IdeasTap offers funding and mentoring for creative projects
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IdeasTap offers funding and mentoring for creative projects
- 2. What is IdeasTap? an arts charity a funding organisation a creative network We are…
- 4. What do we offer? Low-hassle funding Expert mentoring Exclusive opportunities A network of 30,000 creative young people Creative industry jobs
- 5. Funding
- 6. £5,000 cash first prize Paid internship at Magnum in London Produce a photo essay at Magnum’s New York HQ £2,500 for each of the category winners Photographic Award
- 10. What we like Inspiring, original ideas – clearly communicated Projects we believe you can deliver Examples of previous work A good referee Projects that we can showcase on our website
- 11. Application checklist Read the terms and conditions Complete the application form fully Lay out a clear budget and include timelines Don’t leave your application to the last minute
- 12. Advice Play the odds: don’t rely on a single source Be persistent: apply again and again (and again) If you have additional funding, mention it Understand the funding organisation Think laterally about where you can get money
- 13. What do you need? Where are the funding gaps? Other than funding, what else do you need?
Editor's Notes
- - Editor of IdeasTap – which means I’m in charge of everything that happens on the website - Run editorial, marketing and technical teams and am responsible for the Ideas Fund, our funding scheme - I’m here to tell you a little about our organisation and what we can offer you
- Not for profit – we exist to support young people hoping to work in the creative industry (NOT HERE TO MAKE PROFIT OFF THE BACK OF YOUR WORK) Over the last 12 months we’ve given out nearly £200,000 in funding to our members 30,000 young creative people have signed up
- Everything starts with our website– funding applications, exclusive opportunities, networking But we try to do as much in the real world as possible – events, workshops, seminars We invite our members onto our judging panels and to our board meetings We involve them at every stage we can
- Mentors: Magnum (Ian Berry, Stuart Franklin) - National Theatre of Scotland - Nick Astor (BBC Commissioning Editor, Comedy) - The Media Trust Partners: OVNV, Magnum Photos, NYT, NSDF Other organisations: BBC, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Latitude, RSC Creative assignments in New York, Shanghai, Dubai, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Scarborough (and many more)
- MENTORING FOR ALL THE MAJOR FUNDS We try to develop long-lasting relationships with the people we fund – they judge future funds, mentor other members, attend our events FOLLOW THEIR CAREERS
- For Photographers hoping to realise their dream project
- London Youth Support Trust – business incubation units Currently six units, but hoping to expand, possibly around the country £70-130 per month including heating, electricity, broadband, a secure space and support from the business manager ONLY COMMITMENT IS ONE MONTH’S RENT
- Roger White Steven Atkinson Alex Webb
- Coming to terms with transgender issues later in life
- In your IdeasTap Portfolio
- Traditional funders like the arts council (SHELL LIVEWIRE SPONSUME) But there’s money in the regions, there’s money from corporations – what are their imperatives? What are their goals? What organisation could your project be of interest to? Somers Town Articles on IdeasTap – Theatre, and filmmaking – more articles to come DOESN’T MEAN TURNING YOUR PROJECT INTO AN ADVERT, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT IT ALREADY REPRESENTS