Networks Funding

Outer Limits Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch will use this funding to run three bespoke fundraising training sessions as well as a networking event and published content. The network, titled Outer Limits, will work to support the creative sector in East London and South Essex to diversify their income and consider the future of place-based fundraising.

Sound Without Sight will use this funding to run two roundtable conversations exploring collaborative fundraising. The Network will bring together and amplify the voice of young Visually Impaired music-makers, leading to the development of a platform tailored to the preferences and access requirements of blind and partially sighted creatives.

Artspace Artist Network Artspace Lifespace will use this funding to run four free Artist Support Evenings for creative individuals, businesses and small start-up entrepreneurs. The Network will provide opportunities for participants to gain valuable advice for creative and business support, covering topics like marketing, finance, funding, and business development.

Greater Lincolnshire Producers Network Rooted Arts CIC will use this funding to run three free development workshops, covering vital topics including AI for Writing Fund Bids; Creating Green Fundraising Strategies; Supporting the Environmental Agenda and Exploring Place-Based Fundraising.

IW Creative Network Creative Island will use this funding to run a Creative Industries Conference for the Isle of Wight creative sector. The conference will shine a spotlight on creative professionals in the Isle of Wight, and focus on collaboration, innovation, enterprise and fundraising in the arts.

Art of Belonging Refugee Roots will use this funding to run a one-day event to explore place-based fundraising and collaboration as well as supporting the wellbeing and resilience of arts fundraisers. The event will focus on those working in culture for Refugees in Nottingham.

London Arts and Health will use this funding to run two day-long events that explore different funding pathways for Creative Health in London. The sessions will focus on grant funding in Creative Health and Commissioning from the NHS.

North East Cultural Freelancers – Peer Support and Funding Cultural Freelancers CIC will use this funding to run vital fundraising training sessions for freelancers in North East. Alongside this, the Network will also provide online follow-up sessions and set up a new peer support network.

Creative Health Artists East Anglia Cohere Arts will use this funding to run training for artists who want to apply their practice within creative health settings. The training will look at where to find the funding for creative health and will include tips and guidance on building realistic budgets and writing effective applications.

Exploring Access Art with Heart CIC will run an event for freelancers from across Salford to reflect on the current climate and look at how to embed accessibility and inclusion in the arts. As well as practical skills and advice on live applications that participants can immediately implement, the Network will explore best practice for embedding access, wellbeing and care from project inception.

Studio Providers Network Making Space for Craft CIC will run a facilitated consultation to identify the barriers and solutions to accessing arts funding in the South East. The Network will also include fundraising training and ongoing resources and support for members.

Arts Derbyshire will use this funding to host one full day fundraising training course for its members, with a focus on fundraising for core costs, aimed at its leadership network of arts organisations and its network of festivals. Following the loss of core funding for ten of its core community arts organisations, the training course will aim to support them in finding new sources of funding to fill a vital gap. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will cover facilitator costs, venue hire, accessibility costs, technical support and Arts Derbyshire’s own core costs for administering and managing both the event and the subsequent dissemination of learning.

Queer Arts North will use this funding to host two network meetings, the first taking place virtually in April and the second taking place face-to-face in July. The meetings will enable the network’s partners to spend focused planning time together, developing the network’s artist and sector development programme, and strategically planning appropriate funders and application capacity. With more than half of Queer Arts North’s partners being non-core funded, direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will cover partner fees, attendees’ time and travel costs as well as Curious Arts’ own core costs for coordinating and managing these essential meetings.

OutdoorArtsUK will use this funding to host a special four-event strand of its summer Outdoor Arts On The Road events programme for 2023, ‘Funding Forum’, with a clear emphasis on supporting artists and festivals to explore wider funding opportunities and fundraising strategies beyond the usual sources. For maximum reach, OutdoorArtsUK will place these events at four major outdoor arts festivals taking place between July and September (Hat Fair Winchester, B:D Fest Bradford, GDIF Greenwich & Freedom Festival Hull), also streaming and recording all activity for further online distribution. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will cover speaker fees for panelists, alongside a contribution towards associated event costs.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival Connect and Create will use this funding to host two face-to-face training events encompassing business planning and membership support for Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) leads, coordinators and stakeholders from LCEPs across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk. These training events will provide East of England Local Cultural Education Partnerships with the tools and knowledge to create a self-sustaining legacy and progression, unreliant on continually sourcing external funding. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will cover the cost of contracting an expert financier to deliver the training, associated travel expenses and event catering costs.

