Apply Now: Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Fund (United Kingdom)

Deadline: 31-Jan-25

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is launched the Arts Fund to support organisations who are working at the intersection of art and social change.

Aim

• They see culture as the heart of a just society, where all people and communities have a right to express themselves through art and culture. They believe that art and artists can help to see the world differently, bringing unheard stories and narratives to the fore and opening up new imaginative possibilities.
• To realise this potential, they believe the sector needs long-term structural and cultural change. The ambition is to support a portfolio of organisations who represent this change to develop, learn from each other and (further) explore the potential of art for personal, cultural and social transformation.
  • Build capacity and resources for culture within historically underfunded communities
  • Explore the role that artists can play in addressing issues of social justice.
  • Create the infrastructure for a more equitable cultural sector.

Funding Information

• Amount: £90,000 to £300,000
• Duration: 3 years

Who they want to support?

• They want to support cultural organisations who:
  • use their creative practice to help us engage with the complexity of the world around them;
  • centre the lived experience of those affected by injustice in their programmes, leadership and governance;
  • are exploring how values of care, equity and justice can be embedded in their own organisational culture;
  • have a clear sense of their own role in supporting change as part of a wider ecosystem;
  • are generous with their learning and working with other organisations towards mutual aims; and
  • use their creative practice to challenge traditional cultural hierarchies of genre and art form.
• The definition of ​‘arts’ includes crafts, creative writing (including poetry), dance, design, film, music, opera, photography, digital arts and media, theatre and drama, the visual arts and cross-arts practices.

Ineligibility Criteria

• They are not able to fund:
  • Organisations with a turnover of less than £60,000 per year, based on your last audited accounts or your average annual turnover over the last 3 years – whichever is higher
  • Work that is focused on entry-level employment pathways
  • Work which aims primarily to deliver targeted health, wellbeing, educational or other instrumental outcomes
  • Academic research programmes
  • Organisations who work primarily in formal education settings
  • Newly registered organisations that have yet to produce independently audited or examined accounts
  • Individuals
  • Capital projects and equipment purchase

For more information, visit Paul Hamlyn Foundation.