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Introduction

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon Friday 13th December 2024.

Our Young Artist of the Year Award is designed to support the development of young local artists aged 16-25 working in any art form.  A financial award of up to £1,000 will be made, to one individual artist, to support arts projects, residencies or approved study over and above full-time second or third level education.  

The award may also cover the purchase of specialised equipment/materials or travel and attendance at arts events outside of Northern Ireland.

All activities, which are grant-aided through this award, must contribute to the individual career development of the young artist and/or arts development in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area.

All art forms are eligible for consideration including music, visual art, drama, dance, film making and multimedia.

Please read the information on the links above and then apply online using this link.

Levels of grant aid

This Young Artist of the Year Award is an annual one-off award of up to £1,000. 

Awards will be paid out in two stages.  An initial award of 60% of the total amount will be paid on acceptance of the award with the remaining 40% payable on submission of a completed post-activity report and invoice.

Who can apply? - eligibility

The Young Artist of the Year Award is open to those aged 16-25.  Young artists must demonstrate sufficient artistic ability to carry out the planned activity and must also have been born in, or be currently resident in our area.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate high levels of individual achievement within their art form.  The benefits for arts development within Lisburn and Castlereagh area will also be assessed.

Conditions

A panel made up of representatives of council officers will review all eligible grant applications and make recommendations to council based on the results of an assessment. As part of the approvals process, all applications will be discussed during committee and council procedures.

The successful applicant must accept in writing any award given and submit a relevant acceptance form within two weeks of the date of the letter.  In the event of this deadline not being adhered to, the offer may be withdrawn.

A post activity evaluation report must be completed.

The award must be acknowledged on any print material associated with the activity, the official Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council logo must also be used.  The logo will be supplied along with instructions of use.

The successful applicant must make provision, if requested, for us to display promotional pop-up stand/s where appropriate at the activity in acknowledgement for the award.

Reference must be made to our support in any press releases, other publicity or activity associated with the award.

The successful applicant must co-operate fully with our monitoring and evaluation processes.

The award must be used within one year of the date on the letter of offer, unless otherwise agreed.

All funding from us must be used for the purpose for which the application was made.  If any change is to occur in relation to the activity, for which the funding has been awarded, we must be informed immediately.  Any circumstances where this stipulation is not adhered to satisfactorily, we may insist on full repayment of the funding allocated.

The successful applicant may be required to invite a representative from the council to any activity related to the award.

The successful applicant must agree to participate in publicity opportunities connected to the award, as arranged by us, and be responsible for any attendance costs.

Application process

Applications for the Young Artist of the Year Award will be accepted on the official application form only.

Individual applicants may be required to present details in person to our panel, if requested as part of a shortlisting process.

All applicants will be informed in writing of the decision of our award panel. The decision is final. Feedback may be offered if requested, however, there is no appeals process.