The City will hold information sessions from next week how to access funding for arts, culture and heritage projects. File picture.
The City will hold information sessions across the metro from next week on how non-profit organisations can apply for funding for arts, culture and heritage projects.
Grants-in-aid funding of more than R3 million is available for allocation to registered organisations, says the City.
On Thursday August 15 sessions will be held at the Sarepta Community Hall, from 9am to 10am, and the Claremont Civic Centre, from 1pm to 2pm.
A second round will be held, on Monday August 19, at the Bellville South Banquet Hall, from 9am to 10am, and at the Cape Town Forensics Chemist Laboratory, in Woodstock, from 1pm to 2pm.
Projects to be considered will be in the categories of visual and performing arts, temporary public art, heritage awareness, storytelling and art therapy.
The funding is for young people, aged from 7 to 35, and "vulnerable groups" including women, children, senior citizens and the disabled, the City said in a statement.
“Supporting cultural and creative projects identifies and nurtures talent. It creates platforms for young people and emerging artists to pursue their dreams, while established artists have opportunities to mentor, support, and inspire others,” mayoral committee member for community services and health Patricia van der Ross said in a statement.
Proposals for grants-in-aid must be made in writing on an official application form available on the City’s website.
Application forms can be delivered to the arts and culture branch, 5th Floor, Honda Building, 73 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, or sent to artsandculture.gia@capetown.gov.za.
Applicants must be registered on the central supplier database and the City’s supply chain management database before submitting their application. Both registration numbers are required on the grants-in-aid application form.