Newark & Sherwood District Council

Are you passionate about music, dance, theatre and the Arts?

If you are an arts professional, community group, local individual or arts organisation within the district, we may be able to help with promoting your events.

Please send details of your event to our communications team  pr@nsdc.info and we will add the event details to our website events listings and social media accounts.

We have a small grants fund that not-for-profit organisations, voluntary groups and charities can apply to, to support the development of arts and culture within the district. To qualify you need to be a constituted group with a bank account.

Each application will be assessed against the programme criteria and grants of up to £1,500 can be awarded for special projects and events.

Grants will be awarded at the discretion of the grants panel which is made up of a number of district councillors.

Application deadlines

• Friday 12 April 2019
• Friday 12 July 2019
• Friday 11 October 2019
• Friday 14 February 2020

You will need to provide the lead contact name from your organisation for the application. Your organisation must be based within Newark and Sherwood district and be primarily for Newark and Sherwood residents. 

Your application will need to tell us about the project or event, what will be achieved by delivering the project and why your club / organisation wants to do it? 

All projects must be completed and funding spent within 12 months of the start date. Grants will not be awarded if the project has started or already taken place. Please demonstrate how you know this project is needed in the area.

The panel places a higher priority on applications that demonstrate sustainability and continuation beyond the end of the project.  Please give details of how the activities will be financed in future without grant support. 

• Special Projects and Events Grant Form (PDF File, 161kb)
• Special Projects and Events Grant Application Form (Word) [364kb] 
• Special Projects and Events Guidance and FAQ (PDF File, 173kb)

The Arts Council will fund arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.

Grants for the arts is an open-application funding programme.

For further information regarding funding for the arts, visit the Arts Council website.

• Arts Council website

The Wolfit Endowment Fund exists in memory of Sir Donald Wolfit, the last of the Great Actor-Managers
  
The object of the fund is to give grants of money or materials to Students of Drama who have gained admission to an accredited Drama School or course at a University and who are resident in Newark or Balderton, Nottinghamshire, and/or were educated at secondary schools in Newark or Balderton.

• http://www.wolfitendowmentfund.org.uk/

Contact your local county councillor to find out more about how they might be able to support worthy initiatives in the area.

• Find your county councillor