Grants database

Collected Works is a Brighton based social enterprise devoted to the promotion of books and reading. Working with author/​illustrators and East Brighton primary schools, this project will explore how approaching literacy through art and illustration can improve reading and writing skills, deepen engagement and raise aspirations, and will deliver a continuing professional development programme to support teachers.

BalletBoyz will deliver a series of eight-week residencies with small groups of students who have complex needs at three small SEND schools in West London. They will explore and test how a one-to-one/dancer-to-student ratio provides a model for participation that counters some of the barriers to sustained creative engagement and learning that many students with complex SEND experience.

Manchester International Festival is undergoing a significant period of organisational change as it prepares to open The Factory, a major new cultural space being built in the heart of Manchester. This grant will support the festival to extend the work of the Creative Engagement department by embedding community-led curation and co-design across the festival and The Factory.

Magic Me is an arts charity that brings the generations together to build a stronger, safer community. This grant will support Magic Me to extend their Artist Residencies programme to work with a new cohort of leading performing arts companies and care homes in Essex, and to provide training and support for the local arts and care sector.

LOV is a network of nine visual and performing arts venues who work collaboratively to develop the arts offer in the county for their communities. This grant will support LOV to expand a youth-led arts engagement activities to involve underserved communities in Lincolnshire, provide professional development opportunities and share learning to support rural arts participation across the UK.

Diverse City is a performance company that aims to address a range of barriers to engage with the arts. This grant will support the company to develop better staff structures and a larger touring programme, in partnership with mainstream theatres, that addresses barriers to engagement experienced by marginalised audiences, participants and artists.

DUY aims to change the lives people experiencing disadvantage through high-quality dance training and performance. Through this grant DUY will embed a programme of participatory dance projects and performance in Bradford’s Holme Wood Estate. This will provide sustained dance provision for residents facing multiple inequalities, provide structured progression routes and enable the organisation to develop their artistic practice.

B arts is a participatory arts organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent that aims to engage marginalised people in the arts and support social cohesion. This grant will fund the organisation to increase and deepen participation in the city through the creation of new programmes, strengthening its core team and improving its evaluation function.

Tempo Time Credits is an alternative currency earned through volunteering that can be spent on accessing leisure and cultural activities. This grant will support a formal evaluation of the impact of the use of Tempo Time Credits in supporting new audiences to engage with the arts, including those experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.

Studio Voltaire is a contemporary arts organisation based in Lambeth. This grant will support the organisation to explore how co-production can support local LGTBQ+ residents to develop their confidence and creative skills to produce participatory activities for the LGBTQ+ community and wider public.

Signal Film and Media delivers a programme of artist residencies, screenings, courses and participatory arts projects for people who would otherwise be excluded from the digital and creative sectors. This grant will help the organisation to explore how a year-round participatory arts programme can support young people experiencing disadvantage in Barrow in Cumbria to develop personal and digital skills and to improve employability.

Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation based in Nottingham. It provides affordable work space and studios for artists, delivers community engagement projects and a public programme of exhibitions and events. Through this grant, Primary will explore how artist residences and regular public events, co-created with local people and community organisations, can increase participation and support social change locally.