Opportunity
Kildare Dance and Movement Summer School. Image credit: Cathy Coughlan.
Kildare County Council Arts Service welcomes applications from individual artists and/or art collectives practicing in any artform to the Kildare Arts, Health & Wellbeing Award 2025.
The Arts, Health & Wellbeing Award will provide a grant of up to €4,000 to support the development and/or creation and/or presentation of new artistic work that supports public engagement with the arts, in particular with hard-to-reach communities or those with limited access to the arts, whether for physical, social or geographical reasons.
Applications to the Arts, Health & Wellbeing Award are welcome from:
- Individual artists and/or art collectives in any artform currently residing or from County Kildare, that are striving to grow and develop their Arts and Health practice.
- Individual artists and/or art collectives in any artform not currently residing in or from County Kildare that are striving to grow and develop their Arts and Health practice in County Kildare.
Applicants must be able to show that the artist and arts practice is central to the proposal for which they seek funding.
Application deadline
The deadline for receipt of applications is 12pm, Friday 28 February 2025.
Application Process
Applications will only be accepted via the online application form:
https://kildarecocoarts.submit.com//show/325
Access Support
You can apply for additional costs if there are access needs relating to your application. These can be personal access costs or costs for making your work accessible to others.
Personal access costs might for example include costs towards additional time needed to complete your project or additional assistance required to deliver your proposed project.
Costs for making your work accessible to others might include having an ISL interpreter, using an audio description service, making your content compatible with screen readers or producing materials in other formats such as in Braille or audio.
Any such requirements should be outlined in your application and a breakdown of costs should be provided within your budget. These costs may be above the maximum award amount for this grant (up to 20% of the award available).
Information Sessions
Kildare County Council Arts Service will host a number of Information Sessions in locations throughout the county about applying for arts grants and bursary awards with Kildare County Council.
- Athy Library – Tuesday 14 January 6-7.30pm | Register to attend
- Maynooth Library – Friday 17 January 10.30 – 12pm | Register to attend
- Naas Library and Cultural Centre – Saturday 18 January 10.30 – 12pm | Register to attend
Please note that information imparted at each session will be the same – there is no need to register to attend all three sessions.
Queries
If you need help to complete and submit your application, email or call the Arts Service team at least three weeks before the award deadline, or as early as possible: arts@kildarecoco.ie / Tel: 045 980872.
