Big Lottery Fund

Advice Plus (England)

Under the Advice Plus programme grants of up to £500,000 are available to community and voluntary groups for projects that; improve access to advice services so that people they can get the help they need, improve the provision of services to help people surmount adverse circumstances; increase the level of influence of organisations that provide advice on relevant policy and practice; and to improve the support structure for advice agencies....more info

International Programme (UK)

This £72 million programme will suppor tthe work of UK based charities that tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation, and brings about a long-term difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged people across the globe.

£60 million will be available for the International Communities, International Strategic and International Small Grants programmes and
£12 million is available to help Tsunami long-term reconstruction....more info

Young People's Fund - Grants for Individuals (England)

The 'Grants to Individuals' strand of the Young People's Fund will fund young people's ideas for projects that will make a difference in their community. Grants of between £250 and £5,000 are available help individuals and small groups of young people run a project in their area.

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Young People's Fund (Scotland)

The Young People's Fund in Scotland is a £20 million grant programme to help young people aged 11-25 learn new things and take part in healthy and positive activities that make them feel good about themselves. Groups can apply for grants ranging between £5,000 and £1 million, spread over one to four years....more info

Young People's Fund (Wales)

In Wales the Young People’s Fund will give out grants worth £13.2 million between 2005 and 2009. The programme focuses on young people between 10 and 19 years old and has three funding strands:

• Make it happen - small grants for projects developed and run by young people
• Reaching out - development projects that meet a clear gap in local services for young people.

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Young People's Fund (Northern Ireland)

The Young People's Fund in Northern Ireland will promote youth inclusion. We want young people to come up with ideas for projects and to be involved in making them happen. We want these projects to change young people’s lives by:

• increasing participation
• promoting family and community support for young people
• improving their health and well-being
• increasing their achievement and learning.

In Northern Ireland the Young People’s Fund will give out grants worth £14.8 million. The programme focuses on young people up to 25 years old....more info

Changing Spaces (England)

The programme which is open to voluntary, public and private organisations aims to distribute £234 million between now and 2009 to improve the local environment. The Changing Spaces programme will have three priority areas;

• community spaces;
• local community enterprise and
• access to the natural environment.

Organisations and Partnerships can apply to manage a grant scheme on the Big Lottery Fund’s behalf or they can deliver a portfolio of pre-identified projects. The Big Lottery Fund expects that grants awarded will be in the range of £10,000 - £500,000....more info

Reaching Communities (England)

Under the “Reaching Communities” programme, the Big Lottery Fund will give out grants of up to £500,000 over five years for projects that improve the quality of life in communities across England, offering help to those most in need, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills;

- build strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems;
- develop improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy; and
- create healthier and more active people and communities.

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Children's Play (England)

The aim of the fund is to make provision for Children's play areas in England. £124 million of the fund has been ringfenced for applications from local play partnerships led by their Local Authority. Local Authorities have been requested to begin a process of consultation with local stakeholders to review and develop their strategies for children's play. In addition a further £31 million of funding is available to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. This will be used to fund a regional support and development infrastructure and to commit to projects under a programme for innovation in children's play....more info

Investing in Ideas (Scotland)

Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available to local community organisation to feasibility test new ideas that may become fully fledged projects. The types of projects that can be funded include; market research, feasibility studies, business planning, training, exchange visits in the UK to see how other projects work, community consultation, professional advice, technical reports and scheme design studies....more info

People and Places (Wales)

People and Places aims to bring people together to make their communities stronger and to improve their rural and urban environments. This programme will support people working together to make their communities better places to live. It will support local and regional projects and projects that work throughout Wales. People and Places can fund projects that achieve one or more of the following programme outcomes:

• revitalised communities
• improved community relations
• enhanced local environments and community amenities.