Cumbria Arts & Culture Network will use this funding to host a set of three half-day training events, using experienced fundraisers to develop fundraising skills among individual artists and staff from small organisations which do not have a dedicated fundraising team. The events will take place between June and July and will be located around the county, providing a springboard into realising Cumbria Arts & Culture Network’s aspiration to set up sub-regional fundraiser hubs. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will cover venue hire, catering costs, speaker fees as well as Cumbria Arts & Culture Network’s own core costs for coordinating both the half-day training sessions and the establishment of sub-regional hubs.

Young Arts Fundraisers will use this funding to host a minimum of four virtual events between April and September, tackling key issues within the current fundraising environment. The online events will focus on three main areas including arts fundraising outside of the capital, skills development for early-career arts fundraisers and inclusion, reflection and wellbeing, all with the aim to reach new network members through relevant and meaningful programming. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will contribute to Young Arts Fundraisers’ own operational costs for coordinating and delivering the events, including online account subscriptions, removal of registration limits and website domain costs.

Scalarama will use this funding to host two face-to-face fundraising development days, the first in April, taking place in Nottingham and the second in May, taking place in Leeds. The events will provide an opportunity for different organisations from Scalarama groups in Leeds, Nottingham and Merseyside to come together, whilst hearing from expert speakers on wellbeing and the environment, to devise a fundraising strategy. Direct funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will contribute to a social media campaign, website developments, speaker fees, accessibility measures, venue hire, associated travel expenses and catering costs, as well as Cinema Nation’s own core costs for coordinating and facilitating the events.

North East Family Arts Network will use this funding to host one face-to-face conference giving its members the opportunity to learn, discuss and explore ways the culture sector can support families during the UK Cost of Living crisis. The participation of a fundraising consultant will give attendees the best chance of winning the funds to turn their ideas into a reality and they will leave the event with clear action points to take forward. Direct funding will cover the professional fees of a fundraising consultant, additional facilitator fees and North East Family Arts Network’s own core costs for organising, promoting and managing both the event, as well as the subsequent dissemination of learning.

Eastern Region Museums’ Trustee Network will use this funding to host two face-to-face meetings for the Network on the theme of fundraising, taking place between June and July. The meetings will include the specialist support of an expert trainer, case studies, valuable networking time and some short one-to-one surgeries for Trustees. With varied levels of experience and knowledge in fundraising, these meetings will ensure that all members of the group leave with a greater understanding of the area, leading to a stronger response and greater development of fundraising ideas within broader activities. Direct funding will cover the professional fees and associated travel costs for the trainer, alongside a small travel bursary fund to cover the cost of some Trustees attending.

Sunderland Creative Forum  will utilise their funding to deliver three half-day fundraising sessions in Sunderland cultural spaces. Topics include case for support, individual giving and strategy.

B&G Partners LLP will develop a new network to build better relationships between the cultural and corporate sectors. First, a pilot network event will run in London, hosted by the Ministry of Stories. It will host five organisations and five businesses, and will then run a follow-up webinar.

In Good Company will run two workshops for disabled artists and those who support disabled artists in Derby, exploring accessible routes to fundraising and supporting partners to better understand the fundraising landscape for disabled artists.

Movement Connects will use their grant to run two hybrid fundraising events for a group of movement artists (masterclass and networking session), focusing on fundraising strategy and securing partnerships as well as maintaining wellbeing. The event will run n Norwich and online.

Greater Manchester Arts will run two half-day sessions; the first is a mapping and consultation exercise and the second is a fundraising training session. The running of the former session will be supported by a fundraising consultant, who will lead on the development of a strategy for the network (representatives of the cultural sector in Greater Manchester).

Contemporary Visual Arts Network East Midlands (CVAN EM) – who will use this funding to strengthen cultural and creative opportunities for artists and art workers in Priority Places in the East Midlands. CVAN EM are facilitating a discussion day aimed at artists, arts workers and organisations which will focus on place-based fundraising, especially around Arts Council England Priority and Levelling Up for Culture Places. Direct funding will cover speaker fees, travel costs, technical assistance, catering, live-streaming and accessibility costs. The ambition of the ‘What change do you want to see through culture?’ event in October is to build confidence and understanding around fundraising avenues and partnership working.

