The Paul Hamlyn Foundation believes that the arts play an important role in enriching young people’s learning and educational experiences.
Its Arts-based Learning Fund aims to encourage the development, use and sustainability of effective arts-based activities in education, supporting arts organisations to work with schools, colleges and teachers.
Grants will be awarded to pilot schemes and projects that evaluate and improve approaches, and explore innovation. Applicants must be working in partnership with schools or other formal education settings.
Applications will be considered for projects that meet the following criteria:
o Takes place on or off school premises and in or out of school hours;
o Involves any of the following: crafts, creative writing (including poetry), dance, design, film, music, opera, photography, digital arts and media, theatre and drama, the visual arts, and cross-arts practices;
o Is about learning in arts subjects or uses arts-based approaches to achieve one or more of the following:
> teaches other subjects (eg teaching science through drama-based techniques, or maths by using music, or history through the study of paintings);
> supports other positive whole school outcomes; and
> supports students’ life skills and readiness to learn.
o Involves any of the following: crafts, creative writing (including poetry), dance, design, film, music, opera, photography, digital arts and media, theatre and drama, the visual arts, and cross-arts practices;
o Is about learning in arts subjects or uses arts-based approaches to achieve one or more of the following:
> teaches other subjects (eg teaching science through drama-based techniques, or maths by using music, or history through the study of paintings);
> supports other positive whole school outcomes; and
> supports students’ life skills and readiness to learn.
The Foundation is particularly interested in funding:
o Work designed to achieve significant benefit for children and young people experiencing disadvantage, while adopting an inclusive/whole school approach;
o Work for the benefit of primary-age children;
o Work taking place in areas of social and economic deprivation outside of London.
o Work for the benefit of primary-age children;
o Work taking place in areas of social and economic deprivation outside of London.
Two levels of funding are available:
1. "Explore and Test" grants of up to £60,000 for up to 2 years. Funding is designed to help explore and test both new approaches and ways of addressing new issues. Up to 20% of the grant may be allocated as a contribution to organisational running costs.
2. "More and Better" grants of up to £400,000 for up to 4 years. Funding is intended to help organisations, or the sector more broadly, to deliver more effective arts-based learning.
Charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies active in the arts may apply.
There is no specific requirement for match funding.
Funding is not available for:
o Individuals;
o Schools or other formal education settings;
o Local authorities and other statutory authorities;
o Proposals that are only for the benefit of one individual;
o Websites, publications or seminars, unless part of a wider proposal;
o Retrospective funding;
o General appeals;
o Property proposals for equipment or other capital items, including the restoration or conservation of buildings or habitats;
o Overseas travel, expeditions, adventure and residential courses;
o Promotion of religious beliefs;
o Animal welfare;
o Medical/health/residential or day care;
o Proposals that benefit people living outside the UK;
o Organisations that do not have a formal constitution;
o Activity that is not legally charitable;
o More than one proposal from an individual, team or organisation at any one time;
o Academic research, scholarships, bursaries, or any kind of student fees;
o Loan and/or debt repayments.
o Schools or other formal education settings;
o Local authorities and other statutory authorities;
o Proposals that are only for the benefit of one individual;
o Websites, publications or seminars, unless part of a wider proposal;
o Retrospective funding;
o General appeals;
o Property proposals for equipment or other capital items, including the restoration or conservation of buildings or habitats;
o Overseas travel, expeditions, adventure and residential courses;
o Promotion of religious beliefs;
o Animal welfare;
o Medical/health/residential or day care;
o Proposals that benefit people living outside the UK;
o Organisations that do not have a formal constitution;
o Activity that is not legally charitable;
o More than one proposal from an individual, team or organisation at any one time;
o Academic research, scholarships, bursaries, or any kind of student fees;
o Loan and/or debt repayments.
"Explore and Test" and "More and Better" have different application processes:
1. "Explore and Test" - there is a one-stage application process for this stream, and applications can be filled in online on the PHF website. Applicants will receive an acknowledgement by email.
2. "More and Better" - there is a two-stage application process for this stream. Application forms for stage one are available to complete online.
Applications may be made at any time to either funding stream.
Applicants will be informed if they have been successful in reaching the second stage within four weeks of the closing date, at which point further questions will be asked and a visit may be arranged.
The stage two process usually takes between 15 and 24 weeks from the closing date.
Further information is available on the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, where details of its other grant programmes can also be found.
Contact details for the Foundation are:
Ms Lucy Palfreyman
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
5-11 Leeke Street
London
WC1X 9HY
Tel: 020 7812 3300
Email: information@phf.org.uk
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
5-11 Leeke Street
London
WC1X 9HY
Tel: 020 7812 3300
Email: information@phf.org.uk
(Source: GRIN)
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