Four arts organisations in London are to receive a share of National Lottery funding as part of Arts Council England's (ACE) bid to help them become more resilient.

Battersea Arts Centre (£2.5m); Lyric Hammersmith (£4.5m); Whitechapel Gallery (£3.2m) and Rambert Dance Company (£7m) are the groups to benefit from ACE support. It forms part of wider nationwide action research being undertaken by ACE to explore ways of supporting organisational development; income generation; and improved facilities.

Battersea Arts Centre will receive funding towards a phased building programme designed by Haworth Tompkins architects to investigate innovative ways of using the venue. Lyric Hammersmith's grant will help finance an extension of its current home, Rambert Dance Company will use its grant to help provide replacement facilities.

Elsewhere, Whitechapel Gallery has been handed a £3.2m endowment, with the income to be used to ensure its long-term sustainability. ACE London executive director Moira Sinclair said: "Each of these organisations is on the cusp of significant change. Our investment will help them achieve those changes."

Image: Whitechapel Gallery