Please find a statement from BFI CEO Ben Roberts following DCMS’s announcement of the 12 week consultation National Lottery Good Causes: Fund What Matters To You which launches today and asks the public to help shape the future of National Lottery Good Cause funding.
Ben Roberts, CEO of the BFI said
"We welcome today’s public consultation on National Lottery Good Causes funding. For more than 30 years, National Lottery players have helped change lives and strengthen communities across the UK. Funding for film does exactly that: opening doors for young people, through education and building skills and careers, keeping local cinemas and festivals at the heart of communities - often providing the only cultural offer for some across the UK, protecting our screen heritage, and backing our creative talent so they can bring UK stories to the screen.
"As the distributor of National Lottery funding for film, the BFI works with partners UK-wide to make that public investment count: reaching communities, supporting creative ambition, strengthening local cultural life, and by developing the filmmakers, storytellers and BAFTA and Oscar winners of the future, strengthening one of the UK's fastest growing industries."
"As the distributor of National Lottery funding for film, the BFI works with partners UK-wide to make that public investment count: reaching communities, supporting creative ambition, strengthening local cultural life, and by developing the filmmakers, storytellers and BAFTA and Oscar winners of the future, strengthening one of the UK's fastest growing industries."