The Mighty Creatives East Midlands bridge organisation The young people’s locally based arts and culture programme

The bridge The Mighty Creatives is part of a national network of bridge organisations, funded by Arts Council England (ACE) to use our experience and expertise to connect children and young people, schools and communities with art and culture. The bridge organisation embraces a broad definition of arts and culture, including museums, libraries, heritage and film. ACE Goal 5: Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts and culture

What is it? The young people’s locally based culture programme provides investment opportunities for the development of locally based partnerships which put young people at the heart of shaping arts and cultural programmes in their community Partnerships will use arts and culture to meet the needs of young people and address local issues

Why? Investing in locally based partnerships will: enable local organisations to pool expertise, knowledge and resources to best meet the needs of young people support the sector to come together and work with others to ‘champion’ the lifetime benefits of participation in arts and culture TMC Bridge organisation sees children and young people at the heart of their communities, using their creativity to do the things they love and take action on the issues they care about

Who? The programme will target communities with low level engagement. The first round of investment will focus on: Nine priority places Four priority groups of children and young people Our investment is for local organisations in the arts and cultural sector and other organisations who use arts and culture in their work

What sort of activity? Activities must prioritise young people’s leadership and include the development of : Arts Award Artsmark Other than that, we aim to be flexible in the sorts of activities we will invest in to allow local partnerships to work with young people to shape what best meets their needs

Important things you need to know We have now launched the invitation to tender for the first round of investment opportunities to the programme Organisations can apply for investment between £5,000-£20,000 and will need to match fund 25% of total income The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday 21 st December 2012 The tender documentation can be found at

Any questions? We are here to support the development of locally based partnerships. If you have any questions about the programme please Key contacts: Ellie Stout - Community Partnerships Manager Daniel Poole – Community Partnerships Co-ordinator