Why you should protest about the proposed dismantling of the Tower Arts Centre?

• This is a highly successful Art Centre that is regularly sold out. To get a feel for all the great things it does - go to http://www.towerarts.co.uk/key-client.html.


• It operates on the lowest subsidy of any of the Hampshire Art Centres. The £90k subsidy equates to 80p for each district resident.


• Any funding that Kings' School receives will be used for educational purposes. They will not fund any of the existing community use.


• Winchester is already very poorly served in terms of public spending on the performing arts - removing the subsidy to the Tower Arts will exascerbate this problem (see article dated 29th September for more analysis).


• An independent consultant has confirmed that the Discovery Centre will not be able to put on the vast majority of the evening performances currently shown at the Tower (this contradicts one of the key assumptions within the original proposal).


• There are a number of options