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Creatives from here can apply for grants through the £155k Spotlight on Culture UK/France 2024 Fund.
The programme Spotlight on Culture UK/France 2024 - Together We Imagine, led by the British Council France, will be a celebration of Franco-British artistic co-creation and cultural partnerships, taking place as France is in the international spotlight as host of the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games, and their Cultural Olympiad.
Marking the 80th anniversary of the British Council in France, Spotlight on Culture UK/France will take place between April and October 2024, providing new opportunities for cultural organisations and artists to collaborate and contribute to the people-to-people links between neighbouring countries.
The £155k fund is designed to spark new and refresh existing connections between Northern Ireland, Scotland and France, supporting collaborations that build long-term relationships between artists, creative practitioners, and arts and cultural organisations. The fund will be delivered by the British Council in partnership with Creative Scotland.
Open to organisations working in the field of arts and culture, cultural and creative industries, applications must be a partnership between at least one organisation in Northern Ireland OR Scotland and one in France. A project need not include partners from both Northern Ireland and Scotland simultaneously although projects involving both Northern Ireland and Scotland in France are welcome.
Funders anticipate awarding a maximum of 3 grants of £30k and several smaller grants of between £5-10k to project teams in Northern Ireland, Scotland or France to collaborate on creative projects.
*This focus on Northern Ireland and Scotland reflects areas of under-representation from the 4 nations within the Spotlight on Culture UK/France 2024 programme as it is currently developing. We are exploring the possibility of a wider UK open call by the autumn but this remains dependent on further funding and is not at this stage guaranteed.
The deadline to apply is 11pm UK time on Friday, 8 September 2023. Applicants will be notified by Monday, 18 September 2023.
For more information and how to apply go to www.britishcouncil.fr
