Cultural Bridge Fund Opens for UK Applications

Cultural Bridge is a unique investment programme between all UK arts councils and leading German cultural institutions that supports the development of cross-border partnerships. Since launching in 2021, it has enabled arts organisations that place communities at the heart of their work, to build and develop new partnerships that allow exploration and exchange of practice across the UK and Germany.

The Cultural Bridge Fund is open to all arts and cultural organisations with proven expertise in socially engaged/participatory practice. Partnerships must be bi-lateral, including at least one German partner and one UK partner, from any one of the four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The total budget for the 2025-26 programme is £360,000.

Two tiers of funding are available for activity starting from 1 April 2025 and completed by 31 March 2026.

• Tier 1 grants (between £5,000 and £10,000 per partnership) are for new partnerships and can be used for partnership development, exchange, residencies, co-creation and networking between UK and German organisations.
• Tier 2 grants (up to £30,000 per partnership) are for established partnerships and can be used to support the partnerships which must include  direct engagement with communities.

The Cultural Bridge programme is committed to promoting an equitable, diverse and inclusive network. The activity supported as well as the workforce of the organisations funded should reflect the diversity of the UK and Germany. Priority will be given to smaller arts and cultural organisation who do not already receive significant or sustained funding.

The deadline for applications is 26 November 2024.

Further details can be found here: Funding | Cultural Bridge (cultural-bridge.info)