Clore Duffield Foundation: Clore Poetry & Literature Awards

Overview

The Programme will fund participatory learning projects and programmes focused on literature, poetry and creative writing for under-19s.

Who is eligible to apply?

• Primary, middle, secondary, special schools, sixth form colleges, academies, PRUs and Further Education Colleges
• Professional literature, poetry and creative writing organisations and libraries
• Other arts/cultural organisations (e.g. museums, galleries etc.) are eligible to apply but must provide a clear rationale for their proposed literature/poetry projects
• Established community groups
• Not-for-profit organisations

What are they looking for?

Young people’s creative engagement can be expressed in many ways, but this grants programme emphasises the value of both critical and emotional responses, however they are expressed.

• They would like to see the links between the reading of literature and any creative writing made explicit within your application
• They would like to see clear information on the need for the project
• The inclusion of a celebratory component is welcomed but it should be clearly integrated into the aims of the project and have a longer-term relevance
• You should indicate how the project will be followed-up and built upon
• They welcome digital elements as a component of the exploration of literature and poetry, rather than as a presentational vehicle (i.e. more than simply a recording of the work)

Project points

• They are interested in projects which draw on a full range of poetry and literature to promote creative reading and writing for pleasure
• Applicants are encouraged to approach this funding opportunity in creative and imaginative ways
• They are looking for innovation, relative to your context: the programme has a strong interest in funding projects where nothing similar has happened before and which provide new experiences for the children and young people involved
• School-based projects should enhance the curriculum, but need not be directly related to it
• They are keen to see a community component to projects and innovative approaches to the presentation of writing and literature
• They have an interest in the impact of funded projects and how great ideas can be embedded within your practice for the future (documenting the process involved is therefore important) – do indicate how the project will be followedup and built upon
• The Trustees will be interested in the potential for projects to serve as models of good practice for others, including the planning and evaluation processes which show intended outcomes and impact

The money

• The Awards will cover project costs ranging from £1,000 to £10,000
• The assessment process will take into account the cost-effectiveness of the project – value for money is important
• There will be no requirement to seek matching funding
• The Clore Duffield Foundation prefers to be the major funding body, but if your total project budget is costed at more than £10,000 it should be noted that the total should not exceed £20,000. You will need to make clear your additional funding sources and whether the additional funding has been secured