Deadline: 8-Mar-23
Applications are now open for the Westmeath Creative Ireland Grants 2023.
The Creative Ireland Programme is an all-of-Government initiative to place creativity at the centre of public policy. It is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. Continuous engagement with the arts and culture is enormously beneficial for building creative capacities. Enhancing wellbeing, culture and creativity are essential features of an innovative society where the ability to conceptualise is more important than knowledge. An important aspect of the Creative Ireland programme is its collaborative nature – between national and local government, and as part of this each local authority has prepared a Culture and Creativity strategy to support this work.
Priorities
They invite applications that specifically address one or more of the following strategic priorities:
- Creative Industries: cultivate opportunities that connect with local industries, creative practitioners and communities, to support cultural and creativity activities that drive economic returns locally.
- Diversity and Access: Facilitate the capacity of culture and creativity to innovate and collaborate in achieving priorities locally around social cohesion, greater health and wellbeing, with cognizance for the rural and urban makeup of the county, and the growing diversity of their communities.
- Creative Youth: empower young people through cultural and creative processes and strategies to realise their potential and enhance individual potential.
- Climate Action and Sustainability: Harness the power of culture and creativity to animate greater awareness, behavioural change and meaningful engagement on the profound environmental changes they are witnessing.
- Westmeath Culture Team: support capacity building of the Culture and Creativity Teams to lead on the development of collaborative strategies of scale, that benefit the county and in the broadest sense its creative communities.
Funding Information
Awards of between €750 and €7,500 are available within this scheme.
Eligibility Criteria
The Westmeath Creative Ireland Open Call is a county-wide call to community groups, organisations, venues, artists, writers, performers, archaeologists, historians, archivists and everyone involved in the culture and creative sectors. The call encourages the development high quality creative projects and programmes which enable groups and individuals to realise their full creative potential and develop and encourage greater access, knowledge and appreciation of the arts, culture and heritage.
Criteria
- Quality, innovation and creativity of the planned project. (30%)
- Track record: Ability and expertise of the group or individual to undertake and manage projects. (20%)
- The feasibility and viability of project within the timeframe and budget allocated. (20%)
- Sustainability, growth potential of project beyond 2023. (30%)
- Examples of potential projects could include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Projects that encourage people, groups to explore their own creativity.
- Projects that explore the arts, culture and heritage in creative and innovative ways.
They are open to project proposals that involve groups that have had little or no previous involvement in creativity and culture projects whether for any reason such as economic, geographic, or having lacked awareness or opportunity. In such instances they will endeavour to give whatever advice and assistance they can to ensure your project can achieve the best possible experience for everyone involved.
For more information, visit Westmeath County Council.