A grant for £4,000 has been given to Studio 4 Dance CIC (Community Interest Company) which operates from a unit in White River Place in St Austell town centre.<br />The dance studio is involved with around 250 families each week and its coffee shop is well used by young mothers in the town.<br />The studio supports fun days in the town centre, events run by St Austell BID (Business Improvement District) and the annual St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature. The non-for-profit company also provides space for college performing arts courses.<br />Studio 4 Dance applied for a town council grant in the face of rising costs.<br />Councillors praised the studio as “an excellent community facility in the town centre” and voted to approve the £4,000 grant.
