Deadline: 19-Nov-20
The Arts Council is accepting applications for the Capacity Building Support Scheme.
The Capacity Building Support Scheme has been developed as a once-off award to support arts organisations to gain support, skills and expertise to review and adapt their artistic and/or business models and support their strategic development. It supports activities which will assist in building capacity; in developing inclusivity; and/or in growing peer support and collaborations.
Funding Information
- Applications can be made up to a maximum of €20,000.
Activities
Activities supported might include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Digital capability: expenses to strengthen digital infrastructure; accessing the appropriate expertise, equipment, infrastructure, software, tools and advice; making content accessible to diverse and underrepresented audiences, artists and arts practitioners; coaching fees; advisor fees; subscriptions.
- Business and practice development: costs for seeking outside expertise to assist in adapting existing practice and operations; accessing expertise to develop new business, human resource, well being and/or workforce plans; exploring alternative models and platforms for creation, collaboration, mobility or distribution; advisor fees; coordinator and collaborator fees; coaching; other expenses to research and develop new markets and income streams.
- Professional development: costs for remote/digital professional development, well being and support programmes for staff, coaching and training, courses, online learning.
- Developing collaborations and connections: funding towards knowledge exchange; other expenses to explore and develop collaborative networks; coaching fees; advisor fees; coordinator and collaborator fees.
- Developing capacity for inclusion: funding to avail of expertise, training or advice that develops the organisation’s capacity for inclusion and relevance across the diversity of Irish society. This may include improving the organisation’s planning and practices in areas such as youth voice, disability, cultural diversity, or other areas.
- Applicants may apply for one distinct activity, or for a combination of activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Arts organisations who have been funded by the Arts Council previously
- Groups of arts organisations who have been funded by the Arts Council previously (in these cases one organisation must act as the named applicant)
- In the case of arts organisations that do not have a historical funding relationship with the Arts Council, they will accept applications from arts organisations that are not for profit and/or formally constituted as CLGs or charities.
- Organisations may make only one application as a single applicant.
- It is possible that organisations may be part of one or more group/consortia applications while also applying as a single organisation.
- In these cases there must not be a duplication of purpose or activity across applications – e.g. an organisation may be part of a group/consortium that applies to the scheme to develop digital capacity, and then the organisation may make a separate application for costs of professional development for staff.
For more information, visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Capacity-Building-Support-Scheme/