Page 2833 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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roof and the building’s electrical system, as well as to upgrade public toilets, to improve accessibility and to replace the existing roller doors with new code-compliant doors. This investment will significantly enhance the heritage building and improve the visitor experience prior to the development of the broader site around it. The public toilets at the depot will also be made available for patrons of the fitters’ workshop and other site visitors by being accessible from the outside.
There is also an allocation of $1.67 million over three years in the 2019-20 budget for upgrading our local arts facilities. We will undertake design for capital works at Ainslie and Gorman House arts centres and at Strathnairn Arts. Critical works will be delivered at various arts facilities, including roofing repairs at Strathnairn Arts and works to improve site safety and accessibility at both Ainslie Arts Centre and Gorman House Arts Centre.
Other funding commitments for improving arts facilities will allow upgrades to five of our arts centres, with a focus on replacing ageing mechanical systems. These particular works will occur at Ainslie Arts Centre, Gorman House Arts Centre, Strathnairn Arts centre, Tuggeranong Arts Centre and Watson Arts Centre. There will also be improvements to the kiln shed at Watson Arts Centre and the development of a specialist asset replacement scheme for our arts facilities.
By upgrading these facilities, we continue to create spaces for Canberrans to enjoy and participate in the arts. Arts funding in the 2019-20 budget is continuing to support a culturally rich and vibrant community, celebrate arts and culture and encourage creativity, social inclusion, feeling, thinking and exchange. This support is provided through funding for artist projects and capacity building, and for arts organisations to assist their sustainability and vibrancy.
The 2019-20 budget commits $270,000 per year for three years to increase community participation in the arts in the Woden and Gungahlin regions. Belconnen Arts Centre, and the Tuggeranong Arts Centre were successful in a tender process and they have engaged two community arts officers. Through community engagement, the officers have created opportunities for locals to have their say on what arts activities should be happening in their region. This initiative will be delivered over three years and will provide lots of opportunities for greater access to and participation in the arts for people in those communities.
There was $100,000 provided in 2018-19 and a further $100,000 allocated in 2019-20 to deliver capacity-building activities for the arts sector in Canberra. These activities are available to individual artists and to arts organisations, to address needs that were identified through consultation with the sector. These include professional development for artists and support for the continuous improvement of arts organisations, including for governance, strategic capacity and planning, change and risk management and diversity.
The government will also deliver capacity building for non-funded arts organisations through a one-off funding round of $80,000. Organisations have applied for assistance across strategic planning, business development, incorporation and financial and
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