Funding

You can get funding advice and guidance from your area Arts Development Officer.

Go to : Contact Us page to get contact details for your local Arts Development Officer

Funding information is included in the weekly STAP e-news.

Main funder websites:

Arts Council England - Grants for the arts

Big Lottery Fund

Awards for All

The new Shropshire Council Arts Grants scheme has now been launched and is open for applications. Please see below: Application Form, Application Criteria and Guidance Sheet.

Please note there will be two grant rounds throughout the year:

• Round One, deadline will be 8th March each year (decision by 19th April).
• Round Two, deadline will be 6th September each year (decision by 18th October).

If you require support or advice in completing your application, please contact the relevant Arts Development Officer at least two weeks prior to the application deadline. Please Contact: Jenny Henrywood if you are based in South Shropshire, Sue Goodwin if you are based in the Central area (Shrewsbury) and Alexa Pugh if you are based in North Shropshire. If you are applying for funding for a festival, please contact Joy Durrant. See link to contact page above for full contact details.

Once completed, please return completed grant application forms to:

Email: arts.service@shropshire.gov.uk

Post: Shropshire Council Arts Service, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND

Arts grant application form final (205KB)

Arts grant guidance final (85KB)

When you apply for funding from the Shropshire Council Arts Grants you will be required to have a number of policies. Templates and guidance for these are below. If you have any questions on adopting these policies please contact an Arts Development Officer for help and guidance.

Please note that all of these templates are given as a guideline only and you must make them appropriate to your organisation. Please ensure that any new policies that you adopt are voted on and accepted by your board and signed by board members. You will also need to state within your policies when they will be reviewed. The usual timetable for reviewing policies is every one to three years.

Equal Opportunities Policy template: Equality Policy statement template (25KB)

For more information on equality and diversity go to: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=5145172

Child Protection Guidelines: Child Protection Guidelines (43.5KB)

For more information on Child Protection go to: Shropshire's Safeguarding Children Board

Health and Safety Guidelines: Health and safety guidance (715.46KB)

For more information on Health and Safety go to: http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm

If you are successful with your application you will need to submit a self assessment form to claim the final part of your grant:

Grant self assessment form (492KB) Self assessment form