Deadline: 29-Jan-21
This scheme is for community groups in Herefordshire and Worcestershire planning arts events or purchases. There are two funds – Events and Activities and Arts Equipment.
- Events and Activities: The Elmley Small Grants Arts Fund is a scheme designed for community groups who want to pay professional artists to open up new opportunities to create new work, reach new audiences and enable people from all walks of life to take part in arts and cultural activities. The Fund isintended to support small, local projects. In addition, priority will be given to projects which address one or more of the following:
- Are locally generated and controlled
- Demonstrate artistic vision and imagination
- Happen in areas where there islittle or no existing arts activity
- Encourage and develop participation in new arts activities
- Encourage new audiences to experience high quality arts activities
- Enable the involvement of people who might otherwise be prevented or deterred from participating.
- Arts Equipment: The Elmley Small Grants Arts Fund has a capitalscheme to help with the purchase by community groups of arts equipment for small, local projects. In addition, priority will be given to purchases which feature one or more of the following:
- Are locally generated and controlled
- Equipment used regularly or where there are plansfor long-term usage
- Located in areas where there islittle or no existing arts activity
- Encourage and develop participation in new arts activities
- Encourage new audiences to experience high quality arts activities
- Equipment which will be used by more than one group
- Small local community projects
Funding Information
Both offer up to all the projected cost, to a maximum of £1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Events and Activities: To be eligible for a grant from this Fund, your application must:
- Take place within the Counties of Herefordshire or Worcestershire
- Involve expenditure on professional artists in its creation or development
- Have a total cost of no more than £10,000
Arts Equipment: To be eligible for a grant from this Fund, your application must:
- Be for arts equipment to be used in Herefordshire orWorcestershire.
- Have a total cost of no more than £5,000
For more information, visit https://www.elmley.org.uk/small-grants-scheme/