Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, has announced Waltham Forest as London Borough of Culture 2019 and Brent as London Borough of Culture 2020. The London Borough of Culture award is a major new initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan in June 2017 – inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture programmes.
The award offers more than £1m of funding to two winning boroughs to stage a programme of ambitious cultural events and initiatives, and to develop a plan to make culture an integral part of the boroughs’ future In addition, six boroughs – Barking & Dagenham, Camden, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton – will share a pot of £850,000 for landmark projects, which the boroughs highlighted in their entry bids.