Funding to enable more people to experience the arts (England)

The next closing date for grant applications to the Arts Council, England Strategic Touring Programme is the 17th November 2017. The £35 million Strategic touring programme provides in excess of £15,000 for projects that enable more people across England experience and are inspired by the arts, particularly in places which rely on touring for much of their arts provision. The funding is available to both organisations and individuals. Partnerships, networks and consortia can also apply. These can include:
• Promoters
• Producers
• Artists
• Agencies
• Companies
• Marketing or audience development specialists
• Local authority representatives; etc.
There is no upper limit on the amount of grant funding that can be applied for. Previous projects supported through the programme include:
• Emccan CIC - Flight of Fantasy, which received a grant of £76,450 to take professional Caribbean carnival to new audiences in the Midlands, North and South West of England.
• SeaChange Arts - Coasters which received a grant of £987,500 to take innovative, high quality international indoor and outdoor circus and street arts work to coastal towns across England.

For more information visit http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/strategic-touring