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The Scottish Arts Council last year cut its annual funding which totalled £800,000 for the period of 2002-2006. We argue that the £150,000 debt the organisation now owes can be seen as a direct knock-on effect of this. It's a popular misconception that the Lemon Tree was a commercially run music venue - it was a charitable arts organisation encompassing a diverse music, comedy, theatre, kids theatre, dance and development programme. It was inherent in the structure of it being a charitable organisation that it would always be dependent on external support. The Board were last month seriously rethinking the organisation and structure of the Lemon Tree. On 4th December, the Council retracted all of its funding and instead offered a loan which would leave *voluntary* Board members liable for £25,000 each. It was the Board's decision that the Lemon Tree could not continue under this lack of funding. Today, Local government have been lobbying the council to support the arts and have criticised them for withdrawing their funding to the Lemon Tree.

Please show your support! Repost this bulletin. Write to the newspapers and tell them what the venue meant to you.. bands, theatre/dance groups, comedians especially! Any large donations (details on how to donate on the website) will receive mass publicity and acknowledgement. And if you're in a band, please help us by offering to play at our fundraiser gig.

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