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Arts Council England is administering a new £2.25 million Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund to help ensure the survival of grassroots music venues from now until 30 September 2020. Applications are open until 12pm on Monday 3rd August 2020 and conditions apply.
The Mentor Circle is a new mentoring programme launched by BAME business professionals to support 18-25 year olds from the BAME community affected by unemployment in the UK. Their first programme is up and running and they are looking for expressions of interest from mentors, sponsors and candidates for future programmes.
Outdoor Arts UK are seeking our audience’s views on their desire to attend street, rural and countryside festivals, carnivals, melas and community events now and in future, what some of the barriers might be and missing out on Outdoor Arts during lockdown.
Preston City Council and the Harris have set up a paid commissions initiative to support the creative and cultural sector sector as we struggle with the economic after-effects of Covid-19. There are currently two commission callouts open during July and August, which translate to 15 paid opportunities.
Creative England have launched their second iteration of Creative Enterprise: Evolve. This unique 6 month investment readiness programme aims to bring together content makers spanning film and television, videogames, animation and VFX and supporting tech platforms.
The Lockdown Diaries is a writing competion for 14 - 19 year olds across Lancashire. Keen young writers have until 15th August 2020 to submit their piece for consideration and stand the chance to win a wonderful prize.
The National Lottery Project Grants programme reopens on 22nd July, and has been prioritised to help fund independent organisations, creative practitioners and freelancers as quickly as possible, in the aftermath of Covid-19.
As businesses start to evolve post-lockdown, organisations from across Lancashire have come together for a major new campaign highlighting the county. #RedefiningLancashire aims to build confidence and trust in the county's businesses, boost the economy and support a stronger Lancashire going forward.
Emergency funding from Arts Council England is enabling the award-winning Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair to reinvent their 2020 edition, to support designer-makers affected by Covid-19. The GNCCF show will go on - online - from 25th to 31st July 2020.
The cabinet for Lancashire County Council have agreed to make a £620,000 contribution towards supporting the programme development costs for the county's bid for UK City of Culture. Winning Lancashire 2025 would bring an economic boost to the county, supporting our regeneration post-Covid.
North West marketing agency, ICG, has been named Global Integrated Digital Agency of the Year (Small) as it continued to provide high client service levels during the difficult trading conditions of lockdown.
The Government has announced £1.57bn investment to support and protect world-class creative, cultural and heritage organisations. This is a much-needed rescue plan, as many organisations are on the brink of collapse due to the economic impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Nesta has designed and released a new toolkit for Creative Hubs. The toolkit can help to enrich individual learning journeys, clarify thinking for hub or community leaders, or be used by teams to engage more effectively to acquire different perspectives and align ideas.
Digital Catapult continues to serve the community of startups, scaleups and corporate partners. It's offering a range of exciting programmes designed to help businesses work through the impact of the pandemic, and explore innovative opportunities to come out stronger on the other side of Covid pandemic.
The final edition of Creative United’s business support programme, Prosper North, for cultural heritage organisations in the North of England is open for applications until 3rd August. The project, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will help organisations recover from Covid 19 lockdown, secure investment and create impact in their communities.
