Grants database

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) celebrates the wide diversity of comics through an annual event and runs a year-round programme addressing social issues through the unique properties of comics. This grant supports their work using comics to positively affect pupil’s enjoyment of and motivation to read, and to support their wider literacy development. Comic Potential 2 will translate the learning from in-depth prior work with schools in Manchester and Cumbria (in mainstream [...] ### Live Music Now Scotland Live Music Now Scotland (LMNS) takes high quality live music to people who are excluded from accessing it, and trains specifically recruited emerging musicians. This programme supports curricular music learning for students and teachers in non-mainstream school settings, in two Scottish local authority areas, Renfrewshire and Fife. ### Lakes International Comic Art Festival [...] Digital Writes support young people who experience disadvantage to take part in creative artistic projects, including creative writing, visual art, animation, filmmaking, game design, acting, and music courses. This grant enables their work with two Swindon specialist settings using a blend of animated visual art, soundscapes and music to support pupils in building imaginary worlds, producing their own computer game that will be published and accessed by the school communities and beyond.