COMMUNITY GRANTS – SHORT DEADLINE

1. Title: COMMUNITY GRANTS – SHORT DEADLINE2. Awarding Authority: Lewisham Council, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: Expressions of interest are invited for grants of up to £7,500 for community organisations and Specified location residents to explore specific aspects of Lewisham’s post-war history in collaboration with researchers and creative practitioners at Goldsmiths.Goldsmiths are the borough’s lead partner for ‘In Living Memory’, a strand of activity celebrating Lewisham’s heritage and diversity.In Living Memory celebrates Lewisham’s diversity and heritage for London Borough of Culture 2022. Its aim is to empower Lewisham’s communities to tell their own stories, presenting them through traditional means as well as artistic and cultural activities and events.Co-developed with Goldsmiths, In Living Memory will create opportunities for local people and organisations to collaborate with Goldsmiths researchers and creative practitioners to tell a striking new story of Lewisham’s recent past. Oral histories will capture the memories of Lewisham’s people in their own words, which will be brought to life by bold new artistic and cultural activities that will transform the borough’s public spaces throughout 2022.The results of each funded project will populate a new model museum of Lewisham’s post war history, a digital Memory Palace that stitches together the borough’s most historically significant (but not necessarily best known) indoor spaces, filling them with the memories of its people from 1945 onwards.Expressions of interestExpressions of interest are invited for grants of up to £7,500 for community organisations and Lewisham residents to explore specific aspects of Lewisham’s post-war history in collaboration with researchers and creative practitioners at Goldsmiths.Each project will not only reveal new historical insights into Lewisham’s past based on the memories of its people, but will deliver artistic and cultural activities and events responding to the stories uncovered.The chosen projects will be developed in collaboration with Goldsmiths researchers and creative practitioners, and supported by student volunteers. Whether you’re a local history buff who needs help coming up with a creative interpretation of your idea, or a creative in need of historical research and technical support, we will find the right match for you.5. CPV Code(s): 92312250, 92312000, 923100006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI4, UKI447. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: GoldsmithsLewisham8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Expressions of interest are invited for grants of up to £7,50010. Expressions of interest should be submitted by 31.5.2021 (09:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Expressions of interest should be submitted by 9am on Monday, 31 May 2021, with funding regarding which projects will be developed announced by Friday, 18 June 2021.Other information including eligibility and criteria are here.To submit an expression of interest but first read about eligibility and criteria through the webslink above.TKR-2021525-EX-1619380# funding opportunity