Creative communities funding
What costs can be funded?
You can get money for:
- Materials for arts activities or programmes
- Venue or equipment hire
- Personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects
- Promotion and publicity for the activity or event.
It is important to us that the people delivering the creative activity are appropriately paid for their time and expertise.
What costs cannot be funded?
You cannot get money for:
- Ongoing administration or personnel costs that are not related to the specific project
- Costs for projects already started or completed
- Travel costs to attend performances or exhibitions in other areas
- Buying equipment, such as computers, cameras, musical instruments, costumes, lights or uniforms
- Entry fees for competitions, contests and exams
- Prize money, awards and judges’ fees for competitions
- Royalties
- The purchase of artworks for collections
- The costs of running fundraising activity
- Debt or interest on debt.
When do we receive the funds if the application is successful?
If your application is successful, you will receive your funds as soon as possible after we have notified you, provided you have supplied your bank details and/or any relevant information as requested.
We’ll pay you once you’ve emailed through an invoice.
How many times can we apply for funding a year?
We have two funding rounds each year. You can make as many applications as you like for different projects. Only one application per project.
If you have already received funding in a previous funding round, you must submit the Project Completion Report prior to submitting another application (unless the project is still in progress).
