Private donor and Scottish Arts Council partnership puts Festival on firmer footing
Thu 14 Dec 2006
The Edinburgh International Festival has received one-off payments totalling £1 million from Dunard Fund and the Scottish Arts Council, putting the Festival in a better position to plan for the future.
The money will be set against losses incurred in previous years through investing in the quality of programmes in order to maintain EIF’s position as the world’s premier arts Festival.
Jonathan Mills, Festival Director said, ‘This is an amazing gesture from Dunard Fund, matched by the Scottish Arts Council, for which we are very grateful. It allows me to concentrate more fully on planning for the future, and to engage in discussions about the funding levels required to maintain the Festival’s pre-eminence.
‘We are particularly thrilled to receive this accolade from Dunard Fund, because this private donor has recognised the excellence and the status the Festival has achieved and maintained in recent years, and has made a free choice to support our vision for the Festival.’
