Deadline: 14-Jun-2024
The Glasgow Connected Arts Network is inviting applications for the Youth Arts Sustainability Grant Programme.
The Bold Collective are a youth-led cohort who aim to reach young people across the city through cultural workshops, events and community-led opportunities. The Sustainability Grant is an opportunity for young people to apply for a small fund to deliver a project, increase the capacity of their practice, or access materials to improve their art-form. All proposals must have a strong focus on sustainability and environmentally friendly practice.
The Bold Collective believe that all young people have the right to be creative and that the arts really do change lives for the better.
Aims
- The Sustainability Grant scheme will help The Bold Collective achieve the Aims and Objectives outlined below;
- Young individuals and groups will increase sustainable practice and further knowledge of best sustainable practices.
- Young individuals and groups accessing creative activity across the city will be diverse and inclusive.
Funding Information
- Micro-grants of up to £500.
Criteria
- The grant can be used towards;
- Projects which take place in Glasgow with a sustainability focus or environmentally friendly aspect
- Pilot projects or new partnerships (partnership between Bold Collective members are encouraged)
- To support activities going online/digital with an environmentally friendly aspect
- To support the commissioning of a freelance artist(s) to carry out a piece of work that benefits the local community or a community of interest in a green/environmentally friendly way
- Materials, equipment and/or digital costs for a practice or workshop (although this must not exceed 30% of the total amount asked for)
- A grant will not be awarded to;
- Anyone out with the funded age range of 16-24
- Projects that will take place outside of Glasgow
- Cover costs that are not ‘business or trading’ related such as someone’s personal rent or mortgage
- Cover historical costs, such as an item purchased before 14th June 2024
- Someone other than who the grant was intended for (it cannot be passed to someone else or another organisation in need)
- Pay off a debt
- Projects that do not have a sustainability focus to their work or practice
- Proposals submitted after the deadline of 14th June 2024
- Projects or spending which takes place after 1st November 2024
- Proposals seeking more than £500 from the grant
For more information, visit Glasgow Connected Arts Network.