This programme will be open to the community, voluntary and public sector. Money will be available for capital and revenue projects and can be used for the development of communities or communities of interest in Wales....more info

Breathing Places (UK)

The Breathing Places grants programme is a UK wide small grants programme, developed in partnership with the BBC. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available for improving local wildlife habitats and environments. The Breathing Places grants programme has two aims:

- Increase participation and access to local breathing places by encouraging people to become actively involved in them, and by supporting activities that are open and accessible to everyone.

- Make a lasting improvement to the local environment by supporting activities that develop existing breathing places or help create and sustain new ones.

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Investing In Communities (Scotland)

Grants of between £10,000 and £1000,000 are available to a wide range of organisations such as charities, voluntary and community groups, local authorities, social enterprises or health boards, etc to improve disadvantaged communities and the lives of people most in need.

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Reaching Communities (Northern Ireland)

Voluntary and Community Organisations in Northern Ireland are able to apply for funding to support projects that address disadvantage and promote tolerance and social inclusion; contribute to the reduction of poverty. Under this programme grants of between £100,000 - £500,000 will be available for up to 5 years. There will be five application cycles throughout the life tome of this programme.

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Community Buildings (England)

The Community Buildings programme will give communities the chance to improve their quality of life by funding buildings that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The programme will pay for creating and improving facilities that offer a wide range of services and activities to a broad range of local people. Organisations can apply to the Community Buildings programme if they are a voluntary or community organisation, a parish council or a church-based faith organisation. (Voluntary and community organisations include charities, unincorporated associations, not-for-profit companies, credit unions, self-help groups or co-operatives and faith based community organisations).

Organisations can apply for grants of over £50,000 and up to £500,000. If a project costs more than £250,000, the applicant will need to find match funding. Development grants of up to £25,000 are also available.

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Community Libraries (England)

This is an £80 million capital funding programme open to Local Authority Library Services to improve library buildings so that they can offer a broader range of activities to their visitors. Grants of between 250,000 and £2,000,000 are available for up to three years to create new spaces in libraries, bringing under one roof activities as diverse as reading groups, advice services, local history workshops, mother and toddler groups, community meetings, exhibitions and performances, healthy living workshops, language courses and family learning. Successful bids will need to demonstrate a high level of community consultation. The closing date for applications is the 30th March 2007.

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Fair Share (UK)

Targeted at 77 areas that research had shown had missed out on Lottery Funding, Fair Share is a £50 million trust providing sustained funding in Fair Share Areas until 2013 (2009 in Scotland). The Fair Share Trust programme aims to:

- Build Capacity and Sustainability – by involving local communities in decision-making about lottery funding.
- Build Social Capital – by building links within and between communities to promote trust and participation.
- Improve liveability - by improving the living environment for communities.

Grants range from £5,000 to £250,000

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Family Learning (England)

This is a £40 million programme to bring generations of families together through learning. Known as the Family Learning programme, groups including charities, community and voluntary bodies and schools can apply for awards of between £10,000 and £500,000 for up to five years to help families bond whilst building life skills. Statutory bodies and private sector organisations applying must involve a voluntary or community sector partner in planning and running the project. A key element of the fund is to attract learners that may face particular barriers in accessing learning opportunities. The type of activities that can be funded could for example include gardening, cooking or building a birdhouse together and others might help with reading or maths, using elements of sports, arts, crafts and drama as a basis for learning. The fund is open for applications until the 29th August 2008.

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Healthy Families (Wales)

Through the £20 million Healthy Families Initiative, BIG wants to promote healthy and active lifestyles amongst children and families by creating a joined up approach to children’s play, healthy eating and physical activity. Healthy Families is made up of two programmes:

Child’s Play

Way of Life

Improving Community Buildings (Northern Ireland)

Grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 are available to voluntary and community groups as well as other not for profit organisations to refurbish or modernise their community venues.

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Research Programme (UK)

The Big Lottery Fund will provide up to £25 million in the UK over 2007-2009 to fund social and medical research grants in the UK. Only organisations from the volunatry and community sector will be eligible to apply for funding. The volunatry and community sector will be encouraged to link up with universities and the wider research community, but universities themselves will be ineligible to apply for funding.

