Fife’s Cultural Partnerships Team would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Seedcorn Transport Scheme for 2013 is now open for applications. The Scheme will run until the end of January 2014.
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 benefitting into account when assessing the application.
Please note that the scheme will support cultural activities within Fife only. This could be a trip to the theatre or a museum or a visit to the forest or a cathedral.
Below is a ‘Calendar of Activities’ which highlights some of the exciting activities on offer from Fife Cultural Trust and members of Fife’s Creative Learning Network (FCLN), running from September 2013 – end of January 2014 (in case you are stuck for ideas!).
Conditions:
· The Scheme is open to schools and also community organisations that support vulnerable groups who wish to attend creative and cultural opportunities which they would not otherwise have the capacity to attend.
· Activities must take place between September 2013 – end of January 2014.
· Applications must be made using the ‘Seedcorn Scheme 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 application 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.
