Our Supporters

We are hugely grateful to our partners, funders, donors and everyone who has supported our work during 2024-25. This has enabled us to offer a remarkable range of high quality cultural, heritage and creative activities in Sunderland for people to enjoy, experience and participate in.

Thank you to our founding partners for their vision and support in establishing Sunderland Culture.

We wish to thank everyone who generously donated to our Big Give Arts for Impact campaign this year.

Thanks to Arts Council England for its support for Sunderland Culture as a National Portfolio Organisation.

Sunderland Culture is funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.

Thank you to our partners, funders, donors and everyone who has supported Culture Start and enabled us to offer a remarkable range of free, high quality creative activities for children and young people who may not otherwise be able to participate.

Culture Start is supported by a £1.2m Place Partnership award from Arts Council England through the National Lottery, and generously funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Sir James Knott Trust, Sir Tom Cowie Fund at the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and the Gillian Dickinson Trust.

We are delighted Sunderland City Council has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players and the DCMS Museum Estate and Development Fund, administered by Arts Council England to support the redevelopment of Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.