Creative Places Tuam Cultural Growth Fund Cultural Growth Fund 2025 Step 1 of 3 33% Creative Places Tuam Cultural Growth Fund Please ensure that you have all the information that you will need to fully complete this form to hand, including all supporting material and your budget template. You can save your application part-way through and access it again within 30 days, but remember that you must submit in full in advance of the deadline. The open call contains clear instructions on the information you will need, in order to complete the form. If you have technical issues using the form, contact info[at]create-ireland.ie with your query. Deadline: 12pm, Friday 4th April 2025 1.1 Please provide Name*Pronoun(s)Name of Community/ Group/ Organisation (if applicable)*Eircode*Phone numberEmail address* Enter Email Confirm Email Website Social media 1.2. State your main artform/ community group priority/ organisation objective* 1.3. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion In line with Create and Creative Places Tuam's commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we have included some questions below which help us to understand more about the individuals we are engaging with. If you are applying on behalf of a group, please answer these questions from a personal perspective. This information has no bearing on your application's assessment, and is purely for internal reporting and analysis Data collected will only be used in an aggregated, anonymised fashion. In live with GDPR regulations, your information will not be shared with any third parties.Gender Female Male Non-Binary Prefer not to say Ethnicity Black or Black Irish - African Black or Black Irish - any other Black background Asian or Asian Irish - Chinese Asian or Asian Irish - any other Asian background White Irish Any other White background Irish traveller Mixed ethnic group (please state in box below) Any other ethnic group (please state in box below) Prefer not to say Other ethnicityIf your ethnicity is not reflected in the options above, please state it hereLanguageWhat is your first language?DisabilityDo you consider yourself to have a disability? Yes No Prefer not to say 1.4. Please indicate if Creative Places Tuam provided advice regarding this application* Yes, we sought and received support from Creative Places Tuam No, we did not seek or did not receive support from Creatuive Places Tuam If yes, how was this advice received? By phone By email In person 2.1 Tell us about yourself*Briefly describe who you are, what the priority focus of your work is, and give an general overview of your main interests and ambitions as an individual/ group. Maximum characters = 9002.2 Summary of your proposal*Give a brief summary of your proposal in three short points. Describe what you want to do, why you want to do it, and how you are going to do it. Maximum characters = 6002.3 Details of your proposal*Please describe your proposal in more detail. What you write here is a key part of the proposal, and should help those involved in assessing your application to understand the full scope of what you want to do and why it is important to you. It is important to cover both the creative idea and practical aspects of your proposal. This should include details of your creative goals and ambitions, and any other information you consider relevant. a. Outline your reasons for applying for this award >br> b. Description of collaborating community involved in the proposal - who is involved? c. What do you want to do and why do you want to do it? d. How are you going to do it? e. Anticipated outcome - what will be the main benefits of this work, either to you or the community/ town of Tuam? Maximum characters = 48003. Budget*Please load your completed budget template file here.Accepted file types: xls, xlsx, pdf, png, jpeg, Max. file size: 16 MB. Total amount sought* 4. Timeline Please outline the approximate timeline for your programme, project or event. All projects must signal a timeline of work of between one and six months and be completed by November 2025.Start date*End date* 5. Support Material Examples of work*Artists/ Arts Organisations: Please include up to 3 images of your work that are relevant to this application. Community Groups: Please include up to 3 images that represent what your community group does. By submitting images here, you are consenting to their use on social media and websites in the promotion of this project. Please load .jpeg files, landscape, 300dpi, with a combined maximum file size of 128MB. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, png, pdf, doc, docx, , Max. file size: 128 MB. Letters of Support/ CVs*Please load a maximum of 2 letters of support and 2 CVs for those leading the creative project. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, png, pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 128 MB. 6. Declaration 6.1. Declaration I am / We are an individual or group that lives / works / operates in or from Tuam and its surrounding area. I have read, understood and agree to the guidelines outline din the open call I am authorised to make this application as an individual or for the group/organisation named above The work / event / activities will take place in 2025 Project outcomes will be shared with Creative Places Tuam Programme and made available to the community. If our application is successful, I / we agree to take photographs of our activity / event / project and share it with Creative Places Tuam. I / We agree to acknowledge Creative Places Tuam, Galway County Council, Create and the Arts Council of Ireland in all promotional activity including the use of appropriate logos. I/ we acknowledge that all issues related to health and safety, insurance, financial risk and any other matters relating to the work undertaken from this fund remains the sole responsibility of the applicant/ group. 6.2. Contact opt-in*Please note that, unless you indicate otherwise, basic information you provide may appear in a database maintained by Creative Places Tuam to inform our affiliates and associates about our activities and services. This includes information distributed via our eBulletin and by email intended to help us to network, organise events and support and promote collaboration and participation in the arts. If you do agree, you will always have the option to unsubscribe at any time. I agree to allow Create/ Creative Places Tuam to store my or my group’s/ organisation's contact details on a database held for these specific purposes. Yes No 6.3. Signature*I/ we certify that the information in this application is correct to my/ our knowledge Yes No Signature of applicant*Please load a picture of your signature (acceptable files types: .jpg, .png, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .tiff). Maximum file size: 16MBAccepted file types: jpg, png, pdf, doc, docx, tiff, Max. file size: 16 MB.