Heritage Lottery Fund Grants

Awards for All (UK)

Awards for All supports a wide range of activities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including education, heritage, environment, health, community activities, and in most countries, sports and arts.more info

Your Heritage - Grants £5,000 - £50,000

This aimed at supporting a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom....more info

Heritage Grants £50,000 +

This programme offers grants of £50,000 or more. Projects should conserve and enhance the nation's diverse heritage or encourage more people to be involved in their heritage or both. Projects should also make sure that everyone can learn about, have access to and enjoy their heritage....more info

Repair Grants for Places of Worship in England 2002 to 2005

In partnership with English Heritage, we have set up a special programe for repair grants for places of worship in England.

This special scheme operates only in England, but we continue to make grants for churches and places of worship elsewhere in the United Kingdom through our main funding programmes....more info

Info for Northern Ireland

Info for Scotland

Info for Wales

Townscape Heritage Initiative

hrough our Townscape Heritage Initiative, the Lottery make grants that help communities  to regenerate the historic parts of their towns and cities. The programme is  designed to address problems in areas of particular social and economic need throughout the United Kingdom. It encourages partnerships to carry out repairs and other works to a number of different historic properties within those areas, and so to improve the quality of life for all those who live, work or visit  there....more info

Landscape Partnerships

This initiative allows partnerships representing a range of heritage and community interests to tackle the needs of landscapes, whose various elements may be in different ownership. It caters for applications based round a portfolio of projects, which combine to provide a varied package of benefits to an area, its communities and its visitors. Areas must have a strong landscape identity, recognised by the communities which live, work and visit there.

The intiative will mainly help us to promote heritage conservation as an integral part of rural regeneration....more info

Young Roots

Young Roots promotes the involvement of young people, 13-20 years old, in their heritage. The assessment of a pilot scheme launched in Yorkshire and Humber region in October 2000 demonstrated that Young Roots grants reached new applicants and audiences with exciting and innovative projects, which were targeted directly at the needs and interests of young people. We will develop young roots as a UK-wide scheme with grants between £5,000 and £25,000.

The initiative will mainly help us to increase opportunities for learning about heritage; and promote a greater appreciation of the value of heritage for our furure wellbeing and sense of identity....more info

Grants from th UK Arts Councils

Grants for the arts - Individuals, organisations and national touring

Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organisations, national touring and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities that benefit people in England or that help artists and arts organisations from England to carry out their work....more info

Grants for the arts - Stabilisation and Recovery

Grants for the arts for stabilisation and recovery are aimed at larger-scale organisations which are central to arts provision in England and have a financial turnover of £250,000 or more with audiences in excess of 25,000 per year.

Stabilisation helps arts organisations to develop and re-focus their work, giving them an opportunity to put themselves on a more secure footing. These awards are made to help organisations develop their own stabilisation strategies and to provide the funding necessary to enable change....more info

Grants for the Arts - Capital

Grants for the arts - capital is funded by the National Lottery. It provides grants for large scale capital projects such as

• New buildings for the arts
• Improving existing arts buildings
• Converting existing buildings for use by the arts
• Buying and installing new technology
• Professional development and training staff
• Setting up or strengthening the way organisations are controlled (usually the board)
• Setting up or strengthening the management team
• Helping organisations as a whole to achieve the skills and resources needed to carry out the projects and manage them

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Arts and Science Research Fellowships

The Arts & Humanities Research Board (AHRB), Arts Council England and the Scottish Arts Council welcome applications to the second Arts and Science Research Fellowships scheme which supports collaborative research in arts and science....more info

Artists Links

Artist Links is an unprecedented artists' exchange programme between England and China. The programme is a joint project between Arts Council England and the British Council. It operates out of the British Council office in Shanghai....more info

