Festival Support Grant Fund Data for 2016-2018

Government Digital Service provides data on the Festival Support Grant Fund. This funding was available for a two-year period covering the 2016/17 and 2017/18 fiscal years only. The dataset is published via the eu_open_data platform under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze grant distribution patterns based on the described two-year funding period.
• Study temporal trends in cultural funding based on the 2016-2018 timeframe.
• Benchmark public support for festivals against other grant programs based on the fund's stated purpose.

Strengths

• Data is provided under the Open Government Licence, facilitating reuse.
• The temporal scope is clearly defined as the 2016/17 and 2017/18 fiscal years.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the grant program.

Time Range

2016/17 to 2017/18 fiscal years

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, based on the licence and platform.