Streatham MP, Bell Ribeiro-Addy has praised the campaign to renovate Streatham Hill Theatre after it won funding from Sadiq Khan’s Good Growth Fund.
The project will benefit from £15,000 to put towards the costs of an initial viability survey of the Grade II listed, 2,800 capacity former theatre.
The news comes after the Save Streatham Hill Theatre campaign managed to crowdfund its first £10,000 target.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Member of Parliament for Streatham said:
“I’m delighted to hear Streatham Hill Theatre has secured Mayoral funding to pursue its renovation project.
“The theatre is an iconic piece of local architecture and I welcome and support efforts to refashion it into a community multi-arts venue.
“The sheer scale of donations from people in Streatham proves how great our community is at pulling together for the causes we care about.”
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Notes to Editors:
- “Launched in 2017 and delivered in partnership with the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), the Good Growth Fund seeks to make London fairer and more inclusive by strengthening civic networks at a local level, encouraging innovation and supporting great design. In total, the Fund has supported 138 projects, allocating more than £75 million”. Press release from City Hall, ‘Mayor boosts local ‘good growth’ projects with £24 million’ (10/03/2020) https://bit.ly/2THxzdv
- ‘Campaigners hope to raise £30k in two months to reopen Streatham Hill Theatre’, South London Press (04/03/2020) https://bit.ly/3372QcB
For further information about this press release, please contact Ollie Collard, Communications Officer, Office of the Shadow Immigration Officer, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP at oliver.collard@parliament.uk.