Business Development Officer Report
We are hugely lucky once again to receive the backing of the Government and Arts Council England with Cultural Recovery Funding as well as recovery funding from Somerset Community Foundation.
There is much to be grateful at The Princess with the infrastructure and investment, but make no mistake we have a tough year ahead rebuilding and reshaping the Theatre and Arts Centre. We are going to need the grant funding and undesignated funds to support us in this recovery period.
We have continued to receive a vast amount of; work in kind from both volunteers and staff along with equipment donations. This is reflective of the passionate creatives engaged by The Princess to undertake the vision for the future.
Refurb
There are a small number of delays on the current seating works, these are in hand and we will update you as soon as we are able and assign a walk round with Councillors.
Creative output
Since we last met we have not only engaged our audience but developed them with:
2 radio/audio plays
oTo Henry, with love 62% of listeners were aged between 18-34yrs
oAshesonly just released so no data
3 online teaching resources
oYoutube views nearly 2500
o150 hours watched on our Youtube channel
ovia accounts of 18-44yrs
CRF #2
Please see the agreed list to be implemented over the next month.
Ticket sales are on the rise for the latter end of the year and customers are investing in memberships as well as gift vouchers. This along with donations from our audiences we are feeling very loved at The Princess just now.
Thank you all for your support over this past year and I look forward to the hard work of the next.
Government Cultural Recovery Fund #2 Application
The Princess has applied for £27356 to cover the period of 1st April-30th June 2021 and
includes the below measures:
Technician £3850
Communications and Marketing Coordination £5000
Front of House Coordination £3500
Associated equipment and recruitment costs £2206
Digital Strategy creation £3500
Quantock dressing room works to include:
o partition walls
o the construction of a store room
o creation of a corridor directly to stage from the back of house area
o disabled access to the stage
o redecoration £2735
Cultural Activities £6565
Total £27356
This document is intended to inform you of proposed measures should we receive cultural
recovery funding.