Fife’s Cultural Partnerships Team is delighted to announce their Seedcorn Transport Scheme for 2013.  The Scheme will run from January – March 2013.

We recognise that transport costs are a real barrier to schools participating in creative and cultural opportunities.  This Scheme offers schools the opportunity to apply for transport costs which support children taking part in creative and cultural activities out with school and which also support creativity in learning within the overarching context of Curriculum for Excellence for the long-term benefits to learners.  We are keen that this scheme allows maximum participation and will take numbers benefiting into account when assessing the application.

Additionally this year we have enclosed a  Calendar of Activities which highlights some of the exciting activities on offer from members of Fife’s Creative Learning Network (FCLN), running from January – March 2013 (in case you are stuck for ideas!).

Conditions:

• The Scheme is open to schools who wish to attend creative and cultural opportunities which they would not otherwise have the capacity to attend.
• Activities must take place between January – March 2013.
• Applications must be made using the ‘Seedcorn Application Form 2013’.
• Support is available up to a maximum of £250.
• Only one application will be considered per school.
• No retrospective applications will be considered.
• An evaluation form must be completed and returned no later than 4 weeks after your activity takes place.  Applicants who fail to return the evaluations will not receive seedcorn support for future funding rounds.

Your planned activity should meet at least one of the following Actions from Generations of Change – A Strategy for Culture in Fife 2011-13 (www.fifedirect.org.uk/culture):

Action 2 Identifying the barriers to cultural participation and ways of overcoming them.

Action 3 Encourage communities to maximise cultural opportunities to celebrate their strengths and their heritage.

Action 5 Increase access to participation in cultural activity and creative learning opportunities.

Please note that financial support is limited and applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis.

Should you have queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01592 583255.