€20,000 Funding Scheme for individuals, artists, and community groups to support cultural and creative projects in Tuam.

About this fund

In 2025 Creative Places Tuam is committed to further supporting the growth of culture and creativity in Tuam. This fund is to support arts, community and social groups, artists and individuals alike to create! To make things happen; to take ideas further, to grow resources and/or deepen connection to communities.

Creative Places Tuam with support from Galway County Council Arts Service is now launching the Cultural Growth Fund with a total sum of €20,000 available.  Applications can be submitted for the minimum amount of €1000 to the maximum amount of €3,000 as dependent on their needs and ambitions.

What is it for?

This fund supports creative development.  All practitioners and artforms will be considered in conjunction with how the proposal impacts the creative and cultural development of Tuam and its surrounds.

This fund can:

• Support the further development of creative work from a Tuam based Artist, arts organisation or community group.
• Be used to create and design something new.
• Test out new thinking or put on a new event or activity.
• Support the production costs around an upcoming exhibition, publication, event or show.
• Support community groups or individuals to engage with an artist or creative practitioner.
• Purchase or hire material, equipment.
• Overheads directly associated with the creative development of Tuam. i.e. rental space, access costs for Artist/practitioners and/or participants for creative community activities.
• Be used in support of match funding.

Who can apply? 

• Arts organisations and groups
• Community organisations and groups
• Individual Artists
• Individuals from the community
• Creative and cultural practitioners

Applicants must be living in or working in Tuam or its surrounds. Applications must benefit Tuam and its surrounds.

The deadline for submission is 12pm, Friday 4^th April 2025.

Direct any queries to 086 8774710 / [email protected]
Please note that applications are only accepted online. Applications submitted using the Reference Only form will not be accepted.

For more information, please visit:

https://creativeplacestuam.ie/projectsubpage/creative-places-tuam-cultural-growth-fund/