The aim of this fund is to develop the creative use of the Welsh language within communities. Llais y Lle aims to encourage this by supporting creative individuals to immerse themselves within a community and work collaboratively to develop the use and ownership of the Welsh language.
Llais y lle aims to address the following question:
How can we place the Welsh language and culture at the centre of creativity at a community level to expand on current and future ownership and use of the Welsh language?
You are not expected to know the end result of your ideas on application. We respect the importance of creating spaces to discover and trial creative approaches. What matters is the creative approaches offered to address the question. The most relevant methods will be up to you and the community.
This is Llais y Lle’s second year.
Who can apply?
The fund is open to creative individuals with a passion for developing communities’ relationship with the Welsh language. All ideas must be creative. The arts should be central to those creative ideas.
We welcome partnerships with community organisations and/or arts organisations but the work must be led by the creative individuals.
You can apply for up to £30,000 for a comprehensive creative community plan over the course of a year or up to £7,500 for developing your relationship with the community over the course of a year.
When to apply and important dates
The fund is open from 5th February 2024 and closes at 12pm on Friday, March 1st 2024.
The Welsh Language Enabler will be holding information sessions about on February 6th at 6pm and February 8th at 5pm.
Join February the 6th at 6pm session here.
Join February the 8th at 5pm session here.
All schemes will start by the end of May 2024.
No. We are looking for creative individuals who have experience and ability of working creatively with communities and the Welsh language as well as established artists. All ideas and delivery must be creative. The arts should be central to those creative ideas
You’ll need to use our online ‘portal’ to make an application. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll need to register for access to the portal. You can find out how to do this here .
If you’re unable to access the online form or require further assistance, please contact us at grants@arts.wales or via 03301 242733 (helpline) all calls charged at local rates.
No, this fund is specifically designed for individuals. We encourage support and an agreement with organisations but the work must be person/s led.
We welcome applications from creative individuals (or a group of individuals) from all walks of life living in Wales. One individual must take the lead and be responsible for the application, funding and reporting.
No, but it would be beneficial. Applicants can be anywhere on the Welsh learning pathway but it must be demonstrated how non-Welsh language candidates will enable Welsh creative communication. The purpose of the fund is to creatively develop the use and ownership of the Welsh language.
No, but you must be present in the community and have a connection to it. We want to avoid a fly in fly out approach. We will not be accepting applications for virtual working or remote engagement although some virtual techniques can be used within the activity if it is beneficial.
Yes. We recognise that the use and ownership of the Welsh language needs to be developed or reinforced in every community in Wales. We will be accepting applications that offer creative ideas on the development of the Welsh language within any community in Wales, whatever their current relationship with the Welsh language.
No. The definition of location includes geographically specific communities as well as cultural communities. It's the people in the place that matter. We invite you to present creative ideas about developing use, ownership, and pride in the Welsh language with the people within a particular community.
People within each community are diverse and one community may contain a number of smaller communities. An application can be submitted for working with one of those smaller communities although we will be looking for ideas that develop their engagement with the wider community. There is no specific boundary to the size or population of the community set, but we do not expect regional or national working applications at this point.
Everyone will work towards the same goal of increasing use and ownership of Welsh. The methods of reaching this goal will vary in each community and the outcome will depend on the starting point of that community. What matters is the creative approaches offered to address the question and the central voice given to the community during planning and implementation. The most relevant methods are up to you and the community.
This work will require working for a year (not full time) and joining in sharing and discussion sessions during the project with the other practitioners, members of the Welsh language art consortium and the Welsh language Enabler. You will collect, share, assess and adapt according to the requirements of the community and discuss developments with us during the sharing sessions and four reporting dates. You will be expected to follow an Outcome-based accountability framework when reporting. We will support this approach with resources and training.
We will be assessing all successful ideas throughout the year and planning relevant future opportunities based on the findings. We hope to release information on any future opportunities before the end of the life of this current fund.
We can support some childcare costs that help you take part in the programme especially if you won’t be able to take part if you don’t receive support. You’ll need to explain why this support is required in your budget. These costs would be additional to the total grant.
If you’ll be working with children, young people and/or vulnerable adults, you’ll need to provide evidence that appropriate and adequate safeguards have been put in place. This includes having any necessary safeguarding checks carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
No, you can apply for one or the other. You can apply for up to £7,500 or up to £30,000. The amount you will ask for needs to reflects your plans for the year.
Yes. We are committed to making our grant process and the projects we fund accessible to all.
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