Just R&D It is a £3,000 grant available to give people time to play, test, research and develop
ideas. We have two of these grants available.
Test It R&D is a £5,000 grant to support people to engage communities, work with focus groups, test work in front of invited audiences, and get feedback. We have two of these grants available.
Your Idea, Your Way is an £18,000 grant to support those great ideas that have been waiting for the right opportunity. The ideas that have bubbled away and need someone to believe in them to make them happen. We have 3 of these grants available.
Yes absolutely! We’re really keen to help artists to put in a strong application, here are some of the ways we’re doing that:
1) Make Work Information Session. Friday 1 Apri 12 pm to 1 pm on Zoom.
This will be an open group session where we will introduce you to the grants available, the eligibility criteria and the application process, and answer any questions you might have. Register here.
2) Independent Producer, Jenny Wilson is available to support artists: discussing people’s ideas, giving guidance from a producer perspective, helping answer questions, identifying areas that need strengthening. Advising on the application process, how to write your application, and reading and giving feedback. You can book a meeting with Jenny on this doodle poll.
If you have any questions or require any support please get in touch with us at hello@bdproducinghub.co.uk
You should be able to tick all of these:
✔ At least one of the creative team has a strong connection to Bradford
✔ The project will happen in and/or be performed in Bradford
✔ It is about live arts and performance
✔ It relates to a new work that has not been performed previously
✔ Your idea is clear and achievable
→ Monday 21 March. Applications open, 7 weeks to apply.
→ Friday 1 April. Time: 12pm – 1pm. Information session on zoom Register here.
→ Monday 9 May. Time: midnight. Application Deadline for R&Ds and Stage 1 Grants.
→ Monday 30 May. Latest date you will be notified:
R&Ds – the final result of your application. Grants – If you have been invited to Stage 2.
→ Monday 20 June. Time: midnight. Application Deadline for Stage 2 Grants
→ Monday 4 July. Latest date you will be notified of the result of your Stage 2 Grant application.
→ From 11 July. Kick off meetings with successful projects.
£3,000 x 2 grants
1 stage process. Deadline Monday 9 May
BPH wants to support ‘true’ R&D projects:
Projects that are about research and/
or development of a new idea.
There is a lack of opportunity and funding available to the sector, which leads to artists being pushed into applying for R&D funds in order to realise full, audience facing productions. These projects won’t
be audience facing and might only reach the artists involved.
We want to give people time to play, test, research and develop ideas. You might not even need to get into a rehearsal room, or you may need to be in a rehearsal room for the whole time.
These R&Ds should happen in Bradford. All projects should involve at least one key creative with a strong connection to Bradford.
All R&Ds have a 1 stage application process. What’s the Big Idea (*big ideas can also be small and intimate)
This is for you to tell us all about the project you want to research and develop, what you hope to find out, and how you’ll know whether it’s been successful.
£5,000 x 2 grants
1 stage process. Deadline Monday 9 May
BPH wants to support ‘true’ R&D projects:
Projects that are about research and/
or development of a new idea.
Some R&Ds need an audience or
engagement element. The Test It R&Ds
are about trying something out and
will have an outward facing moment or
moments for artists to try out ideas.
We want to support people to engage communities, work with focus groups, test work in front of invited audiences, and most importantly – get feedback.
These R&Ds may happen elsewhere, but the outward facing element should happen in Bradford. All projects should involve at least one key creative
with a strong connection to Bradford.
All R&Ds have a 1 stage application process. What’s the Big Idea (*big ideas can also be small and intimate)
This is for you to tell us all about the project you want to research and develop, what you hope to find out, and how you’ll know whether it’s been successful.
£18,000 x 3 grants
2 stage process. Stage 1 what’s the big idea? Deadline Monday 9 May. Stage 2 tell us the details, deadline by invitation.
This strand is about supporting what you want to make. We want to support those great ideas that have been waiting for the right opportunity; the ideas that don’t fit in other funding opportunities because maybe they are too radical, too unusual or don’t meet the restrictive match funding
expectations. The ideas that have bubbled away and need someone to believe in them to make them happen.
We know that £15,000 is not a large grant for live arts, so this may be a contribution to a larger project, or it could be the entire budget you need. Either way, we simply want to understand your idea and what
difference it will make. We also understand that it may take longer
for you to pull together all the funding and plans to make your idea happen.
You can apply to create a new piece of work – you might decide not to make it or premiere it in Bradford, this is fine but you must have plans to perform it here for audiences, and the lead artist or artists must live in or have a strong connection to Bradford.
We’ve set long delivery periods for these grants to allow for flexibility in plans and fundraising, but if you need longer still just let us know and we’ll see what we can do.
All Grants have 2 stages in the application process.
Stage 1: What’s the Big Idea?
(big ideas can also be small and intimate)
This is for you to tell us all about the
work you want to create, the kinds of
audiences you think will enjoy it and a
little bit about the process for creating
it and what it means to you. We will
ask you for more details about your
plans if you are invited to Stage 2.
Stage 2: Tell us the Details:
If you get through to Stage 2 that means
we’re sold on your Big Idea! Stage 2
is about making sure that your idea is
achievable and well considered, including ensuring that we understand any support you’ll need to make it a reality.
Feature image by Karol Wyszynski with Mike Auger, Naomi Tuzolana and Anil Bharath in Love in a Northern Town, by Liz Mytton.
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