Deadline: 1-May-23
Applications are now open for the Funds for young people to take part in culture and creativity.
This call out brings together a number of funds with individual specific criteria that exist to give young people of the North East a chance to experience taking part in creative activities.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £500 for young people (under 24) to pursue artistic ambitions .
Location(s): County Durham, Tees Valley, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland
Criteria
- If this is your first ever application to them for a grant for an individual, all the answers will be blank, and you will need to complete them all.
- If you have made an application for a grant for an individual (not for an organisation) since 2016, some of the answers may be complete from information they already have on their old system, but you must check these and complete any that are blank.
- To apply, you must be registered on their online portal. They manually check and approve new registrations during our normal office hours. So, if an application deadline is Sunday at midnight, don’t wait until Saturday to register.
- Answers you have completed previously may be greyed out so they cannot be changed.
- If you are applying for yourself and you are over 18, you should give your own account details. If you are applying for yourself and you are under 18, you should give the account details of your parent, guardian or carer.
- If you are applying on behalf of someone else and they are over 18, you should give their account details. If you are applying on behalf of someone else and they are under 18 you should give the account details of their parent, guardian or carer.
- They won’t pay a grant into a child’s bank account. However, they recognise that in some exceptional circumstances it might not be possible to use a bank account in the name of either the person who will benefit, or their parent, guardian or carer.
- For them to consider your application, you must upload copies of the following documents.
- A supporting statement of not more than 2-sides of A4 in 12-point text setting out how the application meets the criteria for the fund to which you are applying.
- A copy bank statement which must be less than 6 months old
For more information, visit Community Foundation.