Deadline: 3-Oct-21
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce a call for proposals to Support Newcastle based Cultural Organisations to Engage Residents for independent cultural organisations?based and working in the Newcastle City Council area.
The fund has been in existence since 2015, delivering two rounds of three year core funding as well as project grants and a bespoke crowdfunder platform. In 2021-22 £600k of stabilising funding was awarded, as well as an additional boost from Public Health England of £165k.
The Newcastle Culture Investment Fund core round will distribute £500k per year to organisations supporting these ambitions.
The fund will enable the development of a rich, diverse and accessible independent cultural sector in Newcastle that reflects the creative needs and aspirations of all residents and visitors and gives them the opportunity to participate in a range of creative activities.
The Fund will therefore support a wide portfolio of art forms and types of work within the constraints of the funding available. Grants from the Fund will help increase participation in creative activity and grow the contribution of cultural activity to social, educational and economic well-being in the city.
Priority Areas
The Foundation also ask you to make a case for support with reference to at least one of the council’s other priority areas. They are:
- Health and Social Care: a healthy, caring city.
- Employment: creating more and better jobs.
- Education and Skills: the best learning opportunities for all.
- Environment: a clean, green and safe Newcastle.
- Housing: building more and better homes.
Funding Information
- Grants are intended to support core revenue costs and/or project activity from April 2022 to March 2025. Organisations can bid for a maximum of £50,000 per year, for up to three years (so maximum available grant is £150k over 3 years).
Eligibility Criteria
Please be aware:
- The fund is only open to applications from cultural organisations based and delivering activity in the Newcastle City Council area.
- Organisations can only apply once.
- Organisations are not required to be registered charities, but must be formally constituted, have their own bank account and relevant policies, and operate on a not-for-profit basis. If organisations are not a registered charity then grants awarded must be for a specific, restricted purpose.
- As set out in the Community Foundation grant making policy, CICs or other social enterprises with a good business plan can apply for help with start up or expansion costs but will not be eligible for running costs or existing projects. If your organisation is a CIC you must contact them before applying to discuss eligibility. If you do not contact them and subsequently make an application it will be rejected at assessment stage.
- Applicant organisations must be run independently of local and national government (including those within the education sector),
- Applicant organisations must have been established and operating for at least two years and have at least one set of audited or independently examined accounts.
- Applicant organisations must fulfil the standard criteria required by the Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/group_grant/supporting-newcastle-based-cultural-organisations-to-engage-residents/