Open for all West Midlands Creative freelancers and small organisations who want to develop new skills and further their creative practice. Grants between £1,000 - £9,000 will be available to support a range of continuing professional development needs.
ACTIVATE Grants launch:
Briefing webinar (online)
30 August 2024
11am - 11.45am
For more information and to help you prepare your application in advance of the application portal opening.
WMCA present the Activate Skills Development Grants in partnership with Smarter Society and Culture Central.
Activate grants is part of the ACTIVATE programme and has been launched to support freelancers, micro and small organisations in the West Midlands Creative and Cultural sectors to fund skills development projects and support the development of skills across the region.
What is Activate Grants
Activate Skills Development Grants looks at unlocking skills, which will provide future growth and development opportunities for individual artists, freelancers, micro-enterprises and small organisations.
The grant programme will consider all types of skills development of continuous professional development (CPD) from any specific discipline with the creative and cultural sectors.
Key information & Dates
Applicants can be at any stage of their creative careers, from emerging to established practitioners, however you must be; a freelancer or a small organisation operating within the creative or cultural sectors, based in the West Midlands and able to complete all funded activities by 13 December 2024.
Dates:
- Briefing session - Friday 30 August 2024, 11am - 11.45am.
- Applications open - Friday 30 August 2024.
- Applications close - Wednesday 18 September 2024, 11.50pm.
- Grant award notifications - early October.
- Activity to be completed by - Friday 13 December 2024.