Applying to join the programme *Before you start to fill in this form, please read our briefing about the programme on the website

OverviewCreative Civic Change is a new programme to help create positive change in your community using the arts and creativity. The programme will provide funding and other support, like advice and mentoring, to at least 10 local areas in England over the next three years. (In this case, local means anything from a few streets or part of an estate, to a neighborhood or a cluster of villages).

We are now looking for communities to express an interest in potentially taking part in the programme; from those who are already part of the Big Local initiative, as well as those who are not.

We want to support ambitious creative projects and activities led by local communities, helping you achieve your vision for your area. We are also interested in sharing the experience and learning to inspire others to use the arts and creativity to make positive, local change.

Creative Civic Change is a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Local Trust.

Using the Arts and Creativity We know this is very broad! We want to know how you think about the arts and creativity and what you might include – whether knitting, singing, drama, dancing, pottery, sewing, writing stories or poems, storytelling, making jewellery, animation, making music, coding, photography (including Instagramming), woodcraft, gardening, cake decorating, film making, community radio, putting on festivals, parades and much more.

We want to help you use any or all of these activities - and the many others not listed here - to achieve your vision for your community. That could mean bringing people together; building connections; improving your local environment; or expressing the pride you have locally and your hopes for the future. In short, we want local communities to take the lead and for you to tell us what your priorities are, so we can support you as you plan and work to achieve them creatively.

Please register an interest by providing us with the information requested in the form below by 28th

September 2018.

*Please print the form and fill it in and sign it manually, then scan it onto your computer (or photograph it with your phone) to send as an email attachment to: ccc@localtrust.org.uk

We know that people tend not to like filling in forms so we are offering alternatives:

You can email ccc@localtrust.org.uk or phone 020 3588 0564 to book a conversation and we can fill the form in for you by talking through your answers to the questions OR

You could think about making a short video or audio recording and sending that instead - we have some tips and guidance on how to do that here.

BEFORE FILLING IN THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR AREA MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR FUNDING AND SUPPORT THROUGH CREATIVE CIVIC CHANGE USING OUR ELIGIBILITY CHECKER

*For Big Local areas we are assuming this should be the Chair of the partnership and in signing s/he is confirming that the partnership supports the application and, if accepted onto the programme, will participate in the design phase, running through to February 2019.

*For non-BL areas we ask that the Chair of the group sign this form. In signing s/he is confirming that the group supports the application and, if accepted onto the programme, will participate in the design phase, running through to February 2019.

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Eligibility Checker

1. Are you based in England? Yes/No

2. Are you a group of residents or a community group based in the area in which funded work will be delivered? Yes/No

3. Do you and your community have a plan or ideas about how the arts and creativity can improve your local area? Yes/No

4. Are these plans or ideas based on conversations with the local community and/or research about the needs of the people who live in the area? Yes/No

5. Is there an existing group of local people and partners in the area who are committed to making these ideas or plan happen (e.g. residents association, community group)? Yes/No

6. Are you working at a local or hyperlocal level (e.g. in an area smaller than a local authority area, which could be an estate, a cluster of villages, etc)? Yes/No

7. Has your area been overlooked in the past for funding, support and other opportunities to make positive local change? Yes/No

8. Has your area already delivered projects based on the arts and creativity that have brought about change - socially, environmentally or economically? Yes/No

9. Are you already working with artists or arts or creative organisations (these might be social sector organisations using the arts or creative approaches to their work)? Yes/No

10. Have you already planned or delivered one or more projects that use the arts and creativity to achieve your plans? Yes/No

11. Are you prepared to commit time to work and learn with and from others using the arts and creativity to respond to what their community needs and to make change? Yes/No

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If you have been able to answer yes to all of the questions above please carry on to:

print the form and fill it in and sign it manually, then scan it onto your computer (or photograph it with your phone) to send as an email attachment to: ccc@localtrust.org.uk

We know that people tend not to like filling in forms so we are offering alternatives:

You can email ccc@localtrust.org.uk or phone 020 3588 0564 to book a conversation and we can fill the form in for you by talking through your answers to the questions OR

You could think about making a short video or audio recording and sending that instead - we have some tips and guidance on how to do that here [insert link]

The deadline for us receiving the information requested in this form is 28th September 2018.

Expression of interestCONTACT DETAILS:

First Name: []

Surname: []

Organisation/community group: []

Address and postcode: []

Telephone: []

Mobile: []

Email: []

Website: []

AREA DETAILS:

Are you a Big Local area?

Yes - pls state which:

No - pls write the name of your neighbourhood/ area in which the project would be delivered (eg name of village, suburb, estate)

Please also write the name of the community group/organisation submitting this form/information

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Please also include a full postcode for a place/space within that locality (eg HX7 7JF)

What is your role in the area?

Volunteer / resident / worker / other

Tell us more:

FOR EACH QUESTION BELOW, PLEASE ANSWER IN 400 WORDS OR FEWER

TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO:

a. What’s your vision for your area? How would being a part of this programme help you achieve it?

b. Please describe the current needs of your local area.

c. What community-led social, economic and/or environmental change would you expect to see as a result of being involved in this programme?

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ABOUT THE ARTS AND CREATIVITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY

d. Give us an example of how you have already used the arts and creativity in your local area to bring about community-led social, economic or environmental change.

e. Which artists and/or arts or creative organisations have you worked with/do you work with at the moment? Please provide us with details.

f. Tell us who has been leading on work based on the arts and creativity in your area (this may be an individual, a couple of individuals or an arts and creativity sub group or advisory panel)?

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ABOUT THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE

g. What key assets does your area have (for example: networks of local people willing to get involved, a welcoming community space, a strong local identity and sense of history)?

h. What contributions, in terms of people’s time, funding or other resources, is your area prepared to make?

YOUR SIGNATURE:

By signing this form you are confirming that the above is accurate.

Signed by (full name of authorised/nominated person)*

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Date Signed:

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Position

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Please register your interest by 28th September 2018.

*For Big Local areas we are assuming this should be the Chair of the partnership and in signing s/he is confirming that the partnership supports the application and, if accepted onto the programme, will participate in the design phase, running through to February 2019.

*For non-BL areas we ask that the Chair of the group sign this form. In signing s/he is confirming that the group supports the application and, if accepted onto the programme, will participate in the design phase, running through to February 2019.

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