Deadline: 6-Sep-21
The Battlesea Arts Centre (BAC) is calling on London’s uniquely talented artists and creative freelancers to apply with work to be funded as part of the Mayor’s ‘Let’s Do London’ campaign.
They’re working with Greater London Authority (GLA) and Found In Music to award cultural grants totaling £190,000 for innovative and entertaining artistic projects aimed at Londoners, tourists, families and young people to be presented during October Half Term (23 – 31 Oct 2021)
Let’s Do London is a new campaign launched by the Mayor of London, Visit London, Transport for London and backed by industry, bringing together the capital’s world-leading hospitality, culture, nightlife and retail venues to promote all London has to offer.
Funding Information
- They will be considering grants from £2,500 to £10,000 to cover the presentation of your work.
Ineligible Funding
They will not be funding work:
- That requires additional funding to stage/install
- That requires site specific logistics
- That is specifically design based without a performance element
Eligibility Criteria
They will be awarding grants to freelance artists and creative producers (Self employed and/or Sole Director of Limited Companies) who are:
- Living in London
- Work in or have significant connections to London
- Who were London based and had to relocate temporarily due to Covid-19
Proposing work that is:
- Able to be presented during the October Half Term: Sat 23 – Sun 31 Oct 2021
- Ready for presentation – with minimal reworking
- Aimed at London based families, young audiences, tourists, day trippers and local residents.
- Fun, entertaining, surprising and encourages people back into the centre of London
- Is experienced by audiences live (e.g. the piece could be pre recorded but the audience must experience it live in London).
- Presentable in a format that an audience member can walk by/stand and watch to experience
- Able to be presented in outdoor or public indoor spaces (e.g a station forecourt)
- Presentable with minimal tech
- Presentable with minimal get in and get out time
For more information, visit https://bac.org.uk/lets-do-london/