Application Form

Made in Wakefield Small Grants are expected to predominantly focus on activities which can be delivered in the short term, with a focus on providing support to artists, creatives, and our communities.

These grants will support:
  • Small scale creative, cultural and heritage projects
  • Small scale participatory arts projects
  • Small scale projects that target engagement with culturally under-served audiences       
  • Research and Development for projects
  • Match funding for national funding application i.e. Arts Council England
Application Deadlines        
  • Round 1 – Monday 30 October 2023
  • Round 2 - Monday 11 March 2024
  • Round 3 - Monday 10 June 2024
Decision on grant applications:

Decisions announced 4-6 weeks after each deadline, followed then by a 2-week period for contracting and finance arrangements.

Note that this could mean up to 8 weeks between application and a project beginning.

Please review our application guidance on our webpages before applying.
 
Please also complete an Equalities Monitoring Form.
Confirmation of Eligibility

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* 1. Culture Grants can only fund certain individuals, groups and activities. Please review our full Eligibility Criteria which can be found on the application guidance page.

Please sign below to confirm that you have reviewed our Eligibility Criteria and are eligible to receive Culture Grants funding:

Applicant Information

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* 2. Creative's/Organisation's Name

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* 3. Main Contact's Name

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* 4. Creative's/Organisation's Address

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* 5. Wakefield District Ward. Please use Wakefield Council's online tool 'Where I Live' to check your ward if you are unsure: wakefield.gov.uk/site/where-i-live

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* 6. Telephone Number

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* 7. Email Address

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* 8. Website/Social Media

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* 9. Where did you hear about Culture Grants?

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* 10. If 'Other' please specify

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* 11. Please describe your creative practice/your organisation’s core focus.

Please write below up to 1000 characters.

Project Information

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* 12. How much are you applying to Culture Grants for? (Grant amount available: £1,500 to £5,000)

Project Timeline

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* 13. Project start date
(If applying in October 2023, then your project delivery must start no later than February 2024. We are unable to support activity that has already happened)

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* 14. Project end date
(Projects must be completed and evaluated by 28 February 2025)

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* 15. Are your dates fixed or flexible? If flexible, please inform us why.

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* 16. Project Milestones (Please provide us with any indicative dates planned within your project i.e. exhibition dates, workshop dates etc.)

Project Details

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* 17. Name of Project (this can be a working title)

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* 18. Please describe the proposed project (What is it and how will you make it happen?)

Please write below up to 2500 characters

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* 19. Please describe who your project is for? (Will you engage with an audience, participants and or creatives? Are they targeted with a specific age range or location etc?)

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 20. What will your audience / participants experience? (How many performances, exhibition days, or events? If your project is participatory then how many activities, or workshops will you deliver?)

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 21. How will your project benefit your audience/participants? (What impact/difference/change might be made?)

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 22. Who is involved in delivering your project? (Any named partners? What is their relevant recent experience? How many days employment for creatives will there be? How many volunteers? etc.)

Please write below up to 2500 characters

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* 23. Which Ward(s) will your activity take place in?
Please use Wakefield Council’s online tool ‘Where I Live’ to check your activity ward(s) if you are unsure: www.wakefield.gov.uk/site/where-i-live

Match Funding
If you are applying for our grant to be match funding for an application to a national funder, please complete the following section. If not, please go to the next section.

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* 24. How much are you applying for, and from which national funder? i.e. £15k from Arts Council England.

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* 25. Please outline what our support will make happen as part of the overall project.

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* 26. What is your application timeline for the national funder, and when do you estimate you will know the outcome?

Please provide us with your full application form to the national funder and evidence of their receipt via email to: culturegrants@wakefield.gov.uk.
Budget
Expenditure
If our grant does not cover 100% of the costs, please outline which costs of your project our grant would be contributing towards. If you are receiving additional funds or providing in-kind support, please make this clear in your application, separately to the costs that we would be contributing to. Please review our budget top-tips and application guidance.
Direct Project Costs

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* 27. Please provide details of individual costs for the delivery of the project e.g. creative rate, materials, access costs, equipment, project management & support etc. Please list the budget items and corresponding amounts below.
EXAMPLE: Creative Fee – Creative Design Days @ £150 x 2 days = £300

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* 28. Total Project Costs

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* 29. Any additional income/in-kind support contributing to this activity
Please provide details of any additional income or in-kind support with estimated amounts indicated. Please list the income in-kind items below.

e.g. Room hire in-kind - £20 per day x 10 days = £200

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* 30. Overall Project Total

Data Protection Statement

Wakefield Council will use this information to process your application to Culture Grants. The information you share will be assessed to see if you are eligible to apply, and for us to get in contact with you regarding your application process. Your personal information will be held securely on a third-party platform for 6 years if successful, and 1 year if unsuccessful and will not be shared unless provided for by law.

All published results will not include information that can be used to identify any individual. Please be aware that any comments given on this form may be published in reports. However, the Council will endeavour to remove any references that could identify individuals or organisations.

The Council may also share your personal information for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection, or prosecution of criminal offences, but will not share your personal information, or use it for another purpose unless provided for by law.

More detailed information about the Council’s handling of your personal data can be found in its privacy policy, available online at www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureGrants or on request.

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* 31. Please confirm that you agree with the following statement:
'The information I have provided is correct and I understand that my data will be used as described in the fair usage statement.’

Note: where a respondent disagrees with the fair usage statement, the application should not continue and / or any data subsequently collected will be deleted. 

Please also complete an Equalities Monitoring Form.

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