The Children's Award

This award of £6,000 is for playwrights who write plays of at least 45 minutes long, for children up to the age of 12. The plays must have been professionally produced between July 2002 and June 2003....more info

David Cohen British Literature Prize

This prize marks a lifetime's literary achievement. The winner receives £30,000 plus an additional £10,000 to fund new work....more info

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

In collaboration with the Independent newspaper, Arts Council England will award the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2003 to the best literary work of prose fiction in translation published in 2002. The £10,000 prize will be shared equally between the author and the translator....more info

John Whiting Award

This award of £6,000 is to help further the careers and enhance the reputations of British playwrights. The play does not have to have been staged, but must have been written during the years 2004 or 2005....more info

Meyer Whitworth Award

his award of £8,000 is to help further the careers of UK playwrights who are not yet established....more info

Raymond Williams Community Publishing

This award commends published works of outstanding creative and imaginative quality that reflect the life, voices and experiences of the people of particular communities. The winning entry will be awarded £3,000 and the runner-up £2,000....more info

Film Council - Development Fund

The Development Fund aims to broaden the quality, range and ambition of British film projects and talent being developed. More specifically, the aim is to raise the quality of screenplays produced in or from the UK through targeted development initiatives....more info

Film Council - New Cinema Fund

The New Cinema Fund encourages unique ideas, innovative approaches and new voices. The fund intends to finance films with passion and verve that connect with a broad range of audiences....more info

Film Council - Premiere Fund

The fund aims to combine the flexibility, vision, dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit that is traditionally associated with the private sector of the industry by investing in popular commercially viable feature films....more info

Film Council - Training

The UK FILM COUNCIL's has now delegated £6.5million of its Lottery grant to Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging. This means that the UK Film Council no longer administers a Training Fund....more info

Film Council - Print & Advertising Fund

This is a one million pounds per annum fund towards the support for distributors for extra prints and advertising for specialised films which otherwise would have very limited releases across the UK....more info

Film Council - UK Film Distribution Programme

This is a one million pounds per annum fund towards the support for distributors in releasing British films at a lower financial risk across the UK....more info

Film Council - Digital Screen Network

The largest proportion of the above sum is being used to create a network of screens dedicated to the exhibition of specialised films in locations across the whole UK where there is no such provision currently....more info

Film Council - Education Fund

A fund of one million pounds to capitalise and expand upon current educational provision aimed at broadening the audience's understanding and appreciation of film. ....more info

Cinema Access Programme

A one million pound fund dedicated to improving access to cinema for people with disabilities, specifically the deaf and the blind....more info

Film Council Short Films Schemes - Regional Investment Fund

The FILM COUNCIL invests £6 million a year into regional film activities through the Regional Investment Fund for England (RIFE). RIFE was the principal recommendation to emerge from an intensive review of film infrastructure and activity across England undertaken by the FILM COUNCIL last year....more info

Grants For Individuals

Crafts

There are two funding priorities under the Craft grants for individuals:

1. To encourage new makers with a high level of creativity and skill, who have a viable development plan, to establish themselves as practitioners in Scotland. Funding is available to assist with maintenance and the cost of equipment for production.
2. To encourage established makers to create new work. Funding is available to buy time and/or additional equipment to develop work in new directions and promote the results.

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Dance

Support is available for independent choreographers based in Scotland to research and develop ideas for new dance work....more info

Drama

Grants are available for previously unfunded artists to develop work to the point of public presentation....more info

Literature

The Scottish Arts Council administers a number of bursaries and fellowships to promote Scottish Literature.....more info

Music

There are two funding priorities under ths Music grants for individuals:

Funds for individuals/ groups who wish to create, develop and/or record their work (please note: recording of demos and equipment costs are not eligible).

Funding to encourage the creation of new work by composers (please note: self-commissioning is not eligible).

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Visual Arts Grants

Funding is available in the following areas:

• To assist individual artists with the immediate costs involved in producing and presenting work.
• Bursaries of £15,000 are available to buy time for exploration of new ideas and/ or realisation of significant projects
• support innovative and experimental work by visual artists using film and video.
  
