Revoluton Arts receives funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation to power creativity in Luton and beyond.

We’re delighted to have been awarded £240,000 from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Fund, to support our core activities and drive our mission forward over the next three years (2025 – 2028). This timely investment in our work will amplify our efforts to connect Luton’s communities and artists with a local global focus.

From Bury Park to Farley Hill, Marsh Farm and town-wide, we’ve been working with local residents, young creators and artists to make bold, joyful and meaningful creative projects — in community centres, on the streets of Luton, in schools and online.

This new funding means we can continue to match artists, communities and ideas to create ambitious, relevant and high-quality projects. Our work remains rooted in Luton and with this investment we continue our mission to put Luton on the map. We’ll continue to co-produce work that is uniquely homegrown, whilst connecting out to other places like Luton – in the UK and beyond.

Lindsey Pugh, Revoluton’s CEO and Creative Director, said: “Investment from Paul Hamlyn Foundation is testament to the power of our creative endeavours, co-created by the people of Luton and the artists they commission. This endorsement of Revoluton’s programme, centred on social change, brings new possibilities to deepen existing relationships and open horizons, connecting with new people and more places. It is fundamental to the achievement of our vision for communities to connect through creativity, locally and globally, uniting to define their positive futures.”

Thank you to our funders, partners and collaborators who believe in the power of creativity to transform communities. Together, we’ll keep making inspiring work in Luton and with places like Luton — where everyone can take part and make something brilliant happen.

Here’s to the next chapter!

 

About Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. He died in 2001 and left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK. We use our resources to support social change, working towards a just and equitable society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.