Ikigai Journal #048

We are Levelling up into a Curated Funding Database!

It has been over a year since Ikigai Journal came into fruition in its current newsletter format - even longer since it was initially conceived. During this time, our community has been connected with over £25m worth of funding. We have received some great feedback about the usefulness of the newsletter as a resource & have been blown away by the support from our members.

As a founder, I am always inspired by speaking with members of our community & hearing about the exciting projects & ideas that you are working on. You are a visionary bunch & encourage me to dream bigger & to work harder. 

Following recent conversations, I have realised that there are better ways to help you access the funding you need, when you need it. 

With this in mind, I am happy to announce that we are developing an online directory of funding for creative & social impact projects; one that consistently grows with our community & is updated weekly. A database filled with up-to-date & under-promoted funding opportunities, easily accessible all in one place. Sounds great, right?

If you would like to be one of the first to tryout the new directory, please tell us what you think. The more feedback you give, the better we can tailor our approach to your specific funding needs. It’s still a work in progress & we are offering you the opportunity to really get involved in this exciting development.

We anticipate that the new Curated Funding Database will help you access the information you need to get the right funding, at the right time. Stay tuned. 

Thanks

Solomon Oyemade
Founder

This week we are championing the marvelous Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, born in 1980 in Mochudi, Botswana, and currently lives and works between Johannesburg, South Africa and Ontario, Canada. Her captivating polyform works explore Cosmology and the nature of the Universe.

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Tesco Community Grants
Social Impact I £1500 I Rolling Deadline
Tesco Community Grants will award funding to charities and community organisations for local projects that focus on supporting children and families. Projects that tackle food poverty are also invited to apply.
Learn more and Apply here

Magic Little Grants
Social Impact I £500 I 31st October 2021
Localgiving is continuing its grants programme 'Magic Little Grants' programme in 2021, supporting charitable organisations delivering sports or physical activities across the UK. Learn more and Apply here 

Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund
Social Impact I Up to £5,000 I Ongoing
The purpose of the Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is to provide small grants to community and voluntary groups across Scotland who are delivering activities that connect and support people within their local community Learn more and Apply here

Film Education Partnership Fund
Film & Social Impact I Up to £10,000 I Ongoing
Film education can take place in many different places or contexts, including schools, colleges and universities, teacher education programmes, cinemas, film festivals, libraries, film clubs and societies, media access centres and workshops.
This fund will support partnerships and collaborative programmes of work with the potential to achieve these outcomes. Learn more and Apply here

The Ford Britain Trust
Social impact I Up to £3,000 I 31st July 2021
The trust pay special attention to projects focusing on education, environment, children, the disabled, youth activities and projects that provide clear benefits to the local communities close to the company's UK locations. Learn more and Apply here 

Agility Award
Creative Arts I £4304 I 8th July 2021
The Agility Award aims to support individual professional freelance artists and arts workers at any stage in their careers. This award was developed to support people following the COVID-19 crisis and is open to all.

They particularly welcome new applicants and encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller Community, or socio-economic background.
http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Agility-Award/

Visual Artists Workspace Scheme
Creative Arts I 40,000 EUR I 8th July 2021

The purpose of the Visual Artists Workspace Scheme is to support artists’ workspaces throughout the country to provide the best possible working environment for visual artists and, where feasible, to enable a level of subsidy for the artists working in these spaces.
Contact - maeve.oflaherty@artscouncil.ie

Create Grant
Creative Arts I £50,000 I 13th October 2021
“Create” funds the development and creation of high-quality arts experiences that help creative individuals and organisations engage with and connect to the public

“Create” is about providing opportunities for individuals and organisations to produce and present their best work. This can mean funding the production and presentation of work, the development of new ideas and / or supporting individual or organisations to develop through training or business growth and change Learn more and Apply here

International Opportunities Fund
Creative Arts I £5,000 I 6th October 2021
We are Wales Arts International. We help Welsh artists and arts businesses to work with other countries. Learn more and Apply here 

Hope Scott Trust
Creative Arts I £2,000 I 8th July 2021
The Trust allocates a proportion of its resources to help musicians with commissions or grants for musical events and it also helps artists and sculptors (with a particular focus on emerging artists) with grants for exhibitions, catalogues and travel etc.
Contact : hopescotttrust@murraybeith.co.uk.

Art Fund’s Reimagine Grant
Creative Arts I Up to £50,000 I 5th July 2021
These new project grants aim to help organisations as they reimagine their activities following the pandemic. They offer support to build expertise, capacity and connections within and outside the sector.

Our Reimagine grants are designed to inspire creativity and also to increase stability in the sector. We can provide funding for projects. Learn more and Apply here. 

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Ideas & Pioneers Fund
Creative Arts & Social Impact I £15,000 I Ongoing
Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Ideas and Pioneers Fund awards grants of up to £15,000 to support people with a vision of a better society to explore their ideas for change.We’re open to applications all year round and the process is simple – just a short form and a two-minute video. Learn more and Apply here

Backstage Trust Grant
Creative & Performing Arts I  No Maximum Amount I Ongoing
The Backstage Trust’s main focus is to support projects in the performing arts, mainly theatre, however the Trust is open to hear from arts organisations with projects in which the arts touch society in other ways
Contact : Info@backstagetrust.org.uk

V&A Digital Wonderlands Residency
Digital Creative Arts I £12,000 I 9th July 2021
The Victoria and Albert Museum is inviting applications from UK based practitioners working across the mediums and disciplines of digital creative arts who wish to develop their practice or portfolio of work. Learn more and Apply here

The Golsoncott Foundation
Creative Arts & Social Impact I £3000 I Ongoing
The Golsoncott Foundation awards grants to arts organisations with projects that demonstrate and deliver excellence in the arts, be it in performance, exhibition, artistic craft, or scholarly endeavour. Learn more and Apply here 

Culture & Business Fund Scotland
Creative Arts & Social Impact I £3000 I Ongoing
If your arts or heritage organisation can secure in-kind support for materials, space or commercial sponsorship for your activities, then the Culture & Business Fund Scotland, administered by Arts and Business Scotland, can provide an incredible pound for pound match fund. Learn more and Apply here 

The Fenton Arts Trust
Creative Arts l £2000 I Ongoing
The Trust focuses its efforts specifically on the support of artists and actors at the beginning of their careers. Each year there are 25-30 beneficiaries. Grants are available to support individual works, activities, performances or prizes in any field of artistic endeavour including drama, painting, sculpture, dance, music, poetry and architecture.

An application may come from a group, company or institution or from an individual so long as the application does not involve support of an individual’s education or initial professional training. Learn more and Apply here