The Small Grant Scheme fund aims to support local organisations and individuals to create new jobs, learning, training, and educational programmes through the means of arts, culture, innovation, public realm and creative placemaking in Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets.
The scheme is part of the Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, an ambitious five-year programme that aims to invest £10 million into the local communities of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest, and we are now pleased to be opening Year 2.
Year 2 has been designed with evaluation and feedback from Year 1 grantees to ensure that the process is accessible, transparent and allows applicants to make informed decisions, follow a simple applications process and gain additional support when needed.
The scheme will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following funding themes:
Employment opportunities
In Year 2, the Small Grant scheme has a pot of £180,000 and will award 30-35 small grants.
In December 2020, we awarded 21 projects with a total of £102,004, for projects that ranged from art kits for people living in hostels and emergency accommodation to vertical food farming in city centre unused spaces.
The scheme is part of the Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, an ambitious five-year programme that aims to invest £10 million into the local communities of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest, and we are now pleased to be opening Year 2.
Year 2 has been designed with evaluation and feedback from Year 1 grantees to ensure that the process is accessible, transparent and allows applicants to make informed decisions, follow a simple applications process and gain additional support when needed.
The scheme will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following funding themes:
Employment opportunities
- Will your project provide employment opportunities for local people, including access to paid work experience / internships, access to apprenticeships or gaining access to jobs?
- Will your project provide ladders of opportunity through learning and training opportunities for local people, including accessing lifelong learning opportunities from early learning, schools through to late career and post retirement and/or will the project offer bespoke career and higher education path support, training and secondments?
- Will your project have a young person led approach with particular provision for local young people to access skills development opportunities, careers workshops and related learning and/or one to one coaching and mentoring?
- Will your project provide local people with the opportunity to have business and/or entrepreneur support including freelance, business and entrepreneur set up, development and training?
In Year 2, the Small Grant scheme has a pot of £180,000 and will award 30-35 small grants.
In December 2020, we awarded 21 projects with a total of £102,004, for projects that ranged from art kits for people living in hostels and emergency accommodation to vertical food farming in city centre unused spaces.
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