Community Creatives fund
Apply for an £800 grant from our Community Creatives fund and training to develop your skills to teach creative, cultural activities in your local community.
Community Creatives is an 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 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.
Applications
The application window for the Community Creatives fund has now closed and we are no longer accepting applications.
If you have a question about the scheme, email partnerships@islington.gov.uk.
Community Creatives is delivered in partnership between Arts on Estates and our new Growing Culture Fund, part of our culture strategy.
Terms and conditions
- Grantees must be an Islington Council tenant or leaseholder or an Islington community group.
- Grantees should not be receiving funds from any other sources for the delivery of their activity.
- The activity must be delivered through an Islington Council community space.
- The activity must be available to residents aged 18 and above.
- All activities to be risk assessed - we can help you with this.
- You must purchase public liability insurance – we can help you with this.
- Funds will be held and distributed by a constituted body such as a TRA, Community Centre, voluntary sector group – so please connect.
- To meet audit requirement all purchases should be agreed with your constituted body before purchase and proof of purchase must be made available.
- Decisions made by the assessment panel are final.
- GDPR statement for data provided by the grantee to be made by the council.
- Must play a full and active role in assessment and feedback.