Small Grants Fund
Our Ambitions for the Projects
Creativity
We want fun, engaging and creative output to be produced through the activities, such as a new piece of music or video installation.
We also want to help the young people to explore their creative thinking, start the growth of transferable meta skills and develop an improved sense of wellbeing through creative activity.
Hunger for more
We want engaging activities and co-production between the artists, youth leaders and the young people, that will embolden all of those involved to continue developing their own creative expression beyond the life of each project.
We want to see successful projects that lead to an increased enthusiasm for arts-based learning and cultural opportunities by the young people and partners, inviting us to offer further programmes in the future.
Practitioner Support
We want our the artists and educators to develop their own teaching and creativity skills, improving their own practice, encouraging new professional opportunities through the project.
We aim to support the development of networks across traditional boundaries that will help to build new pathways for creative growth in the Borders.
Longevity
We want projects that deliver lasting memories for the young people, that will hold a deeper sense of achievement, which they can draw upon to advance their resilience and foster an increased level of creative expectation from themselves.
By encouraging meaningful collaboration between the art practitioners and the supporting adults in each setting, we want the projects to reinforce the shared messages and complimentary opportunities that these young people will encounter across their support and learning networks.
