Creative People and Places focuses on parts of the country where involvement in creativity and culture is significantly below the national average. It funds partners in local areas to empower residents to decide what kind of creative activity they want to experience on their doorstep.
Aims and outcomes
1. Engage more people from eligible places in a wide range of arts and cultural experiences as audiences and/or participants
2. Empower communities to lead and shape local cultural provision.
3. Excellence and relevance in both the engagement process and the creative and cultural experiences on offer.
4. Encourage partnerships between publicly funded, amateur, voluntary, community and commercial sectors, as well as collaboration across various cultural institutions.
5. Take an Action Research approach to community engagement in arts, creativity, and culture; learn what works best and share that learning.
Applicants can apply for between £750,000 and £1,000,000 for a three-year period regardless of the number of eligible places you are applying to cover.
