Slides about the potential for cultural organisations in the North East of England to secure European funding

1. EU SIF Opportunities for
Cultural Organisations
Robin Beveridge
Graeme Williams

3. Roles
Capture
Engage
Inspire
Teach
Train
Support
Create
Employ
Commission

4. What we’ve done, what we’ve found out
Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture
TWMS 600 + volunteers potential for
growth depending upon funding
and support.
Help long term unemployed from
disadvantaged communities via
employment opportunities –
apprenticeships and volunteering.
Sage Young People who show interest
in business development referred
to Generator.
Extensive outreach programme works
with disadvantaged young people
offering apprenticeships and a
mentoring programme.
East Durham
Creates
Has provided short term
volunteer and work placement
opportunities.
Aim is to provide arts opportunities in
disadvantaged communities. Easington/
Seaham East Durham.
Beamish Museum Provides placements and 100’s
volunteer opportunities.
Provides apprenticeships & work
placements planning to provide many
more in planned expansion.

5. What we’ve done, what we’ve found out
Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture
Beamish Museum Provides placements and 100’s
volunteer opportunities.
Provides apprenticeships & work
placements planning to provide many
more in planned expansion.
ISIS Provides placements and
internships primarily via
Universities.
Recently worked in Newcastle West End
with Slovakian Roma community and
schools.
Baltic Provides Work Placements and
Internships
Visual Arts outreach programme
primarily Gateshead.
The Forge Has offered unstructured
volunteers opportunities
Works with Young People accredited
education programmes in schools and
Young Offenders institutions.
Customs House Provides Work Placements and
Internships primarily via
Universities.
In consortia with other organisations in
South Tyneside to provide
apprenticeships.

6. What we’ve done, what we’ve found out
Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture
Cultural Spring Has provided short term
volunteering opportunities
Works across 10 wards most
disadvantaged.
Durham Creatives Specialised cultural business
support service, about generating
and accessing opportunities as
well as providing support
Some of their activity supports
disadvantaged beneficiaries – scope to
build on this aspect more
Generator Support for musical businesses is
core business, linked to wider
digital media support offer
Do smaller-scale activity engaging
NEETs in disadvantaged areas – when
and where funding allows
BAIT Provide active artist development
via Creative Connectors, part of
Creative Skills Development role
Engaging large numbers of people –
especially young people – in
disadvantaged area of Northumberland
Northern Film &
Media
Currently provide business
development support for film &
TV professionals
Not a significant area for NFM to date

7. What we’ve done, what we’ve found out
Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture
Headway Arts Not done this to date, but might
want to do so, especially linked to
proposed arts hub in Blyth
Core business is focused on
participatory arts for disadvantaged
groups, especially learning disabled
people and SEN groups
NGI Run business creation and
support programme, mainly
linked to events
Engage large numbers through
volunteering and training around events
Newcastle City
Council
Interested in supporting this
activity, perhaps as lead partner.
Potential link to workspace offer.
Supportive but not directly active.
South Tyneside Interested in potential to provide
support to cultural businesses –
especially authors – as part of the
proposed ‘Word’ development.
Part of a partnership successfully
engaging young people using CEP.
Interested in continuing this.

8. And…
Speaking to LEP, DCLG, BIG,
VONNE…
Still planning to talk to
Remaining major venues
Remaining Councils
Others booked in (e.g.
Helix Arts)
But moving out of listening
mode into planning mode

9. Mapping opportunities
Social Inclusion through culture
“Creative
Inclusion”
Engagement
through culture
Creative Employment
Programme
(existing)
“CEP Plus”
(plugging gaps in CEP e.g.
smaller orgs/older people)
ESF for Social
Inclusion
via BIG Lottery,
100% funded
ESF for employability
via DWP/SFA
100% funded
Creating strong cultural businesses
Creativity
Works
Support for
(recent)
graduates
(5 Unis)
Digital Media
Business
Development
(e.g. Generator)
“North East
Creatives”
Business
Support
Pre-start = ESF
Growth = ERDF
(Both need match)
Wait until future of
CEP is known

10. Devil in the detail 1:
Creative Inclusion
BIG Lottery Opt-in Route
Offers 100% grant funding to a (fairly)
fixed partnership
Targeted at ‘multiple barriers to
employment’ – the most disadvantaged:
NEETs, Long-term unemployed,
(ex)offenders, some BME groups, over
50s,disabled people
“additional and innovative approaches
to pre-employment training”
“Outcomes must include progression
towards economic activity”
Small number of targeted calls for large
(£2-4m) projects

11. ERDF for business supported
(possibly only trading businesses)
ESF for training in enterprise skills
(possibly only pre-start)
Availability of match funding
Intervention rate(s)
Partnership arrangements – dealing
with risk
Outputs
Convincing the LEP of the GVA
impact
Lead Partner – Cultural
organisation? Local Authority?
Enterprise Agency? RTC?
Devil in the detail 2:
North East Creatives

12. Timescales?

13. Timescales?
Main programme BIG Lottery
March 15 National Programme agreed in
principle
First call for projects
June 15 Guidance issued
Initial assessments of projects
Further calls
Call for Expressions of Interest
Sept 15 EoIs submitted
Dec 15 First projects approved? Preferred projects informed and
offered development funding
March 16 Bids submitted
June 16

14. Links to other developments
How would we fit with and add
value to…
Creativity Works
Wider inclusion activity
(voluntary & public sector)
Creative Employment
Programme
North East Artist
Development Network
Case for Culture
Digital sector support
Mainstream business support

16. Over to you…
Inclusion through Culture
Just Culture, or Culture as part of
a wider model?
Who would be the lead partner?
How would the partnership
work?
Which disadvantaged groups?
Who else to talk to?
Business/Artist Development
Who’s in, who’s out?
Where does the match come
from?
Who would be the lead partner?
How does it fit with other
business support and artist
development activity?
Who else to talk to?
What do we need to do next?

17. Suggested Next Steps
Creative Inclusion
Sign up to indicate interest
Small team to help work up
further detail
Small team meet:
– Friday 27th Feb 10.00 am
– Friday 13th March 10.00 am
Wider event to share proposals
with potential partners:
– Friday 27th 10.00 March am
North East Creatives
Sign up to indicate interest
Small team to help work up
further detail
Small team meet:
– Friday 27th Feb 2.00 pm
– Friday 13th March 2.00 pm
Wider event to share proposals
with potential partners:
– Friday 27th March 2.00 am
Venues to be confirmed – any offers?

18. Apprenticeships
Son of the Creative Employment
Programme?
There is an appetite for future
delivery (mixed picture)
There is potential for substantial
expansion (numbers and scope)
Concerns:
Consortium, who leads?
Capacity
Resourcing
HR and administration
functions (South Tyneside –
model)