Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council: Cultural Grant Aid
Open (ongoing)
Archives and artefacts
Arts, culture and heritage
Built heritage
Craft and design
Cultural heritage
Cultural, events and festivals
Performing arts
Verbal arts
Visual arts and media
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
Funding will be available for projects that develop artistic talent and knowledge, showcase the arts and promote participation and inclusion, celebrate shared heritage, and contribute to the understanding of minority languages and cultural diversity.
What constitutes Culture?
The definition of Arts, Heritage and Minority Languages as used in this guidance document can be summarised as:
- Arts: Literature, Language Arts, Traditional Arts, Circus & Carnival Arts, Intercultural Arts, Dance, Drama, Music & Opera, Comedy, Architecture, Craft, Film & TV, Digital, Public Art and Visual Arts
- Heritage: the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations, including tangible culture such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art and artefacts, as well as intangible culture such as folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge. It also extends to natural heritage, including culturally significant landscapes and biodiversity.
- Minority Languages: languages other than English which have or have had a significant influence on the culture of Antrim and Newtownabbey, and Northern Ireland more generally.
Funding Categories
| Category | Key notes/Purpose of Application | Maximum award |
| Cultural Groups | Eligible costs involved in running a cultural event (infrastructure costs, facilitation costs, room/venue hire, equipment hire, marketing and promotion) | £1,000 |
| The production of a cultural product e.g. a publication or an exhibition | £500 | |
| Course fees for group members to attend an event or course or undertake training (may include, transport and travel costs, entrance/attendance fees) | £500 | |
| Individual Bursaries | The production of a cultural product e.g. a publication or an exhibition | £500 |
| Contribution to costs associated with the attendance at cultural events, specialist training courses or study programmes relating to Arts or Heritage | £500 | |
| Up to ten ring fenced bursaries of up to £250 will be available for individuals to contribute to costs associated with attending Irish language summer schools | £250 |
Who can apply?
Any Individuals or groups resident in the Borough.
A group must;
- Be democratically accountable through regular public meetings.
- Hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM).
- Be properly constituted and include a decision making process, and aims and activities that are acceptable to the Council (a copy must be submitted with the application).
- Be managed by a publicly elected committee; the office bearing positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer must be held as a minimum.
- Demonstrate a fair and equitable ethos through their established aims and objectives in accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998).
- Demonstrate that proposed activities are not a duplication of other activities.
- Produce an annual statement of independently verified or certified accounts, or a bank statement for new groups only.
- Agree to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council's monitoring, evaluation, and training procedures if required.
Eligible expenditure for cultural groups
- Room/venue hire.
- Facilitation costs/Coaching/Training/Tutor costs.
- Materials and equipment required for exhibitions.
- Training
- Marketing and promotion
- Transport hire.
- Hire of Equipment
- Trips/entrance fees.
- Travel relating specifically to project/festival/programme.
- Access NI checks.
- Public and employer’s liability insurance.
See Guidance for further details of bursaries.