Deadline: 09-Nov-20
The Garfield Weston Foundation is seeking applications for its Culture Fund that is designed to support mid- to large-scale cultural organisations in the UK to help restart important work and refresh plans to bring audiences back.
The Foundation Trustees appreciate there is great uncertainty at present due to Covid-19 and that assumptions will have to be made in developing plans; they understand that projections will be based on best estimates.
The Trustees will want applicants to demonstrate sensible cost control measures and creativity/ entrepreneurial spirit in adapting their activities and approach.
Cultural Activity
- Performing and visual organisations;
- Literary arts organisations;
- Arts centres;
- Independent cinemas;
- Accredited museums and galleries or museums/galleries working towards accreditation that is not run by a local authority;
- DCMS sponsored museums and galleries.
Funding Information
- The Weston Culture Fund has a total of £25 million available.
- Grants made will range in size from £100,000 to a maximum of £2 million.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply the organisation must meet the following requirements:
- Type of organisation:
- registered charity or charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) or exempt organisation registered with the Charity Commission and operating within the UK.
- Size of organisation:
- need to be able to demonstrate a minimum income of £500,000 in the last set of pre-Covid audited accounts (not including income relating to capital projects);
- smaller organisations and/or those seeking a grant under £100,000 should apply via the Foundation’s regular grants scheme and can do so at any time.
- Garfield Weston Foundation grant holders:
- current grant holders are eligible to apply to the Weston Culture Fund if they meet the other eligibility criteria.
- Eligible performing and visual art genres:
- theatre including pantomime, circus arts, children’s, youth and family theatre;
- music including opera, choral, orchestral, jazz, contemporary and world music;
- dance including ballet, contemporary and dance genres from around the world;
- visual arts including painting, photography, printmaking, film, sculpture and illustration.
Application Process
To submit your application, please follow the steps below:
- Before making a grant application, check if your organisation is eligible to apply.
- Read their application guidelines thoroughly.
- Access their online application section. If you do not already have an online account with the Foundation, then see the following pages for instructions on how to create an account. Once this has been created, you will receive a welcome email, confirming your account details and providing your personalised link. They suggest that you retain a copy of this email for your records. Once logged in, confirm that your organisation is eligible to apply by filling in the questionnaire when prompted.
- Complete your application: Please read their application guidelines thoroughly and provide all the information they require in your application. You can save your application and return to it, simply by clicking Save & Finish Later. You will then receive an email confirming that your application has been saved. The email will also include your tracking number and a copy of your application for your records. To return to your application, you can follow your personalised link that was provided in your welcome email. Otherwise, click to log back into your account.
- Submitting your application Once you have completed your application, please click Review & Submit. You MUST submit ALL mandatory enclosures associated with the application at the same time, i.e. at the point at which you submit your online application. All such documents must be in Word, Excel or pdf format. They cannot accept documents in other formats and the total size of documents should not exceed 25 MB. You will receive an email confirming that your application has been received by the Garfield Weston Foundation. All of the information you provide will be held on their database. This information will only be used for the administration of applications and grants, for producing statistics and information on successful applicants. Remember to keep a copy of the completed form and enclosures for your own records. To see your submitted application, click the Show dropdown box and choose Submitted Applications.
For more information, visit https://garfieldweston.org/weston-culture-fund-launches/