We're a charity and the kind generosity of supporters like you means that we can provide life-changing creative opportunities. When you donate, you know that all of your money goes directly towards our ongoing programme of work for future generations.
A gift of up to £50 could:
Provide a free ticket for a carer when they accompany an audience member with a disability to an event.
Your donation of £51-£100 could:
Subsidise a place in our Youth Theatre for a full term for a local young person aged 12-18.
Support a Dementia Friendly film screening for people with dementia, their family and carers.
A donation of £100-£500 could:
Help to mount a visual arts show in the Allsop Gallery, supporting local artists.
Support the delivery of activities for children and young people.
Your gift of £501 - £1000 could:
Support the costs of mounting an exhibition in the Allsop Gallery.
Cover the costs of a workshop delivered free to children in local schools.
Help to bring an important performance to Arts Centre audiences.
Your donation over £1000 could:
Cover the production costs of the next Youth Theatre performance.
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Public investment from Arts Council England, Dorset Council and Bridport Town Council equates to less than 20% of our income. With your help, we can raise the vital funds we need to continue our work within the community.
39% – The Bridport Prize Writing competition fundraising
24% – Ticket Sales (film and live programme)
17% – Public Investment
6% – Community hire and other income
5% – Trusts and Foundations
5% – Sponsors
3% – Supporters and Individual Giving
1% – Allsop Gallery
BACStage Youth Theatre
Every week during term time, young people aged 12-18 make BAC their home for a few hours. BACStage is a safe and supportive space that helps develop their social and communication skills and build confidence. Some of the young people coming along today will be the theatre makers of tomorrow. Keeping BACStage fees less than £3 an hour for our young people costs BAC around £5,000 a year.
Visual Arts
It costs over £30,000 a year to run the Allsop Gallery and to keep it free for all. This includes the costs of exhibitions, staff costs and maintenance of the gallery space. We are committed to bringing high-quality and diverse visual arts shows to Bridport, and to supporting local artists to exhibit.
Shows and events
We firmly believe that our rural community deserves world-class arts and culture. The costs of work vary depending on the programme every year, but we can expect to expend between £80,000 – £100,000 each year to bring to Bridport the theatre, dance, comedy, and music our audiences of all ages want to see.
Edward Burt – Felicity Fairbaim – Joanna Guy – John Mahoney – Mr Andy Littler – Mr John Grantham – Mr Michael Home Smith – Mr Peter Martin – Mrs G A Fowler – Ms Eleanor Pole – Ms Tanya Bruce-Lockhart