Artists for St. Stephens – who will use this funding to build on a successful exhibition: ‘After the Storm?’ by offering an exhibition and series of workshops on the theme ‘Inside/Outside’ as part of the St. Stephens Community Festival. Networks funding will cover the cost of a workshop on Fundraising and Resilience Practice for participating freelance artists and St. Stephens Church staff. The funding will cover the speaker fee, workshop materials, coordination costs, catering and travel costs. This project will, for the first time, include the notion of support for the providers of the community festival as well as for the people who come and benefit from the sharing of creativity and expression.

ART // TECH // PLAY King’s Lynn – who will use this funding to support the development of place-based fundraising capacity in King’s Lynn – a levelling up area, supporting professional development and capacity building within the local area. This will be achieved through a series of three fundraising focused workshops with the aim to support individuals in developing new skills around fundraising relating to grant applications, income generation via corporate sponsorship and individual giving, local funding opportunities and an overall greater confidence in applying for funds.

Sheffield Region Brass Network – who will use this funding to support the production of materials relating to environmental awareness, of specific relevance to brass bands. The purpose of the materials is to stress the growing importance of environmental responsibility, exploring the idea of bands becoming ‘carbon neutral’ community groups and providing bands with ideas to incorporate the environmental agenda into their activities. Direct funding will cover the creation of topical infographics, videos and printed materials. Producing this online content will build awareness of the importance of band organisations creating an environmental policy and incorporating environmental issues into their activities.

Stretch Festival – who will use this funding to contribute to the costs of delivering presentations and workshops over the two day dance, arts marketing, fundraising and networking festival that will take place in three local venues across Southeast London. Direct funding will cover panelist and moderator fees, management costs, administrative and organisational costs, venue hire as well as the ongoing running costs of the growing network. The funding will support the network’s growth and visibility, also helping to inform its future mission, enabling resilience, growth, relevance and strengthening of Stretch network to integrate established cultural practitioners working across arts fundraising and marketing.

Woolwich Works – who plan to meet and spend focused time with external consultancy to begin the development of a collective Case for Support to articulate both its own mission and that of its resident artistic companies. Direct funding will cover initial consultancy costs, allowing the group of organisations to come together with clear aims and outcomes to create a coherent narrative for future fundraising applications and sponsorship proposals. The project will upskill staff members from all organisations including non-fundraising specialist staff and will supply much needed expertise to the group. Funding will also cover face to face meeting expenses where necessary, covering travel and refreshments as well as research and scoping time.

Nottingham News Centre CIC – Nottingham News Centre CIC will use this funding to support the development of their equality, diversity and inclusion education services. This will comprise of building an EDI Heritage Network and creating a Help Guide for Industrial Heritage organisations. At least three Associate EDI Consultants will be trained to support fundraising to disseminate to the sector, and the Help Guide will be shared with practitioners across the sector.

Taste of Africa – Taste of Africa will use this funding to establish a Black artist network, led by creatives to begin to dialogue around fundraising issues, capacity building, partnership development, collaborative working and sustainability. Direct funding will cover two fundraising workshops, delivered by professionals, with a focus on developing appropriate fundraising strategies from diverse sources for sustainability and turning artistic talent into a viable business. The funding will also cover staff, administrative, marketing and venue costs. This will provide a base to start to support interested and upcoming artists and creatives, creating confidence and visibility of artists in Tees Valley.

Aakash Odedra – who will use this funding to form new network to begin a dialogue around the issues neurodivergent and dyslexic artists and artist led groups have with fundraising. The purpose of the group is to create a safe space in which both practitioners and fundraisers can share their experiences, discuss some real examples of where fundraising has been successful and where it has been problematic and discuss ways that artists can be supported.

Art with Heart – who will use this funding to run a day long crash course in arts fundraising session for underrepresented emerging to mid career artists within the UK in August 2021; a step by step ‘how to’ session for those forging their careers in the arts.

Brighton & Hove Cultural Recovery – who will use these funds as part of their mission to support Brighton & Hove’s arts and creative industries affected by the social and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic to offer a sustainable future. The proposed training sessions will explore ‘human centered’ fundraising strategy development and equity, diversity and inclusion through a Community Centric Fundraising lens.

Lean On, Platform Thirty1 – who will use this funding to build on the existing leading women’s workforce development project Lean On, which supports women in arts and culture to thrive. They will offer an event on fundraising for the 2021 cohort and alumni network.

New Earth – who will use this funding to run an afternoon session for the New Earth network and invited emerging, ethnically diverse fundraisers to share case studies of increasing diversity in their fundraising portfolios, and to work with fundraising professionals to build a strategy that targets fundraising from new groups and communities reflective of the work they make.

