Week Six
Interdisciplinary Insights - New Approaches & Creative Partnerships
Research
Funding
Arts Council England: The Arts Council England is a national development agency for creativity and culture. They invest public money from the Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and help deliver their vision that creativity is given a chance to flourish. National Lottery Project Grants is their open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations. National Lottery Grants usually range from £1000 to £100,000 and you can chose whether you want to apply for up to £30,000 or over £30,000 for your project. Before you apply for a grant they encourage you to read their 10 year plan ‘Let’s Create’, this is made up of 3 outcomes and 4 investment principles. The 3 outcomes are:
They want creative people
They want cultural communities
They want a creative and cultural country
The 4 investment principles are:
They believe in ambition and quality
They believe in being flexible, they call this dynamism
They believe in being environmentally friendly
They believe in being inclusive and relevant
Your application will need to tell them about: who will be experiencing your project, how they will get involved and how they will benefit from taking part.
