2017 grants

A full breakdown of grants made can also be found here.

The Arts

BE Festival - £1,500

Artist development programme

Birmingham Bach Choir -£1,000

Performance of Bach's B Minor Mass

Birmingham Hippodrome -£1,000

Community engagement workshops

Capsule Events Ltd - £1,000

'Big Sounds for Little People' children's engagement

Craftspace - £2,000

Residency and exhibition exploring Birmingham's industrial and musical heritage

Crafts Council - £1,000

'Make Your Future' education programme

Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts - £2,000

African Arts Week in North Birmingham

Ikon Gallery - £2,000

Exhibition of work of Thomas Bock (c1793-1855)

National Youth Orchestra - £1,000

NYO Inspire residential rehearsal and concert tour

One Dance UK - £1,000

U.Dance 2017 involving 300 young dancers, 7% of whom are likely to be disabled

Performances Birmingham - £1,000

Mid-Week Explorer and Musical Picnics programme

RBSA - £1,000

In-depth curatorial mentoring scheme

Stage2 Youth Theatre - £1,000

Support for Subsidy Fund

Welsh National Opera - £1,000

Music workshops in Birmingham primary schools

Total Arts £17,500

Heritage

Friction Arts -£3,000

'Wholesale Memory-Portraiture' celebrating history and traders of Wholesale Market Birmingham

Roundhouse Birmingham (National Trust) - £4,000

To bring new life to survivor of Birmingham's industrial past

Vintage Trains - £2,000

Guide book and information boards for visitors

Women & Theatre - £2,000

To research the life Len Vale-Onslow and his contribution to the motorcycling industry *

*This project was financially unable to proceed, and Trustees agreed to award the grant, instead, to Women & Theatre’s ‘Women of Longbridge’ project

Total Heritage£11,000

Open Spaces

Queen Alexandra College - £1,000

To create a shared community garden space

Trees for Cities -£500

To plant 1000 trees on public green space

Warley Woods Community Trust - £700

To buy a large chain saw

Total Open Spaces - £2,200

Grand total - £30,700