THREE arts organisations which recently missed out on council funding are now set to share almost £725,000.

Citizens Theatre, the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) and Tron Theatre were among hundreds of third sector groups to have their applications for Glasgow City Council’s oversubscribed Communities Fund rejected.

Following protests, the council launched a £4m transition fund to help some key groups which had previously received money – and pledged future proposals to support arts organisations.

Councillors will be asked to approve grants to the three venues at a meeting on Thursday.

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The money has been gathered from underspends in other funds caused by Covid-19.

The Citizens Theatre is set to receive £290,000 from the Common Good Fund, which is used to provide civic hospitality.

A report by depute council leader David McDonald reveals there has been no civic hospitality during 2020/21 so far, leaving a £430,000 underspend.

The theatre is also in line for £145,000 taken from the Culture and Recreation Fund, which usually supports the city’s events programme. Many events have been cancelled due to the pandemic.

Tron Theatre is set to receive £195,000 from the same fund, with the CCA getting £93,000.

Alex McGowan, executive director and joint CEO of the Citizens Theatre, admitted the venue had been “disappointed” to miss out on money from the Communities Fund.

He said: “We do recognise the unprecedented demands that the council must be facing at this time and that there are a large number of third sector organisations in need of vital support to continue their good work across the city.

“We are grateful the council has been able to propose alternative funding support.

“We are in the middle of a significant redevelopment of our building in the Gorbals, which will serve communities across Glasgow and help transform the lives of the people within them.”

He said the theatre hopes the council, which is a major funder of the revamp, will agree to the transition funding on Thursday.

Sam Gough, executive director at the Tron Theatre, said: “We are glad we have been identified as one of the organisations that may have its funding replaced from another source following the Glasgow Communities Fund results.”

The organisations are not set to receive the full amount requested in their initial applications.

The Citizens Theatre would get £435,000 for 18 months. It had requested £320,000 in the first year of the Communities Fund, with £305,000 in the second and £290,000 in the third.

CCA is recommended to receive £93,000 for 18 months, having asked for around £140,000 in each of the three years.

And the Tron Theatre is set to get £195,000 to cover 18 months. It had applied for between £190,000 and £200,000 each year of the three-year Communities Fund.