It was announced on Thursday the Wollongong Women's Information Service will receive $73,000 and Wollongong Writers Festival $59,600 from the 2018/19 round of the NSW Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program.

It follows a January announcement that Circus Monoxide, Bundanon Trust and Wollongong Art Gallery would also be given a helping hand this year.

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Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradery told the Mercury their grant would be used to increase access to the gallery by expanding programs and making the collection more accessible to a wider audience.

"It’s not so much about acquisition or curatorial … it's more or less access and creating opportunities whereby we can engage with the community a lot more," he said.

In addition to the above recipients, multi-year funding has already been flagged for the South Coast Writers' Centre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and Wild Rumpus until 2020.

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