New Opportunities for Circus Funding

In order to apply for funding you need to complete their grant application form available from their helpline on 0845 300 6100 or via email on enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk. They will send you an application pack with the grant application form contained within and step-by-step instructions on how to complete this. Alternatively, go to www.artscouncil.org.uk and follow the links to download the form directly. [...] Grants are also available for capital purchases, for touring and stabilisation/recovery programmes, which are grants aimed at larger-scale organisations central to arts provision in England. It is usually only revenue-funded companies (i.e. those that receive public funding on an annual basis) that are eligible, but test cases for circus have recently been made. The ACE national office also has funds available called Flexible Funds which are not normally open to application, being distributed [...] ## New Opportunities for Circus Funding Report by Verena Cornwall, chair of the Circus Arts Forum Steering Group. Arts Council England (ACE) is the organisation that distributes money from central government and the National Lottery to people working in the arts. The organisation has just undergone a restructuring which means that in each region of England there is now an office of Arts Council England with paid staff who can give out funding for, amongst other artforms, circus...