WelcomeLaunch of Let’s Create Arts

Commissioning SchemeShotton Community Centre

Wednesday 12th August 2015

East Durham Creates

Nikki Locke

East Durham CreatesEast Durham Creates is programme of creative and cultural activity running from 2014 – 2016, funded by Arts Council England as part of it’s Creative People and Places Scheme.

The programme has been set up to:• Encourage more people across East Durham to get involved in something creative. • We are an action learning programme which involves trying new things, building on

what’s already happening and learning from what works – and what doesn’t – to bring about long term change in East Durham.

How can you get involved:• Specially commissioned artistic projects that are inspired and shaped by the people,

stories, heritage and issues that are unique and relevant to our area now. • Regular activities including Creative Social events and Go and See trips. • Cultural Hub networks to support community venues to build their own arts and

creative offer.• Consultation for future activity: Ensuring we are consistently responding to local

interests, our audiences and diverse communities.

East Durham Creates

The Community Engagement Role Malcolm Fallow

Project Aims

The aims of Let’s Create are:• Support local projects, involving artistic or creative activities that

aim to increase participation in East Durham, as amateurs, professionals or audiences.

• Support local projects that test new approaches to delivering or experiencing arts and creative activity for East Durham residents.

• Support local groups to deliver new events and activities involving collaboration with artists or other arts organisations.

• Enable more high quality creative grass-roots activity in our area• Strengthen the skills and resources of local groups and

organisations in working with artists and local audiences.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the fund, you should be able to AGREE WITH or answer YES to the following statements/questions:• The applicant is a voluntary and community sector organisation,

arts organisation, social enterprise, parish or town council.• Your Constitution/Governing documents allow you to deliver the

proposal.• The applicant is a non-political/non religious organisation.• The organisation applying is unable to finance the initiative from

its own funds.• The amount of support required is between £500-£2,500.

Eligibility continued

• The project beneficiaries will be primarily from the East Durham area.

• The activity is not a statutory responsibility.• The project/activity is new or significantly

different from an existing activity and has a creative/arts focus.

• Activities will take place in East Durham area.• The project will be completed by 31/08/2016

Let’s Create: What it’s about

Commissioned by Ideastest Small ExperimentPicture Credit: www.ideastest.co.uk

Commissioned by Cultural Springs Your ArtsPicture Credit: www.theculturalspring.org.uk

Commissioned by Creative Barking and DagenhamPeople Going PlacesPicture Credit: www.creativebd.org.uk

What it’s not about:• Activities that do no benefit primarily the residents of East

Durham.• Continuation of regular activity• Individuals• Statutory responsibilities (i.e. services which should be

funded by a statutory body)• Projects promoting political activities.• Faith groups promoting religious, non-community based

activities.• Application request in excess of £2,500.• Deficit or retrospective funding (i.e. commissions for

activities that have already taken place).• Projects that are primarily directed at people under the age

of 16.

The Process• Application Form• Recommendations• The Commissioning Panel: East Durham Trust

Representative, Rona Hardy, Alan Liversidge, June Clark, Amanda Moon, Heather Wood and John Wood

• Offer Letter• Payment• Monitoring• Note: Unsuccessful candidates will be advised of

other commissioning opportunities.

Key Dates and Deadlines

• 15th September 2015

• 17th November 2015

• 12th April 2016

Contacts

Colin Jacksoncolin.jackson@eastdurhamtrust.org.ukJess Watsonjess.watson@eastdurhamtrust.org.ukEast Durham Createswww.eastdurhamcreates.co.uk