• Bursary of £16,000 to support an artist to live and work for 12 months (January 2006 to January 2007) in a furnished studio/ apartment in Amsterdam.
• Bursary of £12,000 to support an artist to live and work for nine months (October 2005 - June 2006) in a furnished apartment in New York.
  
• Bursary of £10,000 to support an artist for nine months (October 2005 - June 2006) at the University of Abertay, Dundee.
  
• A maximum of 20 travel grants are available for artists and curators to visit the Venice Biennale 2005.
  
  

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Creative Scotland Awards 2006

The Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards of £30,000 support Scotland's leading artists. The awards provide a unique opportunity for artists to experiment and realise imaginative ideas in a major project....more info

Grants for Organisations

Crafts

Scottish Arts will support organisations in:

• Projects which ultimately improve the quality and quantity of crafts exhibitions
• Related educational programmes, shown, initiated and circulated in Scotland

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Dance

Scottish Arts will support professional dance companies and organisations:

• To produce, present and tour dance to audiences in Scotland
• To encourage a wide range of dance, including work that is created or presented using new media

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Drama

Funding is available for:

• Scottish-based companies to create work, and to tour work across Scotland.
• Companies based outside Scotland to tour within Scotland.
• Companies to commission a play and develop new writing for the stage.
• Previously unfunded companies to develop work to the point of public presentation.
  

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Literature

The Scottish Arts Council administers a number of grant schemes and bursaries to promote

Writers and the development of writing in Scotland

Readership

To assist publishers overseas with the cost of translating works of 20th century and contemporary Scottish literature

Storytelling

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Music

Under this strand, funding is available for:

• Concert and festival promotion
• Education and Outreach projects
• Creative Development/ Recording
• Commissioning new music

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Visual Arts

Scottish Arts will support organisations and independent curators to undertake projects which will result in:

• High quality exhibitions of contemporary visual art, site-specific events and interventions
• Commissioning artists-in-residence in socially-engaged projects
• Hire fees and costs for touring exhibitions.
• Artist-led activities Minimum £1,000 – maximum £25,000
• High quality publications (e.g. catalogues/ monographs) inimum £1,000 - maximum £3,000

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Across Artforms

Funding is available from the Scottish Arts Council for:

• Projects which increase access to the arts. Scottish Arts will prioritise projects which help overcome economic, social, cultural or geographical barriers to involvement in the arts.
• small-scale promoters and festivals for activity involving professional artists.
• projects designed to increase and broaden audiences through new marketing activity, innovative approaches or research.
• new or refurbished building projects with requests.
  
• large capital projects
• projects which increase opportunities for children and young people (up to the age of 18) to enjoy the arts. This can include the production of new work.
• conferences, seminars and forums for debate, which address significant crosscutting issues in contemporary arts e.g. strategic development of the arts, the links between the arts and other fields such as technology, social policy or science.
  
• Creative industries; in particular micro businesses in the creative arts
• projects which encourage artistic and organisational development in organisations from a minority ethnic background and from other arts organisations which demonstrate a commitment to diverse arts activities.
  

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Capital Grants

The Scottish Arts Council grants through the Capital programme. Grants are available for:

- Building Projects.

- Equipment.

- Artists' Work in Public Places....more info

General Arts Awards Scheme

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers General Art Awards to artists in Northern Ireland, for specific projects, specialised research, personal artistic development and certain materials/equipment. Awards of up to £5,000 in total inclusive of any materials/equipment/professional services are offered in this scheme....more info

Major Individual Awards Scheme

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers five Major Awards to create the circumstances in which established artists can develop individually with a view to attempting extended or ambitious work. Two of these awards each year will be discipline-specific. In 2003/04 the disciplines will be Traditional Arts and Literature....more info

