Each Spring, funding applications are invited from Anglia Ruskin staff and students for activities they plan to undertake in the following academic year. The process is advertised through posters, e-mail circulars, and notices in the staff journal, BULLETIN. The applications are assessed by the Council for their financial viability and their anticipated contribution towards the cultural life of students, staff and the wider University community.

The guidelines for applicants are as follows:

• Applications are welcome from students and/or staff, using an Arts Council application form (Word document). Applications must include the name and address of the person who has overall responsibility for the proposed activity. That person will be expected to submit a follow-up report later in the academic year.
• In all cases, a projected budget for the activity will be required, clearly indicating the sum applied for. Applications will need to include sufficient information for the Council to determine whether the activity will be financially viable.
• Grants will be paid by way of internal transfer (where the organisation has a University cost code), or by cheque to the club or society, normally after the event has taken place. However, interim payments can be made if required.
• Priority is normally given to activities which seek to involve the widest possible number of participants and/or audience members. Normally these will be extracurricular, e.g., not a compulsory part of a student's programme of study.
• Applications from groups who have not previously received Arts Council support, and which involve creative activities and/or locations under-represented in the past, are particularly encouraged.

Exclusions: The Arts Council can not provide financial support for:

• any activity which excludes people from taking part -- as participants or audience members -- because of their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, or any other grounds that cannot be objectively justified
• food and drink
• activities promoted by or for individuals
• activities that are restricted to students on a particular programme of study
• activities not involving Anglia Ruskin University students and/or staff

The Application form is available here. Alternatively, you can contact Geri Wren, Secretary to the Arts Council, ext. 2114, e-mail Geri Wren.

Terms and conditions

The closing date for applications is Friday 11th May 2012.

Previous Grant Awards

This document lists the grants made during 2009-10.

This document lists the grants made during 2010-11.

This document lists the grants made during 2011-12.