Funding and Professional Development
Canterbury City Council are proud to present TAP
Transforming Arts Provision across the district
Canterbury City Council’s TAP scheme provides support and assistance to help development and growth in the arts and creative industries across the district. The scheme is divided into four levels, providing a ‘ladder of opportunity’ for everybody from fledgling artists and new businesses to established practitioners and arts organisations.
Find out more about:
TAP into Coaching
Are you a recent graduate, a new artist, moving your career onto a more creative path or just starting up an arts practise? Feeling lost in a sea of arts speak and acronyms? Then TAP into Coaching is here to help.
- To be a Canterbury District resident
- Be 18 years of age or over
- Be willing to commit to 6 one hour sessions over a 12 month period
- Send in a CV and covering letter explaining how you think you would benefit from the programme along with 3 examples of your work. All art forms will be considered.
Rolling Deadline- Applicants will be notified within three weeks of submission
TAP into Cash
We are offering creative practitioners living and/or working in the Canterbury district the opportunity to TAP into Cash for research and development (including a new ‘Go and See Fund). Bids of up to £300 will be considered.
- Priority will be given to professional practitioners/artists and organisations
- Cross art form collaborations are encouraged
- Reflect Canterbury City Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy and encourage the widest possible access to the arts
- Be aware of Health and Safety rules and regulations
- Wherever possible consider accessibility (physical access and interpretive materials)
- On completion of the activity, produce a 1 page (A4) evaluation report detailing the outcome of the activity and how it might influence your future work, please not this may be published on the creative canterbury website.
- Carry the Canterbury City Council logo (please contact arts development) on applicable marketing and promotional material
- Core funding
- Arts activities that take place in school during the school curriculum
- Applications from undergraduate students will not be considered
- Applications from profit making organisations, religious and political groups will not be considered.
TAP into Creativity
We want to give artists the opportunity to explore their creativity through the TAP into Creativity commissions. Canterbury City Council offer three commissions per year for artists to respond to a thematic brief. Each commission will be worth up to £2,500.
Summer commission 2010- TRANSFORM
- Be living and/or working in the Canterbury District.
- Be over 18 years of age and have a proven track record in managing arts projects.
- Complete the application form along with a current CV.
- Please note applicants must have valid public liability insurance of at least £5 million and CRB (if working with children and vulnerable adults).
Strategic Delivery Partners
Canterbury Arts Council
Canterbury Arts Council is an independent umbrella body, which has two schemes offering limited financial assistance to individuals and groups .
The annual bursary scheme supports young people aged 16-25, providing grants towards an arts project or special training course.
The biannual grants & underwriting scheme provides grant aid and offers of guarantees against loss for specific events and projects. This scheme is open to both individuals and organisations affiliated to CAC, and to others who are sponsored by an affiliate.
For further information on either scheme, Visit www.canterburyartscouncil.org.uk for more details
Canterbury Festival
The Canterbury Festival is Kent's International Arts Festival, the largest festival of arts and culture in the region, and one of the most important cultural events in the South East.
The Festival attracts an audience of nearly 80,000 people of all ages to free and ticketed events, drawn from across Kent, London and the South East. With over two hundred events in two weeks there is something to suit everyone from classical music to contemporary dance, and from comedy to world music with theatre, walks, talks, visual arts and much more.
Find out more about Canterbury Festival by visiting: www.canterburyfestival.co.uk
Sounds New
Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival is based in the historic and beautiful city of Canterbury. Here are the organisation’s aims:
- To provide an essential platform for the music of our time;
- To support composers and performers;
- To support the musical education and experience of people through contemporary music;
- To create programmes that enrich, entertain and stimulate;
- To introduce young people to new music and the best performers possible;
- To develop and foster new initiatives of the highest quality of creative work;
- To present challenge and never to compromise, but to show how barriers and preconceptions can be broken down.
Find out more at: www.soundsnew.org.uk
Whitstable Biennale
The Whitstable Biennale is a festival of contemporary visual art exploring performance and artists' moving image and is now set to be taking its place as one of the key events in the international art calendar.
In its fifth year, the Whitstable Biennale has "become one of the superior offerings of the increasingly crowded biennale calendar" according to an magazine. For two weeks every two years the town bustles with art lovers, buyers and critics from across the world.
Find out more at: www.whitstablebiennale.com
Other organisations
KCC Funding Contacts
The following are contacts within KCC who can offer funding advice for your projects
Mark Reeves- Funding support and advice in community based projects, mark.reeves@kent.gov.uk
Martyn Riley- Funding from the National Lottery. General enquries. martyn.riley@kent.gov.uk
Gail Brown- Non-profit arts projects, activities and organisations. gail.brown@kent.gov.uk
Professional Development and Advice
Event Management
Ever wondered what a risk assessment is and why you need to do one? Need help planning a press campaign? Want advice on how to create an event budget? Confused by the new event licensing laws? For the answers to these and many more questions for event organisers, whatever the size or scale of your event then visit our online event toolkit, designed to help you make your event happen safely and successfully at www.canterbury.gov.uk/eventtoolkit
Get Juicy
Get Juicy is our new networking event for Creative Canterbury (open to creatives signed up to our database).
Download the handout to accompany Lorna Dallas Conte's presentation:
Comprehensive notes taken by Sarah Adams on the marketing talk given by Martin Roche at the third Get Juicy at Whitstable
Professional development for your career or organisation
Develop professional skills FREE
Creative Choices° has negotiated free access to a range of short online courses created by the Centre for Professional Learning and Development at The Open University. They cover a wide spectrum of development needs across leadership, management and ICT. Each online course can improve your professional skills and drive up productivity in your company.
They are entirely free and only take 20 minutes of enjoyable online study. Why not try it out?
Choose from over 100 free online modules - then test your knowledge with a short quiz: Register/sign in now.
Free modules include:
- Delivering through leadership
- Working internationally
- Maximising your potential
- Managing projects and prioritising effectively
- Thinking more creatively
- Working and collaborating online
- Management fundamentals
- The power of networking
- Managing human performance
- Commercial and financial awareness
Free Online Networks and Resources
The following networks and resources are of particular interest to creative practitioners-
* Free e-book- 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' to read, download and share online: www.tss-ebook.com
* Online Network- T-Shirts and Suits creative Enterprise Network: www.creative-enterprise-network.com
* T-Shirts and Suits Blog- Smart business ideas and articles for creative enterprises and organisations: http://www.t-shirtsandsuits.com
* The Creative Business Blog- Blog series by David Parrish for Creative Choices: http://snurl.com/gm20d
* Creative Industries Guide- Free PDF download: www.creativeindustriesguide.com
* Designing Your Creative Business- A Toolkit for creative entrepreneurs: http://www.dycb.info
* Facebook- Join the T-Shirts and Suits group of more than 2,000 creative people in business: www.tss-facebook.com
Public Liability Insurance
As a creative professional, you will need Public Liability (PL) cover if your work involves public performances, live events, workshops, residencies, open studios and public commissions. Without insurance the artist can be held personally accountable if a person becomes injured or equipment is broken. Canterbury City Council will only contract artists who have PL.
Some professional organisations and associations offer discounts on policies or provide cover as a membership benefit such as AN Air, Equity or the Musicians Union. If you are part of a studio group or organisation, it may be cheaper to get cover for the group as a whole. Generally the easiest way to access liability insurance advice and products is through a broker.
Frequently asked questions about Public Liability Insurance
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