This April 2021, we will be celebrating 50 years since children and young people with severe and profound learning disabilities were included under the education system in England and Wales (the Act of 1970 became active in 1971).

As part of this celebration, David S Stewart, a Trustee of The Mighty Creatives, is supporting a number of grants for schools who are interested in developing activities/projects with artists or arts organisations to deliver new creative educational opportunities for their children and young people.

There will be 10 Awards available: 6 awards of £500 and 4 awards of £250.

What can these awards support?

The project/activity should allow children and young people to access work with or by professional artists/creative practitioners and should have educational outcomes for the young people involved. This could include supporting artists coming into school to work with students or your students accessing a performance/exhibition/venue.

We are particularly interested in projects/activity that support children and young people with severe and profound learning disabilities and provide opportunities for these children that they would not normally have access to in school. However, applications will be accepted from any SEND school.

We are also looking for projects which celebrate coming out of the pandemic and have a focus on supporting the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff. We are also interested in how the project/activity could support staff learning.

Schools will be asked to share back key outcomes from the project at a regional SEND network event so ideas and learning can be shared with other schools. This network will take place in November 2021.

Schools should indicate what the grant will be spent on and potential costings in the application form below.

The Mighty Creatives are keen to visit projects/activity to document and celebrate the work were possible.

Award Criteria

• Applications will be accepted from any SEND school in the East Midlands.
• We are particularly interested in projects/activity that support children and young people with severe and profound learning disabilities.
• The project/activity should involve creative practitioners or arts organisations and provide children and young people with educational experiences they would not normally have access to.

Key Timeline and Milestones

Deadlines for applications – 12 noon Tuesday 4^th May 2021

Schools informed of decision – Friday 7^th May 2021

Project activity should aim to be completed by end of summer term 2021. However, we are aware that there is still significant uncertainty and we are open to extending projects if needed.

Interested?

Please download and complete the application form below outlining your project proposal including expected outcomes for your children and young people, and send it to Artsmark@themightycreatives.com by 12 noon 4th May 2021.

If you have any questions during the application process, please contact Hazel Townsend.

Email: artsmark@themightycreatives.com

Phone: 07725 660525