WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter
Future of Jack-in-the-Green
Dear HIP
HIP 249 ran an article headlined Jack-in-the-Green Future ‘At Risk’. Those of you who, like me, love this festival will be relieved to hear that in fact its future is not in the least at risk.
The budget agreed by the former Labour administration in December 2023 allocated £5,000 to JITG for 2024-25. Funding for the following year will be allocated in the next budget.
The independent Grant Advisory Panel (GAP) of the Foreshore Trust, which makes recommendations on grant applications, found that the sustainability requirement in the recent application by JITG was not met. The JITG committee have been informed that there is another round of funding for festivals due in June, and advice will be offered by the independent chair of the GAP as to how to create a successful funding application. There are ongoing conversations with the JITG committee about how to ensure that this much-loved festival remains sustainable into the future, and I can categorically say that this festival would continue to be enthusiastically supported by a Green-led administration
Cllr Julia Hilton
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