The Bunbury Banter Theatre Company can only make relevant, powerful and essential creative work with the support of many individuals, businesses and organisations, often in the form of funding and sponsorship.

If you can, please take a moment, to watch the video as the following information sums up why continuation of public and private investment in the arts is not only important, but vital!

• Britain’s cultural sector has boomed after sustained government investment

• Together, we have created world-class work, landmark institutions and quality education programmes

• Cultural events bring communities together and make our lives richer; we saw this in action at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, which drew on talent fostered by public investment

• Cuts to public funding will destabilise the whole sector, undermining the confidence of sponsors and private investors – closures will be inevitable

• Arts and culture are relatively cheap to support, and bring big returns. The current investment is 14p per person per week; equal to less than 0.05 per cent of total government spending