Three useful arts funders

 

If you are already aware of these trusts, or they do not meet your requirements and you need assistance finding more, Dawn and Pippa at CAVS can support you to do this.  Call 01268 638416 or drop in to The Tyrells Centre (Seamore Avenue, Thundersley) on a Friday morning for an informal chat.

 

The Arts Council provides a number of grant making programmes, including Grants for the Arts.  Grants for the Arts are for arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.  They are for activities carried out over a set period.  Grants for the Arts is the most common route of Arts Council funding.  For more information on eligibility and to download an application form, go to http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-arts/eligibility/ .  You can also use the same website to find out about the Arts Council’s other funding opportunities, such as Sustain (for organisations affected by the recession) and Unlimited (relating to artists with disabilities and commissions for the Olympics).  For information on these other funding streams, go to http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/ .

 

Mediabox is for disadvantaged young people who do not usually get opportunities like this. Mediabox does not have a single, fixed definition of disadvantaged, but expects applicants to have their own strategy for engaging hard to reach young people. Suggested disadvantaged categories are:

·         Young people excluded or at risk of exclusion from mainstream education

·         Young people not in education, training or employment (NEET)

·         Young people with disabilities or mental health issues

·         Young parents

·         Young carers

·         Young homeless

·         Young people within the youth justice system

·         Young asylum seekers or refugees

·         Young people from BME communities

·         Looked after young people and care leavers

·         Young people from areas defined by the Government's indices of deprivation as economically disadvantaged Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

 

Grants are for producing a media project, and there are different categories of grant depending on the size and type of the project.  For more information about the different grant levels and how to apply, go to : http://www.media-box.co.uk/funding/who-can-apply.

 

Elephant Trust for The Arts

‘To bear in mind at all times an original, inquisitive, open-minded, generous and unshockable approach  to art in all its forms with a bias towards the visual arts.’

This injunction, laid down by the original Trustees of The Elephant Trust remains the cornerstone of the Trust’s policy today.  The Trust was set up to make it possible for artists and  those presenting their work to undertake and complete  projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities.

Given the Trust’s modest resources, grants have usually been limited to £2,000 but larger grants may be considered. Priority is now being given to artists in the visual arts and to small organisations and galleries working with them.  The Trust appreciates well argued, imaginative proposals from artists or small supporting institutions to make or produce new work.

NO Grants are available for:
Students
Educational or other study purposes
Residencies or research
Symposia or conferences
Publications or catalogues
Projects taking place outside the UK

Application is by post only, and must include the following:

  • Brief synopsis of the project
    300 words maximum on one A4 sheet.
  • Budget on one A4 sheet stating:
    a. Total cost of the project
    b. Amount requested
    c. Details of other funding applications made.
    d. Name and address of recipient of grant
    if awarded.
  • Visual material
    a)  All visual material must be in printed form and clearly labelled. 6-8 images maximum. DVDs only accepted when artists are working with film/video.
    b) Small selection of other visual material eg. catalogues, press cuttings, etc which may help the Trustees when considering the application
  • Brief CV where relevant
  • Stamped addressed envelope
    for the return of any material
    Whilst the Elephant Trust will take every care, it can accept no responsibility for its safe return.

Applications in typed form should be sent to

Ruth Rattenbury
The Elephant Trust
512 Bankside Lofts
65 Hopton Street
London SE1 9GZ

Tel & fax: 020 7922 1160
 ruth@elephanttrust.org.uk

Next application deadlines
13 April 2010
28 June 2010

 

 

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