NATIONAL LOTTERY PROJECTS GRANTS

1. Title: NATIONAL LOTTERY PROJECTS GRANTS2. Awarding Authority: Arts Council England, GB Email: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk. Web: www.artscouncil.org.uk3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: This grants programme is intended to help the Arts Councilachieve its mission of ‘Great art and culture for everyone’. It also provides a means to support a broad range of not-for-profit projects that create and sustain quality work and help people across England to engage with arts and culture. The programme supports development by allowing artists, cultural practitioners and organisations to work in new ways and to get their work out to new audiences. In response to theimpact of the coronavirus/Covid-19 crisis on the sector, between July 2020 and April 2021 the programme will support individuals and organisations to get activities up and running again, and tohelp people take their first steps in getting re-engaged with culture and creativity.Who can apply? The grants programme supports a broad range of creative and cultural projects that benefit people living in England. Projects can range from directly creating and deliveringcreative and cultural activity to projects which have a longer term positive impact, such as organisational development, research and development and sector support and development.Because of the circumstances during the coronavirus/Covid-19 crisis, the programme will be particularly keen to support5. CPV Code(s): 85320000, 853000006. NUTS code(s): UKD, UKD3, UKD337. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: North West (England), Greater Manchester, Manchester.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Grant amount: Maximum value: £100,000, minimum value: £1,000Grants can support projects where the capital-specific expenditure in a project totals less than£100,000. This includes:10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: Applications from individual creative practitioners (including time to think and plan)Research and development activityOrganisational development activityLive activity that can be safely delivered within this period (rather than activity with a startdate far in the future)Activity that closely aligns with the Arts Council’s equality objectivesApplications for capital work only, where that capital work will cost up to £100,00018Applications for a mix of activities that include some capital spending where the total cost ofthe capital work is less than £100,000Application process: There is an online application formDeadline: Applications can be submitted at any timeApplications for £15,000 or under will receive a decision in six weeksApplications for more than £15,000 will receive a decision in 12 weeks# funding opportunity# COVID-19