Deadline: 31-Jan-25
Applications are now open for the Culture Arts and Heritage grant scheme has been designed to best support, promote and develop cultural, arts and heritage events, projects and activities and devised to support local community and voluntary groups to promote and develop projects which broaden cultural access throughout the council area.
Purpose
- Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council recognises the enormous cultural, artistic and heritage assets within its geographical area and commissioned a 5-year Culture, Arts & Heritage Strategy to cover the period 2016-2021.
- The primary objective of the cultural strategy is to ensure that both local ratepayers and visitors to the area have continuous access to high quality, accessible, inclusive and affordable cultural services, including arts, museums and heritage. It has been developed following a wide-ranging and inclusive consultation process which took in the views, ideas and aspirations of stakeholders from community, cultural and related sectors.
- The introduction of the Culture, Arts & Heritage Grant Scheme in 2016 was in direct response to the findings from the consultation process which highlighted the need to support local groups to promote and develop cultural, arts and heritage projects and activities in the area.
- If your organisation is successful in securing a grant, your organisation will be contractually obliged to work closely with the Officers within the Cultural Services Unit of the Council, including active participation in any review processes and the provision of monitoring and evaluation information as required.
Funding Information
- Grants are available for a maximum of 100% of the total project costs up to a maximum of £1,000.00
What can be funded?
- Examples of the types of projects which can be funded:
- Training and skills development programmes.
- Projects and events which develop arts and heritage at a local level and make them more accessible for all.
- Learning activities which are not-for-profit and organised by groups for the community e.g. talks, courses, seminars.
- Cultural resources including publication, exhibitions, trails, digital resources
Who can apply?
- Organisations must be from within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. To be eligible for grant-aid, you will have to show that your organisation is a bona fide organisation that is well run and that it:
- Has a properly adopted “Governing Document” such as a constitution or memorandum and articles of association which clearly show that it is non-profit making and taking. Evidence that a constitution has been formally adopted must be supplied.
- For the purposes of this programme only formally constituted organisations which are not-forprofit organisations that are open, accountable and representative of the geographical area in which they service, promote and support the Culture, Arts and Heritage sector can apply. Such as:
- Cultural, Arts and Heritage groups e.g. drama groups, historical societies, photographic clubs etc.
- Community development groups
- Other organisations involved in Culture, Arts or Heritage development work
- Umbrella organisations provided that their work takes place at a local level
Exclusions
- In general, it is important to note that this funding programme will not normally award grants to the following:
- Individuals
- Groups operating outside the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area unless the project/event takes place in the council area and directly benefits those who live in it.
- Organisations and events with charitable fundraising as their main or partial focus
- Organisations who have substantial demonstrable reserves
- Political Organisations
For more information, visit Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council.