Arts project grants

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The Wiltshire Council Arts Project Grant Scheme is now open to all voluntary and community organisations (not individuals) wishing to provide arts projects in Wiltshire. Arts projects can cover a wide range of creative opportunities, including visual arts, crafts, media and digital forms, literature and performing arts. The Scheme aims to support the vibrant Wiltshire arts sector.

The total 2012/13 budget available is £20,000 and will be allocated in 2 rounds. The maximum amount that can be applied for per application is £4,000. We aim to allocate 50% of the budget in each round of applications.

The deadlines for applications are as follows:

Round 1 – Monday 30 April 2012 - Approved projects should take place between July 2012 and June 2013.

Round 2 – Sunday 30 September 2012 - Approved projects should take place between November 2012 and October 2013.

Please download the application form with criteria and guidelines here:

• Arts Project Grant Scheme - Application form 2012/13 158kb
• Arts Project Grant Scheme - Criteria and guidelines 2012/13 95kb

If you have a project idea and would like to discuss alternative funding then please get in touch with the arts team. Please also visit the funding and governance page for ideas of whom else to contact to fund your project.

Projects we have funded through the arts project grant scheme include:

• 'When You Go Away' – A part of the ‘Other Worlds’ project that explores the world of the soldier through the visual arts, When You Go Away invited hundreds of school children from military families to make a clay figure of a loved one who was serving overseas. Over 1600 clay figures were exhibited together at the Young Gallery.
• 'Pewsey Gallery Arts Centre' – A new gallery supporting Wiltshire artists and crafts ‘made in Wiltshire’ launched its first summer school season for children 11+ in the Pewsey and surrounding area.
• 'Dhol Foundation and Bollywood Brass Residency' – The WOMAD Foundation was able to extend this residency from Malmesbury Schools to the villages of Oaksey and Sherston. Workshops and performances were enjoyed by about 135 people. Feedback from Sherston’s community included “The Bhangra dancing in the field will live on in people’s memories for many years to come!”

For more information contact the arts team

For more information about other local grant scheme and links to national funding bodies visit the funding and governance and the related links pages.

Last updated: 9 February 2012