Projects & events

Our funding aims to grow the creative economy of North Shields to help regenerate the town centre.

We fund projects and events that are led by professional artists, practitioners, creative businesses and cultural organisations. These should be based in or base a large part of their activity in North Shields and North Tyneside.

Projects

Projects must have a strong connection with North Shields Cultural Quarter.  This means they have a connection to North Shields town centre, especially the area surrounding Howard Street and Saville Street. We are interested in funding projects which:

• Involve research and development that helps professional artists, practitioners, creative businesses and cultural organisations branch out in what they do

• Involve a collaboration of artists

• Can attract funding from other sources

• Have a strong element of community engagement across all elements of the project and encourage people who would not normally be involved in a creative project to engage.

Events

Events must take place in a venue or location in or near the North Shields Cultural Quarter. We are interested in funding events which:

• Add value to the range of events and activities that are currently available

• Raise the profile of a North Shields venue or location

• Are an example of an artform or genre that people do not often get the opportunity to experience, or where costs would normally limit access

• Provide an opportunity for the audience to be involved in a Q&A with the artists / performers involved

• Focus on encouraging people to engage who would not normally do so.

We can provide grants of up to £10,000 (the average grant in 2023-24 was £5,600). Proposals that meet the majority of these criteria will have the strongest chance of being funded.