Queer Arts North – who will use this funding to hold a series of two intensive Fundraising development workshops for the non NPO organisations in the Queer Arts North network, including 1:1 surgeries and time with a specialist to offer feedback on applications.

Ryan Gilmartin – who will use this funding to build an inter-generational community of local artists to ensure local audiences have access to great art & artists on their doorstep, and support those artists to learn how to use fundraising to support themselves.

Share Museums East – who will use this funding to hold the first three events for the newly formed museums Fundraising Network in the East of England. This network aims to support all museums both big and small, independent or partly funded, charitable bodies and others with their workforce development.

Sporting Heritage – who will use this funding to add in an extra element specifically focusing on fundraising and income diversification for our their yearly Sporting Heritage conference which will be delivered virtually for the second year, using a different type of format for the event called ‘Resilience not Reliance’.

BACKLIT Network – A schedule of online activities based around current needs, from Nottingham artist led gallery and studios BACKLIT.

The Black Country Funding Network for Arts and Culture – A new network of fundraisers and stakeholders from the arts and culture sector in the Black Country.

Fundraisers Support for National Association of Youth Theatres – A ‘Fundraisers Support Network’ within the NAYT.

In House Network – A support network for small arts organisations based at the Somerset House Exchange.

Leeds Dance Partnership Virtual Network – A series of virtual conversations and events which will be curated by independent artists, with expert input and professional facilitation from professionals.

Museum of the Home – The development of a fundraising video pitch to use in fundraising asks, the learning and process from which will be shared via peer networks.

Upper Norwood Library Trust  – Internal corporate and individual giving training for Directors and Trustees, which will then delivered to the broader library network through webinars.

Virtual Network for East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Artists Network – A new Virtual Network to support Caribbean Carnival Artists.

What Next? Brighton and Hove – A subgroup of Directors from Independent arts organisations from Brighton & Hove to explore the option of a collective crowdfunding campaign.

Bradford Producing Hub – Developing ‘Get It Done: finding funds’. This will consist of a series of training sessions for 25 Bradford based artists/arts professionals who want to embed fundraising as a core part of their practice, leading to the development of an informal fundraising network.

Family Arts Network Sunderland – Holding a virtual conference and training event for Family Arts network member organisations in Sunderland, promoting access and inclusion for intergenerational families.

Young Black Creative Directory – This is the development of a brand new network. They will do this by hosting a series of meetings supporting young Black arts professionals in the creative sector, giving members the opportunity to peer review work as well as project ideas and pitches, a mentoring matching service and specific training sessions in key skills to aid creative professional development.

ArtsTrain – ArtsTrain is a pioneering creative music programme. The programme supports children and young people in South East London, targeting those who are not engaged in formal music and face challenging circumstances. The workshop series is designed for artists and practitioners with a focus (though not exclusively) from across South/outer London who are new to submitting funding applications. The workshops aim to demystify the funding process and equip local artists with the essential foundations for writing successful funding applications.

Association of British Orchestras (ABO) – The ABO’s mission is to enable and support an innovative, collaborative and sustainable orchestral sector. It exists to provide advice, support, intelligence and information to the people who make British orchestras a global success. The ABO held a Network day for Fundraising Managers on Day 2 of its annual Conference, which occurred 29-31 January 2020 in Manchester. The ABO Conference is the major gathering of the classical music industry in the UK, with over 350 delegates drawn from orchestras both from within the UK and abroad, plus funding agencies, venues, agents, publishers and suppliers.

BLACK* artists on the Move – BLACK* artists on the move  is a UK-wide organisation supporting artists of Afrikan, Caribbean, Asian, South American and non-European descent. We believe that unity is the way forward to consolidate the outstanding work that BLACK* artists are currently producing. BLACK* artists on the move held 3 day events in November  2019 at Derby West Indian Centre, Malcolm X Centre, Bristol and  using the online platform zoom acknowledging that our organisation serves  artists from around the country and this is a practical tool for reaching  artists over a wider geographic area without burdening them with travel costs.

Bristol Festivals – Bristol Festivals is Network established in 2013 to undertake key sector development and address common challenges. Designed to support, develop and sustain the rich festival and events ecology across the city. Bristol Festivals delivered two sessions with support from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy with a focus on Fundraising; Diversification and developing the next generation and Collaboration to build capacity and resources, what can we learn from other sectors and mainstream charities?

