Micro-grants

This year we're delighted to be piloting a new micro-grants scheme to support greater diversity across the festival.

Collage of images from past festival events.

Earlier this year we ran two application rounds for both existing and new organisers offering: a 1-2-1 support session with a member of our team and £350 to deliver an event for this year's festival.

The grants are intended to support people from under-represented backgrounds to participate in the festival and / or the creation of new events that highlight stories not currently well represented across the festival.

What's happening this year?

Look out for exciting new events exploring under-represented histories including:

  • Liverpool's hidden queer history.
  • Disability and protest in the Suffragette movement.
  • Native Americans who came to England.
  • The role of South Asian seafarers.
  • Romany Gypsy traditions and local connections.
Who's involved?

Congratulations to this year's grant recipients who include:

All Saints Church, Spofforth | Believe in Me CIC | El Parnaso Hyspano | Footprints Forward with HKers and Locals CIC | Friends of March Railway Station | Kent Museum of Freemasonry | Leicester Transport Heritage Trust | Museum of Homelessness | Newcastle Deaf Centre | Newtimber Church | Pankhurst Centre | Queer at Last | Steam Tug Brent Trust | The Global Majority Collective | The Moot Hall, Maldon | The New Ashgate Gallery Trust | We are the Iroko CIC 

What next?

We hope to offer similar grants next year (funding permitted). Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know about future opportunities.

* Note on terms used

Global Majority: We recognise not everyone uses the term 'Global Majority' as it is only one of the many evolving terms describing racialised communities. For example, some other terms used are; Minority Ethnic, People of Colour, Visible Minority Ethnic, Black and Asian minoritised backgrounds, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour), and BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic).