Deadline: 24-Nov-22
The Cork City Council invites applications to the 2023 Arts Grant: Community & Voluntary.
Grants are available to community, voluntary groups/organisations throughout the city area.
The role of Cork City Arts Office is to enable and champion the artistic and cultural ambitions of Cork city and its people. They advise and support the Council on all arts and cultural matters and ensure the development of arts and culture in Cork City. They do this through investment, advocacy, connection and animation.
Criteria
- Applicants must be located within Cork City Council’s administrative area.
- Applications must be fully completed, signed and submitted before the stated deadline.
- Requested supporting material must be submitted
- Work must be carried out on a not-for-profit basis
- Work must be artistic in nature
- Where relevant, organisations must have up-to-date child safeguarding policies that are compliant with the Children First Act 2015
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Applications will be assessed based on the following Criteria:
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Artistic Criteria
- Demonstrated connection to a specific artistic or cultural activity.
- Potential for programmes to extend and enhance participant’s understanding and/practice of art form/s
- Quality of experience and engagement with the art form in the proposed activity.
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Strategic Criteria
- Potential to contribute to relevant objectives in the Cork City Council Arts & Culture Strategy, 2022 – 2026
- Relevance to the needs of the relevant community / target group / audience
- Demonstrated interest in organisational development and sustainability.
- Recognition and accommodation of the diverse cultures and demographics in the city
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Operational Criteria
- Programme should be accessible to all – thought should be given to venue, cost and access requirements.
- Evidence of sound book-keeping practices (certified annual accounts should be supplied)
- Evidence of a committee based governing structure for organisation.
- Evidence of equitable and fair remuneration for professional artists /arts workers, where engaged.
- Evidence of documentation and/or evaluation of activities.
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Artistic Criteria
For more information, visit Cork City Council.
For more information, visit https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/services/arts-culture-heritage/arts-office/arts-funding/