Eligibility: What can you apply for?
To be considered for a grant, your project or activity must:
- Benefit residents of Coventry, with priority to given to projects and activity taking place in the areas outlined earlier in this guidance
- Deliver arts & creative opportunities - for example: festivals, workshops, events, creative projects, art exhibitions, showcases, art trails, digital arts projects to Coventry residents. We will prioritise projects & activities which have been designed together with residents
- The project or activities can be fully delivered with the money that you are applying for – unless you have some additional funding from somewhere else. Remember to think about ALL the costs of your project including management costs, insurance, marketing, evaluation, travel, access costs, etc. For evaluation, we will provide a template which asks questions about your project and/or activity
- Be delivered by 26 February 2027, by when you will also need to return evaluation information back to us
If you have professional artists/creative practitioners in delivering your activity, then please ensure that they are paid fairly for their time. Please see the FAQ section for further information. We would also expect you to prioritise artists and creatives from Coventry.
Eligibility
What we won’t fund:
- Programmes which do not involve Coventry residents
- Activities taking place on a purely commercial basis
- Activities which have already happened or are going to happen before the decision date for the application
- Duplication of funding for any other projects we are already funding. Continuation of projects previously funded by Coventry City Council may be possible, but the activity would need to meet the criteria for this fund
- Capital costs, including the purchase, repair and maintenance of buildings, equipment or facilities
- Routine running costs or overheads (like rent or insurance) that are not linked to the project or activity being delivered
- Activities taking place abroad or outside Coventry
- School or higher education activities
- Prizes, competitions or fundraising events.
- Programmes without activity and outcomes that cannot be measured and evaluated
- Political or religious promotion or events
- Carbon offsetting where this is not linked to activity delivery