ReNEW Small Grant Programme (United Kingdom)

Projects include a touring exhibition to showcase the history of Bromsgrove’s button making trade, launched in the original factory building, yarn bombing, pop-up craft workshops, tree art and churchyard planting in Feckenham, decorating blank walls in Rubery Park, & decorative allotment fencing in Redditch. All will make a visible difference to a range of places across Redditch and Bromsgrove.

The projects will be part of the ReNEW programme, run by the North-East Worcestershire Cultural Compact, a partnership of business, arts, heritage, environment, youth, and community groups.

Funding Information

• For 2024-25 the maximum limit per project/activity is £2,000 although please only apply for the amount actually needed so that they can support as many projects as possible. The minimum amount available is £500. Evidence of spend will be required.

Eligible Projects

• The types of projects that will be funded are:
  • Projects that work with artists or creative practitioners.
  • Projects where visual, performing, combined or digital arts are part of the process and outcomes.
  • Projects making an effort to involve people from groups less likely to be involved (young people 16-25, people from minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, mental ill-health, on lower incomes).

Eligibility Criteria

• Individuals and groups can apply.
• Proposed activities must involve those aged 16 years of age and above.
• Projects need to target areas in either Redditch Borough or Bromsgrove District.
• There are a finite number of grants available, they will be allocated based upon strength of application and balancing criteria.
• All groups must hold a bank account and/or individuals must be set up as self-employed.
• They welcome projects that:
  • Create new partnerships, especially those that sees local businesses and local groups collaborating.
  • Link with established participatory activities in the area e.g. choirs, craft groups, youth group, clubs etc.
  • Link with environmental and heritage sites in the area.
  • Are new projects from applicants who were in receipt of a grant from the first round of ReNEW Small Grants.

Ineligible

• Applicants and activities that cannot be funded are:
  • Applicants that do not provide activities directly to the community but use funds to campaign, fundraise, signpost or solely for promotional reasons.
  • Activities or projects that promote a political party.
  • Evangelising or preaching activities or projects for religious activities such as acts of worship or religious buildings (this does not exclude applications from faith-based groups who want to deliver community-based projects).

For more information, visit Redditch Borough Council.