Arts Council England writes:<\/p>\n
A \u00a315 million scheme to help put culture at the heart of successful communities has been unveiled by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Great Place Scheme \u2013 one of the flagship measures from the Government\u2019s\u00a0recently-published Culture White Paper\u00a0\u2013 will pilot new approaches that enable cultural, community and civic organisations to work more closely together.<\/p>\n The aim of the scheme is that the considerable investment in culture made by organisations like Heritage Lottery Fund\u00a0(HLF)\u00a0and Arts Council England has\u00a0maximum positive impact on jobs, economic performance, educational attainment, community cohesion and health and wellbeing; and to persuade civic organisations and local businesses to invest in and put culture at the heart of their thinking.<\/p>\n Using funds raised by the National Lottery, the scheme will be\u00a0piloted in 12 locations across England, and is likely to include everything from a city-wide scheme to a group of rural or coastal local authority areas.\u00a0 Funding comes from HLF and the\u00a0Arts Council, each of which will contribute \u00a37.5 million\u00a0for projects lasting up to three years.\u00a0 There will also be complementary support from other organisations where relevant, such as Historic England through its Heritage Action Zone initiative.<\/p>\n Grants of between \u00a3500,000 and \u00a31.5 million will fund a range of activities in the pilot areas. For example:<\/p>\n Applications must come from partnerships, which are likely to include: arts and heritage organisations; community\/voluntary groups; social enterprises; businesses; local authorities; parish councils; local economic partnerships; and other public sector organisations.\u00a0 Single organisations cannot apply.<\/p>\n Read more….<\/a>\u00a0and visit the Great Places Scheme website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new \u00a315 million grants scheme, Great Places, has been launched by the Arts Council England (ACE) to help civic organisations work together to help communities; with a deadline for Expressions of Interest of 6 October 2016 or full applications … Continue reading \n