Following the announcement of a £29m allocation from the NI Executive to support the arts, culture, heritage, languages and the wider creative industries sectors the Arts Council has this co-designed programme with the Department for Communities.

All organisations applying can contact the Arts Council for further advice before applying. Existing Arts Council clients should make contact with their Arts Council Officer before applying. All applications will be judged on merit, regardless of any previous relationship with the Arts Council or the Department for Communities.

Please read these Guidance Notes and FAQs before completing and submitting your Application Form

Who can apply?
– Constituted organisations/companies whose primary purpose relates to the categories below and which carry out the majority of their work in Northern Ireland.
– Arts, cultural and community venues’ main use must be for one of the categories below, and may include arts, cultural and community centres, theatres, galleries, grassroots music venues, comedy venues.,
– Arts, culture and community organisations whose primary role is to create, present or support one (or more) of these categories:
Dance
Drama
Literature
Music and Opera
Traditional Arts
Visual Arts
Performing arts and theatre
Festivals and cultural events
Participatory Arts
Comedy
Cross Art form
Community Arts
Creative Industries in the following segments:
Independent Cinema
Product Design, Fashion Design, and Graphic Design;
Crafts;
TV, Video, Photography, Film, and Radio;

See link below for further details.