THE future of a key arts centre venue in north Oxfordshire has been secured thanks to a transfer of ownership between councils.
The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury was owned by the county council and leased to the Mill Arts Centre Trust for a peppercorn rent. It was the only arts centre owned by the county council.
The centre provides a varied programme of plays, concerts and workshops, and works with children and young people, older people and people with special needs, through a visual arts programme and a work placement scheme.
A transfer of ownership to Cherwell District Council was approved by the county council’s cabinet on Tuesday and Cherwell’s council leaders on Monday.
Eddie Reeves, the county council’s cabinet member for property, said: “The Mill Arts Centre is a much-valued facility for Banbury.”
Former Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry has been a patron of the centre since 2015.
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