Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Eden District Council Arts and Culture Development Fund is now open for applications to support and develop arts and cultural projects within Eden District.
The Arts and Culture Development Fund aims to improve and widen participation and engagement in arts and cultural activity within Eden, whilst encouraging partnerships between established organisations, community groups, schools and individuals wherever possible.
Funding Information
The Arts and Culture Development Fund Panel expect most applicants to apply for grants of between £500 and £10,000.
Types of Activities
The Arts and Culture Development Fund aims to support the following types of activity and successful applicants will meet one or more of these aims.
- Create new arts and cultural projects.
- Encourage active participation in the arts by a diverse cross-section of the community including young people, older people and underrepresented groups within Eden.
- Create site specific, outdoor art and cultural activity for local audiences.
- Develop partnerships between local cultural organisations, networks and groups.
- Encourage delivery of community-based arts and cultural programmes.
What they fund?
- Create new arts and cultural projects
- Encourage active participation in the arts by a diverse cross-section of the community including young people, older people and underrepresented groups within Eden
- Create site specific, outdoor art and cultural activity for local audiences
- Develop partnerships between local cultural organisations, networks and groups
- Encourage delivery of community-based arts and cultural programmes.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply to the Arts and Culture Development Fund, groups and organisations must have their own constitution (unless a parish or town council) and bank account, with at least two unrelated signatories. Applications must come from constituted groups and not individuals, but if an informally associated group or an individual wishes to apply for an eligible project, they can do so if a constituted organisation acts as an accountable body.
- They welcome applications from Arts and Cultural organisations and groups or community groups, parish and town councils, charities and social enterprises that want to deliver arts and cultural projects and are located within Eden District.
- Applications will be assessed on their ability to meet the following priorites:
- Create opportunities for Eden based artists and creatives
- Demonstrate excellence in ambition, creativity and delivery
- Help promote the reputation and values of Eden District as a place of creativity and innovation
- Develop a stronger and more sustainable creative economy
- Provide evidence for creating participation in the arts for harder to reach groups or those where there is a lower take up of arts and cultural activity
- Are likely to have beneficial effects that extend beyond the period of the project itself
- Demonstrate documented evidence of community support and involvement
- Demonstrate value for money (through obtaining written quotes and estimates)
- Put steps in place to measure the success of their project or event
- Demonstrate equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination.
For more information visit Eden District Council.
For more information, visit https://www.eden.gov.uk/your-environment/your-community/community-funding/arts-and-culture-development-fund