Artists in the Community Scheme

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers awards under the Artists in the Community scheme to community groups or organisations to have an artist in residence for up to six months. Eight awards of £10,000 each are available. These awards cover fees, travel and subsistence....more info

Young Artists Platform

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland, offers awards for young, exceptionally talented solo musicians/singers or ensembles who have finished their first academic, graduate level qualification and are ready to enter the professional world as artists. The financial award associated with this scheme will allow applicants to spend a sizeable amount of time learning from a master musician/ teacher/composer etc. abroad. Priority will be given to applications where the associated period of learning is taking place outside Ireland or the UK....more info

The Arts & Disability Awards Scheme

The Arts & Disability Awards Ireland are an innovative partnership between the Arts Councils of Ireland and the Arts and Disability Forum. Awards of up to £5,000 are offered in the scheme.The Awards, now in their third year, are designed to celebrate work of quality and innovation by disabled artists throughout Ireland....more info

Travel Awards Scheme

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers Travel Awards to people working in the arts in Northern Ireland to travel outside Ireland in advancement of their skills and expertise, or the furtherance of their career....more info

Arts and Artists Abroad Scheme

As part of its strategy to enhance the international profile and reputation of Northern Irish arts, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers awards for individual artists and arts organisations/groups who have experience in or proven potential for exhibition, performance or other artistic presentation in the international arena, to present their work abroad....more info

Arts and Disability Networking Abroad Scheme

As part of its strategy to enhance the European and International profile and reputation of artists with a disability and Arts & Disability organisations/groups, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers awards for individual artists and arts organisations/groups who have experience in or proven potential for exhibition, performance or other artistic presentation on an international basis, to present their work abroad....more info

International Artists’ Profile Scheme

As part of its strategy to enhance the international profile and reputation of Northern Irish arts, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers assistance with profiling and marketing material for individual artists who have experience in or proven potential for exhibition, performance or other artistic presentation in the international arena....more info

Banff Residency in the Leighton Studios

he Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland jointly fund two residencies for established Irish artists, one from Northern Ireland and one from the Republic of Ireland, to work on specific projects in Banff. Each residency is for a period of eight to ten weeks between October 2003 – March 2004 and is based in the Leighton Studios. Within an overall limit of £5,000 this award covers the cost of the residency fee, travel, insurance and necessary art material of up to £500....more info

Skidmore Jazz Studentship

The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland jointly fund a place at the Skidmore Jazz Institute which is held every summer on the campus of Skidmore College in upstate New York. For two weeks some of the finest names in jazz and jazz education teach, perform, and share experiences with students of all ages....more info

British School at Rome Fellowship

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland pays the cost of board and lodging directly to the School. In addition, a living and travel allowance of £650 per month is paid direct to the successful applicant in monthly instalments....more info

MacDowell Colony Residency

The MacDowell Colony and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland have agreed a special initiative, which will support the residency of a Northern Irish creative artist at the MacDowell Colony in 2003. The Residency can last for a maximum of 8 weeks and there are specific deadlines for applications relating to Residency periods (see deadlines). Within an overall limit of £5,000 this award covers the cost of the residency, travel, insurance and necessary art material of up to £500....more info

Self-Arranged Residencies

Individual artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice who must have been living in Northern Ireland for the twelve months preceding submission of the application and have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland are eligible to apply....more info

New York Residency

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland offers an opportunity for an artist to spend a period of time (a minimum of one month) in New York on a self-arranged residency. The emphasis of this opportunity is on creative development, international profiling and international networking. In addition to the use of an apartment in New York, travel costs and insurance, successful applicants will be given a subsistence allowance ($600 per month) and a contribution towards a materials budget....more info

St James Writer's Residency in Malter

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland invites applications from writers in poetry or fiction or drama to undertake a residency in Malta between October 2005 and March 2006 at St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valletta, Malta. The Residency award will include travel and subsistence and will be for a maximum of three weeks. Writers can use this period to work on a specific project....more info

