Deadline: 6-May-21
The Leeds Inspired is pleased to launch the 2021 Small Grant for Arts Projects.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £100 and £1200.
Leeds Inspired will Fund
Leeds Inspired aims to promote access to the arts. The scheme aims to achieve a balance of creative opportunity across the city for the benefit of all communities.
They fund activities which increase access to arts and enable people to take part fully and with greater confidence. Funds are for new activity or additions to existing events. They do not fund repeat activity.
You can apply for grants for arts related activities for example:
- Performances
- Exhibitions
- Participatory arts project work
- Arts workshops
- Events and arts education activities
- Research and Development
- Online arts based activity (remember, online content must be arts focused)
What they don’t fund
- Activities not related to the arts
- Activities with insufficient planning time
- Activities that provide no benefit or engagement opportunity to the people of Leeds
- Activities or events that take place in schools/colleges/educational establishments unless open to the wider public
- Activities, including buying goods or services, which take place before we have decided about your application
- Activities, equipment or events that duplicate existing work
- Core costs, including general running costs, that are already covered by other funding or that should be covered by the organisations own resources
- Ongoing overheads relating to equipment or buildings, such as insurance, building repairs and maintenance costs
- Core costs for festivals or events such as stages, generators, toilets
- Activity taking place outside Leeds
- Applications where the main focus is substantial capital spend for equipment
- Charity fund-raising events
- Individual tuition, training or research
- Sports events, kit or equipment
- Applications for party political or religious purposes
Match funding
They expect you to find at least 10% in cash for the activities from other sources. Other income can include:
- Earned income from your activity (such as ticket sales)
- Funding from public organisations such as Arts Council England, Central Government or the European Union
- Grants from trusts and foundations
- Sponsorship
- Crowdfunding
- A contribution from your organisation
This does not include in-kind support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome for non-profit making projects or events that work with artists. These projects may be organised by:
- Individuals (you will need to demonstrate your previous experience of running similar projects and budgets)
- Arts organisations
- Community or voluntary groups
- Commercial organisations who wish to run a non-profit arts project
- Groups of organisations (one will need to take the lead and have the main responsibility for managing the application and any grant)
- Constitution and governance for organisations
- Organisations must have a governing document that has a minimum name, aim/purpose, objects and a dissolution clause for the organisation
- Organisations must have a list of trustees/committee members, with signatures
- Organisations must have at least 3 Trustees/Committee members, who should not be related
- Organisations must have a bank account or building society that requires at least two people (who are unrelated and do not live at the same address) to sign cheques
- Paid members of staff cannot also act as Trustees/Committee members
For more information, visit https://www.leedsinspired.co.uk/grants