Creative Doncaster / Opportunities / Mon 21 Jan 2019
Government Launch New Fund to celebrate the Windrush Generation
New funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will support local commemorative and educational events across England that recognise the arrival of MV Empire Windrush at Port Tilbury on 21 July 1948 with 492 Caribbean migrants and the contribution of the migrants who later became known as the Windrush Generation.
MHCLG are looking for innovative approaches, founded on active community engagement. They will fund projects and events that support the high-level objectives of the Windrush Day Grant, which are to celebrate, commemorate, educate, and must be community led and sustainable, and local, national and intergenerational in scope.
Some possible example projects include:
Educational events, seminars & lectures
Work with schools including assemblies, educational trips and creative project work
Scholarships and exchange programmes
Religious services
Collation & opening of archives and collections
Arts installations and exhibitions
Music and performance arts projects
Dominoes tournaments and other relevant community events
Quilts, murals and other community arts projects
Storytelling projects and collation and sharing of recipes, songs, music, antiques
Community street parties
Carnivals
Tea parties.
Local authorities, registered charities and community-based and/or community-led organisations based in England are eligible to apply.
A budget of up to £500,000 is available from 2018 to 2020.
£350,000 will be exclusively provided via local authorities, whilst £150,000 will be available for charities and community groups.
The minimum amount available is £2,500 and the maximum is £25,000.
The deadline for applications is 21st January, 2019.
For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-day-grant-2019
Opportunity Location
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-day-grant-2019