Crafts and applied Arts and Design

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has allocated a fund of £500,000 from its National Lottery resources for crafts, applied arts and design, intended to pump-prime the sector. This will be distributed through four schemes that reflect The Arts Council’s area of interest and strategic objectives. These are;Exhibition; Infrastructure & Networks; Skills Development and Start-up Support & Residency....more info

Grants for Individual Artists

Artists at Work

Artists at Work is a grant scheme that has been developed with A&B Arts and Business Wales. It offers the opportunity for businesses and artists to benefit from sharing their workplaces. Project support is available for businesses that are interested in exploring the potential of creative collaboration and hosting an artist in residence and for artists keen to develop their practice through working in industry. Artists may be able to apply for grants of up to £5,000....more info

Project Grants £250 – £5,000

This level of grant is to allow individuals to explore project ideas or to build their creative, artistic and professional capability over time. If your project includes an element of production, you must have a partner organisation who will present your work in Wales. Applicants will need to demonstrate their ability to manage public funds effectively. You may only have one of these grants per year, measured from the date the project starts....more info

Production Grants £5,001 – £20,000

This level of grant is to support artists in the creation of a new artistic product in collaboration with a new partner organisation who will present their work in Wales. For new touring product, existing partnerships will be considered. Work must be innovative and artistically challenging. You may only have one of these grants per year, measured from the date the project starts....more info

Creative Wales Awards £5,001 to £10,000

These enable artists to develop their creative practice. This might include the creation of new, experimental and innovative work that takes forward the art form and artistic practise. Artists may propose taking time away from their usual commitments in order to concentrate on developing their work. It enables practising artists working in any creative discipline, or across disciplines, to enhance and refresh their skills, creativity and creative partnerships. You must have an established track record in your art form. You may only have one of these grants every three years, measured from the date the project starts....more info

Creative Wales Awards £20,000 or £25,000

In addition to the above, artists should demonstrate a consistent level of achievement and contribution within their area of professional practise in Wales. For applications of £25,000 the projects must include a strong element of production. You may only have one of these grants every three years, measured from the date the project starts....more info

Training £250 – £2,000

This type of grant aims to support individuals wishing to undertake or purchase training within Wales, the UK or abroad. It also aims to support the provision of all artistic, creative, technical, business and marketing training in the arts in Wales. You may only have one of these grants per year, measured from the date the project starts. However training grants may also be held alongside the other types of grants described above....more info

Lottery Grants

Lottery Arts Projects 2005

Lottery Arts Projects 2005 is set up to help small groups in Northern Ireland. The main aim of this programme is to fund projects which involve people in their communities, bringing them together to enjoy a wide range of arts activities. Well thought-out activities meet community needs better and have the most impact. If you are a group and you need between £5,001 and £10,000, then Lottery Arts Projects 2005 could be for you....more info

Access, New Work and Equipment

Funding is available under three sub-funding streams.

• Access: to give an opportunity for everyone to participate in the arts.
• New Work: To support original work in all art forms, adaptations, retrospectives and first productions in Northern Ireland.
• Equipment: Funding to enable organisations to purchase equipment which will assist them to fulfil their potential in delivering the best artistic service possible to the people of Northern Ireland.

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Capital Building Programme

Funding is available for minor and major capital projects, refurbishments, new build and the purchase of equipment....more info

Musical Instruments for Bands

This programme is designed to increase the quality of music- making in the community by helping bands to replace worn-out instruments and purchase new instruments. Grants can be for £500 upwards....more info

Millennium Commission Grants

Millennium Commission

Grants are still available to individuals who have bright ideas to benefit themselves and their community through the Millennium Awards Scheme. These grants are for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities across the UK....more info

Craft Special Initiative

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has allocated a fund of £500,000 from its National Lottery resources for crafts, applied arts and design, intended to pump-prime the sector. This will be distributed through four schemes that reflect The Arts Council’s area of interest and strategic objectives.

