Deadline: 18-Jun-21
The Aberdeen City Council is seeking nominations for the 2021-22 Creative Funding Awards for Individuals.
The Creative Funding programme offers cultural organisations with not for profit status, community groups, charities and individual artists or creatives the opportunity to apply for support to develop and/or deliver creative activity.
Type of Activities
Creative funding can support a range of different types of cultural and creative activity. This includes:
- Delivering activity: They can support the delivery of different types of cultural and creative activity. Examples include exhibitions, performances, festivals, workshops or to host events.
- Developing ideas and projects: In certain cases, they can support the development of projects prior to their delivery. Examples include research and pre-production activity.
- Professional development: They can support the professional and creative development of individuals based in the city. For example, attendance at training courses, mentoring or other support programmes.
- Other (Please Specify): Should your application not align to these three areas, you may specify an alternative option.
Award Information
Individuals can apply for up to a maximum of £2,000. You may only make one funding application to Creative Funding per year although you may reapply if you are unsuccessful. There is an opportunity for 10 individual funding awards to be allocated each year. Successful applicants can only apply every second year. For example, successful applicants in 2021-22 cannot apply the following year in 2022-23.
What areas/fields can Creative Funding support?
Creative Funding supports a range of areas/fields within arts, culture, heritage and the creative industries. This includes and is not limited to:
- Archives
- Computer Games
- Crafts
- Cultural Education
- Dance
- Design
- Fashion and Textiles
- Film and Video
- Heritage
- Language and the Written Word
- Music
- Photography
- Software/Electronic publishing
- Theatre
- TV and Radio
- Visual Arts
- Writing and developing creative written material
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are considered from a diverse group of individuals. Individuals who are:
- Are residents of Aberdeen city.
- Are over the age of 18.
- Can deliver high quality cultural and creative activity within Aberdeen.
- Have a clear proposal that meets the criteria.
If your proposal is for activity that takes place outwith Aberdeen, for example professional development, then the benefits to the city must be clearly presented in the application.
For more information, visit https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/leisure-culture-and-parks/creative-funding-awards