Grants database

Battersea Arts Centre will bring together a new network of interdisciplinary cultural organisations, individuals and social sector bodies to develop, promote and share models of outstanding co-created artistic practice – work developed in equal partnerships with communities. Through commissions, partnerships and sharing, the network will support the cultural sector to rethink traditional models of artistic creation and participation to make it relevant and accessible to more people.

DaDaFest develops and showcases disability and d/​Deaf arts through a multi-artform artistic programme. This programme aims to address systemic barriers to engagement in the arts faced by young disabled people. This will embed inclusive practice in the core programmes of major regional venues via long-term, formal partnerships, supported by academic research into the conditions for successful organisational development in this area.

Studio 3 Arts are the lead partner for Creative Barking and Dagenham, a Creative People and Places funded programme. Creative Barking and Dagenham catalyses creative opportunities within the borough, enabling local people to create, commission and curate activities in their local area. Building on its Cultural Connectors network of volunteers, Creative Barking and Dagenham will explore and test what conditions are needed to create a strong and sustainable pipeline of locally-led arts engagement activity for adults in the area.

Science Gallery London connects art, science and health to drive innovation. Through this grant, Science Gallery London will explore how best to support young people into creative decision-making roles and co-produce participation programmes in the context of their newly opened gallery.

The Renewal Trust is a community development and regeneration organisation providing targeted and universal support in the St Ann’s and Sneinton areas of Nottingham. Through this grant it will explore its role as a ​‘connector’ for arts organisations to work with local people by co-delivering arts projects, commissions and residences in Nottingham’s Creative Quarter.

This programme will test a joined-up approach to delivering community engagement by the four arts partners involved in Yorkshire Sculpture International (Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park). The initiative will explore different strategies to engaging migrant communities, working with local support services. It aims to create sustainable relationships between these groups and the partners’ core programmes.

International artist residency Cove Park will test a community outreach programme featuring off-site creative taster sessions delivered in and with community partner venues alongside an extended offer onsite to provide progression opportunities for young people experiencing disadvantage and existing participants.

Through this grant, Brighton People’s Theatre will test a membership programme that offers a sustained, year-round programme of work providing opportunities for residents in Hangleton and East Brighton to learn new skills, read plays together, see contemporary work and critique it, and make shows.

Gasworks is a visual arts organisation based in Vauxhall, South London. It delivers a programme of international artist residences, runs artist studios and commissions new work. Through this grant, Gasworks will run a two-year programme of participatory artist residencies working with migrant-led community organisations in Lambeth and Southwark. It will develop a framework of evaluation to better understand the impact of artist-led approaches on participants, artists and the organisation.

Transform is a producing company based in Leeds. Its programme includes large-scale participation projects made in collaboration with a range of individuals and communities, and its biennial festival presents work that spans performance, live and digital art. This grant will allow Transform to pilot a youth theatre programme that culminates in a youth takeover as part of its 2019 festival. It aims to create a more empowering, collaborative and diverse offer for young people that increases access and participation in theatre, whilst engaging young people to inform the organisation’s thinking, programming and priorities.

Flying into Physics is an innovative and engaging approach to teaching KS2 physics, using aerial arts to enable children to experience science in action, seeing and feeling the physics principles behind forces. Scarabeus Theatre will extend this work to more schools in Leicester, London and Kent, and improve teacher training and support to enable them to reinforce learning back in the classroom.

Access Technology Scotland aims to widen access to high quality digital skills education, training and facilities, particularly amongst groups experiencing disadvantage. In this project, they will work with three primary schools in North Ayrshire to deliver a music with technology project and evaluate the effectiveness of their approach.