Hip Hop Producer Collective – The purpose of this network was to equip the current and next generation of producer’s working within Hip Hop dance theatre with the resources and thinking needed to strategise on fundraising. With the current rising success of Hip Hop dance theatre, the Hip Hop Producer Collective addressed the lack of development for producer’s working within the genre, by providing a days training from some of the Hip Hop sector’s most experienced fundraising producers. By sharing fundraising and partnership experiences, the Hip Hop Producer Collective has started to build resilience for this marginalised peer network.

New Art Exchange – New Art Exchange (NAE) is a contemporary arts space in Nottingham that celebrates the region’s cultural richness and diversity. It is the largest gallery in the UK dedicated to culturally diverse contemporary visual arts. The venue presents an ever-changing free programme of art exhibitions, creative activities for families and young people, film screenings, symposiums, lectures, festivals and a live performance programme of music, dance and theatre. They ran a one-day symposium held at New Art Exchange in October 2019. The event was delivered and facilitated by experienced fundraising professionals with support from guest speakers who related their own experiences of fundraising

SHARE Museums East – SHARE Museums East established two Digital Fundraising Networks which will came together to develop their museums’ fundraising knowledge and implement improvements to their digital fundraising capacity. The groups participated in structured training with a professional fundraiser.

South West Museum Development Network – The South West Museum Development (SWMD) programme offers a range of advice, support and development opportunities to Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation across the South West. Rather than deliver a conventional training session or workshop on ethical fundraising, SWMD ran a Hack Day, called “Hacking through the ethics of fundraising”, to encourage debate and discussion between museums on the ethical issues.

Cumbria Arts and Culture Network – The Cumbria Arts and Culture Network (CACN) was founded in 2016 with financial support from Cumbria County Council and administrative support from Cumbria Voluntary Service. The Network’s purpose is to provide leadership, advocacy and development opportunities for the creative industries and cultural sector in Cumbria and ensure it plays a full and growing role in the creative and economic life of residents and visitors alike. CACN will use Networks funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy to develop and deliver a pilot fundraising project that brings together smaller creative and cultural organisations in a working relationship with their larger neighbours and builds ongoing fundraising partnerships based in sub-regions of Cumbria.

War and Conflict Subject Specialist Network – The War and Conflict Subject Specialist Network (SSN), run by Imperial War Museums, builds capacity, connections and confidence in the cultural heritage sector to improve the public understanding of war and conflict. It provides a forum for sharing good practice, knowledge and skills; and delivers national programmes to increase and diversify public engagement. Funding is an area that is raised frequently by the network as requiring support. It has become clear that there are great challenges for organisations to deliver activity in the face of a reduced workforce, public funding cuts and a high dependency on volunteers. Without the necessary knowledge and skills, it can be difficult for small organisations in the cultural heritage sector to take full advantage of the different sources of funding available for the variety of activities that they wish to undertake. Network funding will be used to run a full-day workshop in Manchester that covers both theory and approaches to fundraising and offers participants a chance to write a funding bid with expert guidance.

National Performance Advisory Group Arts, Heritage and Design in Healthcare Network – The National Performance Advisory Group Arts, Heritage and Design in Healthcare Network (NPAG-AHDHN) is a membership group of NHS managers and professional leads who are involved in the leadership and delivery of Arts, Heritage and Design services across hospitals. NPAG-AHDHN is also a strategic alliance member of The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) which is a national alliance committed to promoting the role of the creative arts in health and care. The consortium will use the Networks fund to support a professional development day exploring the fundraising challenges around infrastructure fundraising and skills gaps within the arts and health sector and in particular hospitals.

Sheffield Creative Guild – Sheffield Creative Guild is a cooperative with a membership of over 800 artists and creative professionals based in and around Sheffield. The Guild provides a peer support network through social events, online resources and a time-banking scheme which enables collaboration and skill sharing between members. Using the Networks funding It will run three workshops from January – March 2020, taking members through the stages of sourcing funding, putting in an application, and evaluating a project. These will be available as a complete course, or as individual workshops for members who feel that they need support in only one or two of these areas. The Guild’s membership is hugely varied, meaning that workshop attendees will represent very diverse groups of creative individuals. Its intention is that these workshops will develop peer networks that respond to demand across the membership.

