Community Creatives fund

Community Creatives is a new Arts on Estates project to encourage Islington Council tenants and leaseholders, and community groups, to share creative passion and skills with their community.

• You can apply for a small grant of up to £800 to create a four to six-week creative project, based in one of our community centres.
• You will get support and training to develop your skills and resources to run arts and cultural classes.

What we will offer you

• Space - A free community space so that you can deliver your four-to-six week course to residents.
• Funding - Financial support of up to £800 per successful project that covers your planning, running your activity and materials.
• Teaching workshop – Skills to help you bring your activity to residents, or a refresher if you have already taught this before.
• Safeguarding training – Lessons on safeguarding residents over 18 and what to do if there are any queries while running your activity, and data protection.
• Support - Help and advice, throughout the project.

What you will need to do

• Teach residents your skills over four-to-six weeks
• Attend the safeguarding, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and teaching courses.
• Get an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check - all our tutors teaching arts and creativity must have this to work with residents. We can help you with this.
• Give us feedback so that we can keep this project going and help us improve it so that people want to apply again.

Who can apply

This project is open to Islington Council tenants and leaseholders, and community groups.

Islington Council tenant and leaseholders means a person who either:

• rents a council house or flat from Islington Council
• owns the right to live in a property through a lease agreement with Islington Council.

A community group must have a:

• management committee of at least three unrelated members
• governing document (constitution, articles of association).

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as we are actively seeking to better represent the diverse community we live and work in.

How much you can apply for

The total amount you can ask for is £800 per applicant. A tenants and residents association (TRA), community centre or voluntary sector group will distribute these funds.

How to apply

The application window opens on Monday 21 October 2024 and closes on Monday 18 November 2024. There are only six grants available - apply as soon as you can.

We are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. You can choose how to apply:

Audio or video

If you would like to give us an audio or video application, email culture@islington.gov.uk or call 020 7527 5992 and we'll send you an application pack.

Online

If you would like to give us a written application online, it must be in English.

Apply now

Non-English and other accessibility options

If you would like to give us a written application in another language or would like the application questions in a different accessible format, email culture@islington.gov.uk.

Help with applying and questions

If there is another format that would help you apply, contact us so we can make reasonable adjustments to support your application.

If you have any questions about the scheme or need help making an application, call Laura on 020 7527 5992 or email culture@islington.gov.uk.

Community Creatives is delivered in partnership between Arts on Estates and our new Growing Culture Fund, part of our culture strategy.