christmas, minister says during Coronation Street trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry today (Friday 8 December) called on communities to support local cultural institutions over the festive break as he visited the Rovers Return set of Britain\u2019s best-loved soap.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Berry walked the famous cobbled street and met the cast and crew of Coronation Street in Manchester to mark Northern Powerhouse Culture Week, and celebrate over 57 years of the household show being broadcast to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>During the trip he threw the spotlight on how government investment is supporting cultural institutions across the North of England, and urged people to get out and celebrate their local highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I can\u2019t think of a more perfect way of marking Culture Week than visiting the set of one of the world\u2019s most iconic TV shows \u2013 made right here in the Northern Powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>As well as being an economic powerhouse, the North of England is also a cultural powerhouse, with hundreds of the country\u2019s best museums, art galleries and other cultural organisations on people\u2019s doorsteps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Over the festive period, I\u2019d encourage people to try something they haven\u2019t before. From Liverpool\u2019s Albert Docks to Newcastle\u2019s Discovery Museum, let\u2019s enjoy some of the most iconic, well-known and well-loved places the Northern Powerhouse has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"cultural-funding\">Cultural funding<\/h3>\n<p>As part of its commitment to ensuring that the Northern Powerhouse continues to blaze trails in arts and culture industries in the UK, the government has invested:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a313 million to the Hull City of Culture 2017<\/li>\n<li>\u00a320 million for the Great Exhibition of the North and for a Northern Cultural Regeneration fund to pave way for future cultural investment in the Northern Powerhouse<\/li>\n<li>\u00a378 million for the Factory Manchester &#8211; Manchester\u2019s new theatre and exhibition space<\/li>\n<li>and from April 2018, an additional \u00a3170 million, or 75% of the Arts Council\u2019s lottery funding, will be invested outside of London, which means an additional 31 cultural institutions and organisations in the North will receive regular government investment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the visit, the minister also visited the Manchester Museum, which has benefitted from \u00a35 million of government funding, to hear about exciting plans for a new South Asia gallery. This will draw on some of the best of the national collections from the British Museum to engage with the city-region\u2019s diverse communities and tourists.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>Culture Week (4-8 December) showcased the amazing talent and industry throughout the North from sports and the arts, to the media and music and film industries.  The themes for week included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sporting culture \u2013 Monday<\/li>\n<li>arts culture \u2013 Tuesday<\/li>\n<li>exhibiting culture \u2013 Wednesday<\/li>\n<li>media culture (TV, film, gaming) \u2013 Thursday<\/li>\n<li>music culture \u2013 Friday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPHinfo\">@NPHinfo<\/a> on Twitter for more information or search <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CulturedNorth&amp;src=typd\">#CulturedNorth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The week coincided with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/eleven-bids-for-15m-northern-cultural-regeneration-fund\">announcement of 11 bidders<\/a> for the Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund \u2013 a \u00a315 million government investment to help build a lasting regional legacy from the Great Exhibition of the North.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1209\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; DCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry calls on communities to support local cultural institutions over the festive break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}