Ely Cultural Strategy Group – The Ely Cultural Strategy Group’s aim is to develop and then deliver a cultural strategy for Ely and its neighbouring parishes. The work of the group is intended to enhance existing cultural offers and infrastructure. It will look for ways that, through partnership and collaboration, it can increase the cultural vibrancy of the city, to have a positive impact on the local economy and engage with both local residents and visitors. Networks funding will support the development of an effective fundraising strategy as part of the overall Cultural Strategy for Ely, as well as develop a shared approach to effective fundraising in partnership.

Queer Arts National Network – The Queer Arts National Network is an informal network of UK LGBTQ+ arts organisations comprising festivals, venues and promoters. Historically, the LGBTQ+ cultural sector has been poorly funded, meaning that organisations are small-scale, inadequately resourced and working in isolated circumstances. The purpose of forming this network is the development of the LGBTQ+ cultural sector, promoting peer-to-peer support and encouraging collaborative/strategic approaches to fundraising that build the capacity and resilience of the organisations involved. Networks funding will support Queer Arts to run a day of facilitated training and development, with a focus on developing collaborative projects and fundraising from LGBTQ+ communities.

Bellingham Arts Regeneration Group (BRAG) – A cross sector collaboration in the south of the London Borough of Lewisham that brings together community groups, youth clubs, community centres, arts organisations, artists and schools to improve the local arts offer to young people. BRAG will host a seminar on new fundraising initiatives in February 2019.

Calderdale’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) – Co-ordinated by the Creative Learning Guild (a West-Yorkshire based charity with a 30-year track record). The network fund will support a training day for up to 30 LCEP members on ethical fundraising practice for consortia’s, along with a follow up workshop with the LCEP steering group which will inform the strategic plan for the locality.

Cambridge Family Arts Network – Comprised of organisations and practitioners working with families and older people based in Cambridge. The Network fund will support a fundraising seminar on ‘Pioneering Access to Art’ in March 2019

Creative Leicestershire – Works to develop creative businesses, principally in arts, media and design across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The funding will be for a one-day fundraising training seminar in Leicestershire, covering sessions in ethical fundraising, regulations and new technology in fundraising.

The Cultural Sector Network North East is an arts, culture and heritage network for professional fundraisers in the North East as part of the institute of fundraising’s Cultural Sector Network programme. The network funding will go towards the initial meeting for the CSN group in Newcastle.

Haarlem Artspace – A multi-functional artist-led space in rural Wirksworth, Derbyshire. The Network fund will allow them to run a one-day fundraising conference designed specifically to cater to artists and creatives on Saturday 1 December 2018.

Tribe Fundraising Network – Helps freelance artists/cultural staff of a BAME background to build skills and confidence for the self-sustainability of their art, by connecting with non-industry specific organisations, such as BAME businesses, SME’s, philanthropists and other social enterprises. Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy are supporting their “tribe talks”, a series of 3 events around the themes of sustainability for freelance creators.

The Our Future City Fundraising Network – Supports the city-wide collaborative programme and Local Cultural Education Partnership in Brighton & Hove that aims to transform the lives of all children and young people, no matter what social and economic challenges they are facing, by helping them recognise and develop their creative talents through high-quality, youth-led cultural activities. Our Future City will hold a cross-sector partnership event for arts fundraisers at The Basement in Brighton on Tuesday 27 November 2018.

Waterways Theatre Network – A network of like-minded professionals active in writing, performing and producing theatre, spoken word and comedy on and around the inland waterways. This new network will run a training event in fundraising for their members in January 2019.

West Midlands Museum Development – A programme funded by Arts Council England (ACE) and aims to help 141 accredited museums and galleries to increase capacity, resilience and skills and to create a sector that inspires and builds diverse audiences. The Fund will support a one-day training session ‘Developing an Equality Action Plan’ to be held on 10 January 2019 in Birmingham.

Yorkshire Family Performance Network – A new network of arts venues, theatres and community spaces committed to developing and supporting the most exciting family offer for the region. Funding from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will support an important ‘Strategy & Development Day’ bringing all the members together.

Yorkshire Sound Women Network – Founded in 2015 by women working in the sound technology industry who wanted to use their skills and influence to address gender and racial inequality. The fund will support a half-day professional development training event in Corporate Sponsorship and individual advice surgeries.

Independent Theatre Council – Aims to support Chief Executives, Managers and professional Fundraisers from member companies to share knowledge and skills, hone their practice, access expert advice and keep up to date with developments in the sector. The funding will support the next wave of ITC Fundraising Forums which will be launched at their annual conference in February 2019. They will include live streaming technology during the event so those that cannot attend in person can join the conference online. The conference’s theme will look at working ethically and striving to do the fundamentals better.