Arts Council - Diversity Development Day

Open day and advice-giving event for applicants for our National Lottery Project Grant and Develop Your Creative Practice funding programmes. Individuals and organisations from diverse backgrounds across the North will be able to meet Arts Council England staff, increase their knowledge of our funding programmes, network and hear from some of our funded organisations. 

As a development agency, we recognise that we need to do more to support global majority and deaf, disabled/neurodivergent artists to confidently apply for our funding. This event has been designed to do just that! Come and meet our staff including members of our access team, find out key information about available funding and meet other creatives and organisations from the cultural sector. 

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During the event, we’ll invite you to:

• Listen to a short introductory presentation about Arts Council England and our funding programmes. 
• Meet one of our funded organisations and learn about their Arts Council funded activity. 
• Network with Arts Council staff, colleagues from across the sector and fellow potential applicants in meeting rooms and in our shared working spaces on the ground floor of The Hive. 
• Have an informal, one to one conversation with a member of Arts Council staff about your project or development idea.

Timings and Logistics

Guests are welcome to arrive from 12.30pm, with the event officially starting at 1pm and ending at 4pm. 

Refreshments will be available. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know when you register for this event. 

The event will start with a 30 minute introduction to Arts Council England, followed by the opportunity to network. 

Event accessibility:

The event will run on the ground floor of the Arts Council England office The Hive. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible. 

There will be British Sign Language interpretation and live closed captioning during the presentation. Please let us know if you need this for the networking part of the event. 

A quiet space will be available on the day for anyone who needs it. 

We welcome assistance dogs.  

Will also be sharing a visual guide of what to expect from the event ahead of the meeting to all attendees.  

Information about disabled parking as well as more information regarding getting to our Manchester office can be found here. 

Please contact north.assistants@artscouncil.org.uk if you have any access requirements for the event by the 17 September.  

If you’re unable to access the information on this page or register for the event using Eventbrite, please get in touch   

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