In 2020 the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities launched the Getting Building Fund, which is a £900m programme which aims to deliver jobs, skills and infrastructure across England.
I am pleased that the Mercury Theatre, Colchester has been awarded £500,000 as part of this programme to deliver a second floor extension to be used as a meeting and/or rehearsal space to a range of local and national touring artists, theatre companies and other local creative businesses.
This is government investment brining about real physical change here in Colchester.