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We are hugely grateful to our partners, funders, donors and everyone who supports our work. This enables 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.

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We wish to thank everyone who generously donated to our Big Give Arts for Impact campaign to help more children enjoy creativity and culture.

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.

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We wish to thank the following for their support during 2023-24:

Art Fund

Arts Council Collection

Arts Council England

Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy

Association of Independent Museums via DCMS Know Your Neighbourhood Fund

Big Give

British Museum, with thanks to the Dorset Foundation.

Creative Dimension Trust

Clear Channel, in partnership with Sunderland Voluntary Sector Alliance

Community Foundation for Tyne & Wear and Northumberland – Tyne & Wear High Sheriff Award Fund and #iWill Fund.

Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance

Durham Freemasons Charity

European Regional Development Fund

Family Arts Campaign

Film Hub North / BFI National Lottery

Friends of Sunderland Museum – James Wilson Bequest

Four Nations International Fund

Marsh Charitable Trust

Museums Association – Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund

National Lottery Heritage Fund

National Theatre

National Trust – Heritage Open Days New Wave programme

NEXUS

Sir James Knott Trust

Sunderland City Council – Washington Area Committee: Neighbourhood Investment Fund & the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust

TATE – British Art Network

University of Sunderland

 

Thank you to everyone who has generously donated in our venues or online to support our work.

Culture Start

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, The Sir Tom Cowie Fund at the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and the Gillian Dickinson Trust.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

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.

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