Creative Climate Leadership in Action Grants and Mentoring
As part of the Creative Climate Leadership programme, we are pleased to be
able to offer up to five CCL in Action grants of €1,200 each to support you to
develop your own CCL project and put into practice your learning from the
training course. Each financial grant will also include 4-6 mentoring sessions with
an expert in the culture / climate space matched to the specific needs of your
activity (the exact number of sessions will depend on the mentor).
All CCL alumni are eligible to apply.
Assessment Principles: CCL in Action Grants and Mentorship
Create Climate Leadership aims to build the capacity for cultural action on the
environment. We want to support a range of ideas that demonstrate the
diversity and range of cultural responses to environmental challenges, and the
vibrancy and creativity of the CCL community.
We invite you to submit applications for activities that:
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Identify a specific need in your community
Can demonstrate impact
Continue to build capacity in your broader networks
Involve high quality partnerships
Are working towards a clear legacy and next steps
Crucially, we want to understand why this activity, and why now. We want to
support alumni to undertake projects that fit into their personal Creative Climate
Leadership journey and will enable you to unlock future projects, resources, and
work in this field.
We want to support your personal approach and capacity to drive change. Your
proposed activity may take any shape – it could be an event, artwork, exhibition,
publication, research, or any other format you can think of – as long as you can
explain why this approach is the best way to achieve your aims.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
Terms and Conditions
The proposed activity may develop a new project, significantly develop an
existing project in a way that would be impossible without a grant,, or a further
activity that builds on your dissemination event. Activities must be delivered
between the 1 June 2017 and the 28 February 2018. Grant recipients will need to
provide a full evaluation (‘final report’) in English at the latest 30 days after the
completion of the activity and mentoring.
The grants can be used to cover the costs of: working time/salary (within limits),
event costs, publication costs, materials, PR, travel, accommodation, or similar.
They cannot be used towards the cost of alcohol, private taxis, or equipment or
depreciation costs. We expect the final budget for any activity to be signed off
with the CCL team. Costs will need to be evidenced through receipts, invoices,
and payslips as requested.
Mentors will be appointed by the CCL team based on consultation with the
grant recipient on their needs and activity focus.
Applications must be submitted to the CCL team by 9 AM GMT on the 18 May
2017.
Those who are successful will be notified by the 26 May 2017.
The grants will be made in two instalments. €800 of the grant will be paid upon
successful application as a ‘pre-financing’ payment, and the remaining €400 will
be paid upon submission of the final report after the end of the activity You will
need to sign a grant agreement with Julie’s Bicycle and PiNA.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
If you are already a recipient of a CCL training course grant, you may still apply
for one of the CCL in Action grants.
To apply for a grant please submit the following information by 9 AM GMT on
the 18 May 2017 as attached document(s) to [email protected]. Try and keep
your answers focused and concise. If your responses are shorter than the
suggested word limit, don’t worry!
1. Activity name (if you have one):
2. A brief description of your proposed activity (max 200 words)
3. What specific issue or need will this activity address? (max 150 words)
4. Who are the target audience, contributors, or participants for your activity?
(max 100 words)
5. What will the legacy of your activity be? (max 150 words)
6. How will you evaluate the impact of your activity? (max 150 words)
7. How does this activity fit into the development and growth of your creative
climate work? Why is this grant and mentoring important at this stage? (max
200 words)
8. List any partners for the activity and whether their participation has already
been confirmed. (max 100 words)
9. Please provide a brief activity plan, including start and end dates of your
activity, project stages, and dates of key milestones.
10. List any key risks you have identified in relation to the delivery of your
proposed activity (max 100 words)
11. Please attach a draft budget for the activity, or include a brief breakdown of
costs below, including any additional sources of income or in-kind support and
whether these have been confirmed or not.