Open funds, paid opportunities and trusteeships in Cornwall's creative sector
News from the sector
Applications for Cornwall Heritage Awards 2025 are now open!
Heritage organisations wishing to enter can find all the information here. The deadline for nominations is the 9th of December.
Tickets for Imagination Unleashed 2025 are now available
Taking place on Monday, 10th February from 10am until 3pm, Imagination Unleashed is a celebration of where creativity and technology intersect. You can read more about the event here, and book your free spot.
Change Culture in the Culture Sector Pilot Podcast 2024
Researchers and student interns at Falmouth University have co-created a new podcast that aims to help arts organisation boards become more diverse and inclusive. This link takes you to the new podcast as well as the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion research report (2022) with its recommendations and useful links.
Funding Opportunities
Seed Bed from Literature Works
Seed Bed nurtures, connects and champions community projects that focus on environmental themes explored through literature. It’s part of Literature Works’ contribution to exploring and highlighting the climate and environmental crisis through an urgent, creative, and hopeful lens.
The fund is now open and is assessed on a rolling basis. You can read more about the grants here.
Boardmasters Foundation
Grant applications are now open from the Boardmasters Foundation, for individuals, groups, charities and organisations that work in Culture and Community. Cultural organisations that are involved with: surfing, music, creativity, education and/or Cornish culture, and community organisations that are in the immediate vicinity of the festival, or work to support diversity and inclusion.
The fund is now open and is assessed on a rolling basis. You can read more about the grants here.
Developing Your Creative Practice
Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice fund is now open. This fund grants between £2,000-£12,000 to individual creative or cultural practitioners for development related activities in Arts Council England’s supported disciplines.
Incentivising Touring Scheme
Arts Council England’s Incentivising Touring Scheme fund is now open. This is a repayable grant, able to fund up to £500,000 to organisations to invest in productions.
Trustee Opportunities
Cornwall Buildings Preservation Trust are seeking 6 new trustees.
They are especially interested in people who can offer one or more of the following:
Successful advocacy, networking and public relations experience within a local community context
Knowledge of potential new projects
Digital skills with an interest in website management and increasing the digital capabilities and outreach of the Trust
Fundraising experience
Financial management skills
Understanding of property law and/or community ownership companies
Experience of historic buildings research and analysis
Links to Higher Education establishments that offer heritage-related practical or professional skills training
Click here to find out more and apply, the deadline is the 6th January 2025.
The Royal Polytechnic Society (The Poly) are seeking 2 new trustees.
They are especially interested in people who have experience in one or more of the following areas:
Accountancy/Financial management
Surveying
Building management
Health and safety
Click here to find out more and apply, the deadline is the 24th January 2025.
Endelienta Arts seeks new Chair for Board of Directors.
Endelienta Arts is looking for a new Chair for its Board of Directors to oversee this lively and successful charitable company. The new Chair will work with the artistic director / general manager and the board of directors to sustain the high quality of its programme and reach new audiences.
Click here to find out more and apply, recruitment is happening on an ongoing basis.