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Mon 8th March
Mr Durkan said:
“I have been contacted by a number of constituents who attend various part-time arts classes at the Eden Place Arts Centre, Pilot’s Row.
“They have expressed to me their concerns that a proposed abolition of Arts Council funding to the centre on 31 March 2010 will result either in these courses being abolished or priced at a level that will be unaffordable to them.
“Eden Place Arts Centre is a well established community arts space in an area of recognised social and economic deprivation. The wide range of activities which it has been able to offer with financial assistance from the Arts Council has not only encouraged artistic and social connections within that area but also between the Bogside and other parts of the city and region. It has provided a platform for social interaction and for artistic advancement by those who attend the courses, including disabled people, children and older people.
“It appears to me that any reduction in availability of these courses will unwind the progress that the centre has made for community arts in the area and those social bindings.
“I have therefore asked Roisín McDonough to review this decision in order to assist Eden Place Arts Centre to continue its good work into the future.”
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