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Reclaim Black Heritage Fund

Archived Active citizenship Arts, culture and heritage Black and minority ethnic Community and neighbourhood development Education and learning Health, wellbeing and sport Human rights and equality Miscellaneous Multiculturalism Poverty and deprivation Racial equality social enterprise Social inclusion Social welfare and poverty Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

Your project (or as they like to call it, Act of Exuberant Defiance) can be whatever you want it to be! Just make sure that it is creative, engaging, and seeks to honour the principles of their Humanifesto. It should also address itself to one of their six themes which are:

Resist; Insight/Incite; Respect; Reform; Regroup & Renew; Revolution.

Once they receive your information, they will see how they can link you up with what you need to produce your Act. They also advise you to follow their socials to find potential collaborators.

GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR UP TO £4,000

What’s their criteria?

To be considered for support, Groups and Projects eligible are as follows:

● The Act-Maker is a Black-led group or individual

● The project upholds the principles and values of the 81 Acts Humanifesto

● The Act-Maker must be in the stated locations

● The Act-Maker has a primary objective of creating long-term change in society by addressing the causes of injustice and inequality related to the ’81 Uprising

● The Act-Maker focuses on addressing issues that face the stated communities and are led by that community

● The Act-Maker struggles to get funding elsewhere, particularly if other funders might consider them to be ‘too radical’

● If the Act-Maker is a group: Groups that have been formed for 6 months or more and can demonstrate 6 months of regular activity

● The group/individual ethos aligns with NHLF guidance, here

The priorities are:

  1. To commemorate the 81 uprisings.
  2. To benefit and support the Black community in the stated location.

For some more inspiration on what you could do for your act, visit their Acts page.