Arts Council England has opened up five funding streams for applications, including a number that museums and galleries can tap into.
One of the funds is Cultural Destinations, which is part of a three-year partnership between ACE and national tourist board VisitEngland. The aim is to enable arts, museums and cultural organisations to attract more visitors and engage with more people by working in partnership with tourism bodies and local authorities.
There is £3m from the National Lottery to support arts organisations, plus £80,000 in 2013-14 and £200,000 in 2014-15 from the arts council’s grant in aid to support museums.
Applications must be submitted by a lead applicant on behalf of a consortium.
Consortia can apply for grants of between £250,000 and £350,000 for projects that will run from March 2014 for a maximum of three years.
Funding to support museums is not secured beyond March 2015 so project budgets should only include an allocation for museums in 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Consortia must contribute a minimum of 10% match funding as either cash or in-kind contributions.
A second funding stream is Grants for the Arts, which ACE said has been changed to help it streamline its investment process. The programme is for engaging people in England in arts activities and helping artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
The threshold for small grants under the scheme has been raised from £10,000 to £15,000 and there have also been changes to the application procedure, and the way applications are appraised and decided on.
ACE has also announced details of Exceptional Awards, which are for projects that are outside the normal programme of an organisation and do not fit into existing arts council funding streams.
ACE expects to make fewer than 25 Exceptional Awards before 31 March 2015. Grants are likely to be between £50,000 and £250,000.
ACE is also looking for one organisation to lead and co-ordinate Unlimited II – a London 2012 Festival legacy programme of commissions and mentoring for deaf and disabled artists. A maximum of £1.5m is available.
The fifth ACE funding programme is aimed at libraries and will fund a number of projects in which libraries will use their role as community hubs to spark local economic growth and improve social mobility in communities across the country.
Earlier this week ACE's new structure came into operation following a restructure that saw a 21% reduction in staff and the introduction of new regional boundaries.
One of the funds is Cultural Destinations, which is part of a three-year partnership between ACE and national tourist board VisitEngland. The aim is to enable arts, museums and cultural organisations to attract more visitors and engage with more people by working in partnership with tourism bodies and local authorities.
There is £3m from the National Lottery to support arts organisations, plus £80,000 in 2013-14 and £200,000 in 2014-15 from the arts council’s grant in aid to support museums.
Applications must be submitted by a lead applicant on behalf of a consortium.
Consortia can apply for grants of between £250,000 and £350,000 for projects that will run from March 2014 for a maximum of three years.
Funding to support museums is not secured beyond March 2015 so project budgets should only include an allocation for museums in 2013/14 and 2014/15.
Consortia must contribute a minimum of 10% match funding as either cash or in-kind contributions.
A second funding stream is Grants for the Arts, which ACE said has been changed to help it streamline its investment process. The programme is for engaging people in England in arts activities and helping artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
The threshold for small grants under the scheme has been raised from £10,000 to £15,000 and there have also been changes to the application procedure, and the way applications are appraised and decided on.
ACE has also announced details of Exceptional Awards, which are for projects that are outside the normal programme of an organisation and do not fit into existing arts council funding streams.
ACE expects to make fewer than 25 Exceptional Awards before 31 March 2015. Grants are likely to be between £50,000 and £250,000.
ACE is also looking for one organisation to lead and co-ordinate Unlimited II – a London 2012 Festival legacy programme of commissions and mentoring for deaf and disabled artists. A maximum of £1.5m is available.
The fifth ACE funding programme is aimed at libraries and will fund a number of projects in which libraries will use their role as community hubs to spark local economic growth and improve social mobility in communities across the country.
Earlier this week ACE's new structure came into operation following a restructure that saw a 21% reduction in staff and the introduction of new regional boundaries.
