Strategic Fund for Culture and Arts Scheme 2023 – Ireland

The purpose of the Scheme is to support the maximising of the leveraging of funding into Limerick from national and international sources and to support a vibrant creative culture.

This grant is in line with the following Limerick Cultural Strategy Aims and Objectives:

• To grow Limerick’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Limerick
• To grow the physical and human resources, infrastructure and support for staging large scale interventions, performances, festivals and productions
• To support and grow innovative and creative collectives in Limerick

Funding Information

• Eligible grant applications are to relevant national funding bodies, e.g. the Arts Council, Culture Ireland, Arts and Disability Ireland, or to relevant international, or European funding bodies, e.g. Creative Europe Culture Sub-Programme, or to LEADER Funding Programmes. The principle of the grant funding is that Limerick City and County Council will award 10% of the amount awarded from the relevant funding body, to a maximum of €5,000.
• The following Arts Council Schemes are eligible on the same terms, that Limerick City and County Council will award 10% of the amount awarded by the Arts Council, to a maximum of €5,000: Arts Council Bursary Awards, Young Ensembles Scheme, Project Awards, Arts Grants, Artist in the Community Scheme, Artist in Residence Scheme, Commissions, Opera Projects and Productions, Visual Artists Workspace Scheme Project Awards and any other Arts Council Schemes which align to the Award.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants, (community and voluntary organisations, artists, creative practitioners and arts organisations) must be based in Limerick, or operate substantially within Limerick City and County, or operate a relevant programme within Limerick City and County, and be able to demonstrate this. It is open to artists at all stages in their professional careers.
• A condition of the awarding of a Limerick City and County Council Strategic Fund grant is the offer of an Award from a relevant funding body.
• Ineligible Costs
  • Activities for costs that do not fit the purpose of the Award
  • Proposals which do not have a cultural or creative objective, for example, sport, tourism, general recreation.
  • Limerick Arts Office Strategic Fund does not fund organisations, projects, festivals, events, that are already funded by the Limerick Arts Office; no duplication of funding for the same activity/project is permitted.
  • Charity fundraisers
  • The scheme will not provide assistance for ongoing revenue costs or assistance to cover loans/deficits of any groups/organizations
  • Spend on alcoholic beverages, fines, legal costs, penalty payments
  • Insurance

For more information, visit Limerick City and County Council.