Application for financial support – Guidance Notes & Conditions
Please read these guidance notes and conditions before submitting your application
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Applications are welcome from student groups or staff, and must be on a University Arts
Council application form. Applications must include the name and contact details of the
person who will have overall responsibility for the proposed activity. That person will be
expected to submit a follow-up report later once the project/event/activity has completed.
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Priority is normally given to activities which seek to involve the widest possible number of
participants and/or audience members, and which have the potential to involve students
and/or staff. Normally, they will not be a compulsory part of a student’s programme of study.
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The budget projections in the application need to be realistic, and in sufficient detail to indicate
whether the activity is likely to be financially viable.
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Grants will be paid by way of internal transfer (where the organisation has an internal cost
code), or by BACS to the Students Union in the case of a club or society, normally after the
event has taken place. However, interim payments can be made if required.
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A claim should be submitted for the grant along with a short resume of the project/event and
statement of financial out-turn.
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The University Arts Council is keen to ensure that students, staff and the public are aware of
the availability of funds to support arts projects and therefore a condition of any award made is
that the Arts Council’s financial support is appropriately acknowledged in print, publicity, web
pages, etc associated with the supported project/event.
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Applications for activities that have not previously received Arts Council support, and/or which
involve creative activities and/or locations under-represented in the past, are particularly
encouraged.
The University Arts Council supports:
Music, photography, drama, visual arts, literature, crafts, film, digital technologies, displays,
workshops, performances, exhibits . . . and more. In fact, almost anything that involves creative
arts. Highest priority goes to activities which provide opportunities, and/or encourage people to get
involved. Cross-disciplinary activities are also supported.
But not the following:
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Activities that don’t involve Anglia Ruskin students and/or staff
Activities restricted to students on a particular programme of study
Activities that unjustifiably exclude people from taking part because of their race, gender,
disability, sexual orientation, religion or age, or other personal characteristic
Activities promoted by or for individuals
Academic research
Student coursework or assignments
Prize money
Food and drink