Culture and Arts funding (Belfast)

Belfast City Council invests in cultural events and activity throughout Belfast to improve quality of life. This funding wants to help create a vibrant, cultural capital where arts and culture are placed firmly at the centre of regeneration in a way which inspires, empowers and elevates those who live, work and visit the city.

The initiatives are designed to assist professionally managed Belfast-based arts and heritage organisations to deliver annual programmes of cultural events and activities.

Annual Funding Scheme
This programme illustrates Belfast City Councils commitment to developing cultural events and experiences in Belfast and to regenerating the city using culture and arts as a tool. Our grants help arts, cultural and heritage organisations in Belfast to carry out their work and to create programmes which benefit people who live and visit Belfast.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Friday 16 November 2007.

Activities that are eligible for funding under this scheme include:

• projects, events and touring
• education activities
• activities for people to take part in
• research and development
• commissions and productions
• marketing activities
• audience development (activity carried out specifically to meet the needs of audiences and to help arts organisations develop ongoing relationships with audiences)
• capital items and costs (such as equipment and improvements to facilities and buildings; n.b. quotation required for items over £5,000), however the total amount requested for capital items cannot exceed 20% of the total grant requested from Belfast City Council through this funding scheme.
• professional development and training
• organisational development to improve the long-term stability of arts or heritage organisations
• core costs, such as salaries and ongoing overheads (including overheads related to equipment or buildings, such as insurance and maintenance costs)

For more information on this scheme please visit the following link:
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/culture/annualfunding.asp

A series of funding information sessions will be held in various venues to advise applicants on funding criteria and how applications are assessed.

For more information please contact:

Culture and Arts Unit
Economic Initiatives Section
Development Department
Belfast City Council
The Cecil Ward Building,
4-10 Linenhall Street,
Belfast BT2 8BP

Tel: 028 9027 0461
Fax: 028 9027 0325

Email: cultureandartsadmin@belfastcity.gov.uk