Key information
Request reference number: MGLA140921-3017
Date of response:
Summary of request
Your request:
1. Under what programme does the Mayor/GLA provide funding to the London Mela?
2. How much funding has been granted to the London Mela from 2012 – 2021?
3. Who is the recipient of the funding?
4. Is there a agreement in place for the funding? If yes, please provide a copy?
5. What is the funding used for?
Our response:
Funding is provided under the Events for London community events programme.
Please see the figures below for each year 2012-2021.
Due to the global pandemic the funding in 2020 was for a digital event. There was no funding in 2021.
£ funding Funding recipient
2020 15,500 Remarkable Productions
2019 65,000 Ealing Council
2018 75,000 Ealing Council
2017 75,000 Ealing Council
2016 20,000 Ealing Council
2015 35,000 Ealing Council
2014 50,000 Ealing Council
2013 50,000 Ealing Council
2012 60,000 Ealing Council
There is no funding agreement currently in place. Previous agreements were on a year by
year basis but there was no agreement/funding this year.
The funding is used to support the operational delivery of a major free-to-attend public
Mela event celebrating London’s South Asian communities and London’s South Asian
arts sector. The event benefits social integration, supports talent development
opportunities for young and emerging artists and increases cultural activity taking place
in outer London boroughs.
If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting the
reference MGLA140921-3017.