Deadline: 30-Jan-25
Tipperary County Council is seeking applications for its grant schemes to mainstream culture and creativity in the life of the nation so that individually and collectively can realise the full creative potential thereby promoting individual, community and national wellbeing.
Strategic Priorities
- The Peoples Creativity – to nurture creativity across the county, foster relationships between creative practitioners & communities, provide opportunity for creative engagement & promote inclusivity in access to participation in cultural activity.
- The Creative Economy – the key goal of this priority is to support creative activities which have an economic impact e.g. the creative industries. They welcome applications which may feature fashion, design, digital gaming, crafts etc.
- The Creative Place – a sense of place is central to the priorities, in terms of knowing the culture, landscape and environment which connects spaces, places and people. They welcome applications from archaeologists, historians/archivists, creatives which focus on the culture and heritage.
- Creative Climate Action – to focus on projects which have a climate action element to collectively address these issues.
Funding Information
- The level of grant assistance for any one project will range from €500 to €3,500.
What is eligible?
- Artist/creatives fees and expenses (expenses to be included in overall artist fees)
- Materials
- Venue hire
- Equipment hire relevant to the project
- Promotion and Marketing
- To be eligible for funding projects/events must:
- take place in County Tipperary
- be organised by an individual/community/voluntary group based in Tipperary
- encourage or benefit participation in the Creative Ireland programme and enhance the awareness of culture & creativity
- be in keeping with at least one of the four Tipperary Creative Ireland strategic priorities
- be accessible to diverse audiences and participants and is inclusive in theme and approach
- be designed on a realistic financial basis and provide good value for money
Who can apply?
- This grant scheme is open to community groups and not for profit organisations, arts, heritage and cultural groups, venues and societies. Applications by individuals must be in partnership with a community, cultural or heritage group. All groups in receipt of funding from Tipperary County Council must be members of Tipperary PPN. Projects may link in with Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 – the national day of creativity for children and young people which will take place on Saturday 7th June 2025. A separate grant scheme will be launched for Cruinniú na nÓg.
For more information, visit Tipperary County Council.