• Exhibition
• Infrastructure & Networks
• Skills Development
• Start-up Support & Residency

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National Foundation for Youth Music Grants

National Foundation for Youth Music - Action Zones

The £10 million initiative will provide a wide range of music-making opportunities for children and young people living in areas of social and economic need....more info

Come and Play

Come and Play will work with local play and youth agencies, out of school clubs, music services and the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships to develop innovative music-making programmes for primary school age children. It will offer children access to music-making in a fun and informal environment, and the chance to learn new skills at their own pace....more info

Sound Inventors

Sound Inventors is a Youth Music initiative devised and delivered by the Society for the Promotion of New Music (spnm). Led and inspired by leading UK composers and musicians, it takes place in locations across the UK and enables young people to create and notate music in a variety of styles.
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Early Year Zones

Youth Music is establishing, as a pilot, two Early Years zones which will deliver intensive under 5s music-making activity. These zones will be developed until 2005 with the aim of working with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to increase awareness of the importance of music provision at this level.The pilot zones are in Great Yarmouth and North Tyneside....more info

Wider Opportunities

outh Music, in collaboration with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and with support from the National Association of Music Educators (NAME) and Federation of Music Services (FMS), plans to support the government's challenge that over time all primary pupils who want to, should have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument....more info

Singing Zones

Youth Music has invested in six regional Singing Zones to encourage more 8-13 year olds to sing.The Zones are run by youngchoirs.net with Education Extra. The six areas are: Derby, Dorset, Cumbria, Hartlepool, Isle of Wight and Sandwell....more info

Grants from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

Creative Pioneer Programme

NESTA's Graduate Pioneer Programme invests in a new generation of creative pioneers. NESTA support individuals who will revolutionise the way business works by applying their skills to design new types of companies and create new markets....more info

Ignite

Ignite!, NESTA’s Fellowship project for young people, will support exceptionally creative young people aged between 10 and 21 years old. NESTA's goals are to stimulate creativity through distinctive and inspirational environments and to improve our understanding of the development of creativity and innovation in young people....more info

Invention and Innovation Programme

NESTA’s Invention and Innovation programme aims to turn ground-breaking ideas into innovative products, services or techniques with commercial or social potential. Through the programme, NESTA is the UK’s biggest single source of early-stage seed funding, enabling the development of projects that might otherwise not get off the ground....more info

Starter for Six (Scotland)

Starter for 6 is a major three-year project that will be led by NESTA in Scotland, in partnership with the Six Cities Design Festival and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. It will build the enterprise skills of up to 300 budding entrepreneurs working in Scotland across science, technology and the creative industries, as well as providing start-up grants....more info

Insight Out (Northern Ireland, West Midlands and the North East)

Insight Out is a five week training programme developed by NESTA to help individuals set up creative businesses. Anyone who has graduated from a higher education course in the creative industries and plans to develop an exciting and original business can apply to one of our participating regional areas – Northern Ireland, West Midlands and the North East....more info

Grants from the UK Sport Councils

Community Investment

If you are looking for a grant of between £500 and £5000, you should apply to the Awards for All grants programme. The fund remains geared towards small groups with a community focus: The programme aims to provide:

• small grants for small, local groups, schools and health bodies
• grants from £500 to £5000 with priority given to organisations with an annual income of less than £20,000 (schools and health bodies exempt)
• all year-round applications with no deadlines
• no partnership funding required in cash
• contributions of time, effort or materials will be accepted.
• You will be told if you are successful or not within 3 months

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National Investment

National investment is distributed in conjunction with National Governing Bodies of sport plus a range of national partners. In the national stream, we dedicated £130 million to 30 key sports. There are 10 English priority sports, 10 UK/GB priority sports and 10 English development/world class sports....more info

Coach Cymru

Funding is available for governing bodies for sport in Wales for salary and employment, travel and subsistence associated with training and competition, recruitment and professional development....more info