Cheltenham Arts Council

Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham

Cheltenham Arts Council is a registered charity, whose prime object is to foster and promote the arts amongst the inhabitants of Cheltenham and surrounding areas, by working through the many voluntary societies in the town. The Council supports music, visual arts, literature and local history. 

The organisation receives an annual subsidy from the Borough Council, which enables it to operate a scheme offering grants to any affiliated society who may apply for financial assistance.

Council acts as a focus group to ensure that the interests of the arts in Cheltenham are properly represented in any new development taking place in the town.

Pittville Pump Room

It administers the Trafford Memorial Fund ~ a bequest for the benefit of local arts organisations, students and young people.

Each year the Arts Council gives  awards to individuals or groups who have made a special contribution to their particular branch of the arts.

It publishes a regular newsletter, Perspectives, giving news of the local arts scene, and details of events being organised by affiliated societies. To read the current issue online click on the link.

Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum