# Funding awarded to make more London theatres accessible for deaf people

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/16/funding-awarded-make-london-theatres-accessible-deaf-people/
- Published: 2017-03-16T11:57:14+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Stagetext, a charity set up to improve access to performing arts for hard of hearing
people, has received funding from a new source to make more theatres in the heart
of London accessible for deaf people.**

 

It has received a grant of £6,800 from the City of London Corporation’s new Central
Grants Programme. It will use this to develop its services to provide access for
deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people to theatres in the Square Mile.

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It will also use it to train more organisations in the use of their captioning and
live subtitling services. Theatre staff will receive deaf awareness training.

 

 

 

![Stagetext live-subtitles for Michael Faraday Lecture by Professor Frank Close.
Photo: The Royal Society](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2017/03/captioning-
at-faraday-lecture.jpg)

_Stagetext live-subtitles for Michael Faraday Lecture by Professor Frank Close. 
Photo: The Royal Society_

 

 

 

Nick Bodger, Head of Cultural and Visitor Development at the [City of London Corporation](http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk),
said:

 

“Culture enriches us all, unlocking imagination, creativity and innovation and we
want to ensure that this is available to all our workers, residents and visitors.”

 

 

 

![Subtitling at The House](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2017/03/subtitling-
at-the-house.jpg)

_Subtitling at The House, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival 2016_

 

## New Central Grants Programme

 

[The City of London Corporation’s Central Grants Programme](https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/about-us/community-partnerships/Pages/central-grants-programme.aspx)
is a new grants scheme supporting community, cultural, environmental, educational
and employment projects in the Square Mile and beyond.

 

Stagetext is one of eight London organisations to receive funding from its first
round. A total of £47,332 has been distributed.

 

The City Corporation is the country’s biggest funder of culture after the Government,
the BBC and the Heritage Lottery Fund. It invests £80 million every year in heritage
and cultural activities of all kinds.

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