Deadline: 28-Feb-25
The Roscommon County Council has launched the Creative Roscommon Grant Program.
Objective
- The key objective of the Creative Roscommon Grants 2025 is to provide support to local communities and creatives to deliver collaborative, innovative, ambitious projects and to enable creativity in every community. All proposals received will be evaluated by the Roscommon County Council Culture Team.
Strands
- Strand 1: Community/Creative Collaboration – Community Groups in the county working collaboratively with artists and creatives are invited to apply for funding support for creative projects in their locality. This fund is open to not-for-profit organisations, local community groups, arts, heritage, environmental and cultural groups, venues and all those involved in the culture and creative sectors. Applications by individuals must be in partnership with groups or organisations.
- Strand 2: Creative Climate Action/Heritage/Biodiversity Collaboration – Community Groups working collaboratively with artists and creatives are invited to apply for funding to support projects that look specifically at the areas of Climate Action/Heritage/Biodiversity in the county.
- Projects may address Climate Awareness, Impact of Climate Change, Biodiversity Awareness (loss and/or links to Irish folklore and culture), Built and Natural Heritage in creative ways. Projects would be encouraged to have a final presentation that coincides with National Heritage Week, Biodiversity Week and other such events, this should be mentioned in your application where relevant.
- Strand 3: Individual Creative Bursary – New Work – These bursaries offer Roscommon artists and creatives the opportunity to develop new bodies of work and consider how they will engage with the public in the final presentation of their work in 2025. One such project could see its final presentation on Culture Night 2025. A key aspect of this scheme is to foster new exciting and innovative projects that may not otherwise be realised. They are seeking at least one project which will engage with young people in the lead up to and on the day of Cruinniú na nÓg.
- Strand 4: Outdoor Cultural Events – Roscommon County Council, through the Creative Roscommon Open Call, seeks proposals for outdoor events at any of the Council’s newly developed outdoor spaces in the County – The Square Roscommon; Amphitheatre Loughnaneane Park; Somers Park Castlerea; Pleasure Grounds or King House Grounds Boyle. Events for Bealtaine (month of May), Cruinniú na nÓg, Culture Night or Christmas would be especially welcomed.
Strategic Priorities
- Priority 1: Creative People Support, develop and deliver projects that support the ambitions of creative people, that develop creative skills, and build valuable relationships and networks.
- Priority 2: Creative Place Support, develop and deliver projects that build on, and celebrate, the creativity of communities of place and interest, and that bring communities together to share experiences, skill, and ambition.
- Priority 3: Creative Practice Support, develop, and deliver projects that practice creativity, that centre on community-engaged arts practice, that support professional development, and that lead to sustainable careers.
- Priority 4: Creative Partnership Support, develop, and deliver projects that foster unique, unexpected and creative partnerships between agencies, individuals and communities to drive scale, impact and ambition.
Funding Information
- The level of grant assistance for any one event/project will range from €2,000 to €5,000.
Selection Criteria
- Grant applications received will be evaluated in respect of the following criteria:
- The extent to which the proposed event/project is aligned to the Strategic Priorities of the Roscommon
- The extent to which the proposed event/project maximises community and citizen engagement;
- The extent to which the proposed event/project is new, ambitious, innovative and fosters creativity;
- The potential scope of the event/project and anticipated target audience;
- The cost of the proposed event/project and any additional supports and funding that may be required or have been confirmed;
- The event/project must be based in County Roscommon;
- Completion of the project within the current year.
For more information, visit Roscommon County Council.