[WiLT] The Clore Performing Arts Awards - Initiatives for Young People - Apply by 13th September

[WiL Admin]

The Clore Performing Arts Awards (previously the Small Grants
Programme) funds performing arts education initiatives aimed at
children and young people (aged 0-18) across the UK. The Awards will
be worth a total of £1 million to the sector over a five-year period
from 2005 to 2010.

The Clore Duffield Foundation has launched these Awards with the chief
aim of providing children and young people with opportunities to
experience performing arts education at its best.

http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/small_intro.htm

Who is eligible to apply?

  a.. The Awards make grants for creative projects with under 18s
  b.. The Awards will fund education programmes that cover every
aspect of the performing arts including opera, dance, music, musical
theatre, the spoken word and theatre
  c.. Organisations must be either a registered charity or a limited
company to apply
  d.. Early years settings, primary, middle and secondary schools,
sixth-form colleges, SEN schools and voluntary youth organisations are
eligible to apply
  e.. Both professional and amateur arts organisations are eligible to
apply
Who is not eligible to apply?

  a.. Organisations which are not registered charities or companies
limited by guarantee
  b.. Schools and organisations currently participating in Arts
Council England's Creative Partnerships scheme
  c.. Local authorities
  d.. Museums and galleries
  e.. Individuals
  f.. Applicants outside the UK
What the Awards will fund .

  a.. The Awards will fund project costs ranging from £1,000 to
£10,000
  b.. The Clore Duffield Foundation prefers to be the major funding
body
  c.. The total project budget should not exceed £30,000
. and what it won't fund

  a.. Projects which do not relate to performing arts education
  b.. General appeals
  c.. Building projects and site refurbishments
  d.. Ticket subsidies
  e.. The purchase of equipment (except a very small number of grants
for musical instruments)
  f.. Web-based projects
  g.. Staff posts
Points to note

The Foundation does not intend to be heavily prescriptive in terms of
criteria. However, the following points should be noted:

  a.. Applicants are encouraged to approach this funding opportunity
in creative and imaginative ways
  b.. Applications should be for a new project rather than for a
repeat or extension of an existing project
  c.. Grants will be made to single institutions, but the Trustees
will happily consider funding partnership applications from two or
more linked institutions
  d.. There will be no requirement to seek match funding Beneficiaries
of the proposed project will need to be clearly identified
  e.. The assessment process will take into account the
cost-effectiveness of the project
  f.. The Trustees will be interested in the potential for projects to
serve as models of good practice
  g.. Grant recipients will be unable to re-apply for further funding
within two years of the completion of their grant
Applicants who are rejected may re-apply to the Awards with a
different project

The closing date for applications for the next round of grants is 13
September 2006.

http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/small_who.htm

How and When to Apply http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/small_how.htm

Full list of previous Awards
http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/word/FullListRound3.doc

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.cloreduffield.org.uk/info_faq.htm

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