Who are the funders? How do we manage tensions between what they want and what we want? by

Who are the funders? How do we manage tensions between what they want and what we want? by https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c Next Steps for LILA 8th June 2021 en-us 2021-06-08 04:41:15 UTC 2021-06-08 14:15:53 UTC hello@padlet.com I think the city of Barcelona offers some funding for work supporting wellbeing and social justice, I'd have to look into it (Emilee) emileesmoore https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592892827 2021-06-08 13:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592892827 Funders I've come across in the field (beyond academia) - with a focus on levelling out injustice, and community wellbeing/flourishing, who fund arts-based projects: https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592894692 * Big Lottery - very focussed on participant led finding proposals
* Paul Hamlyn Foundation - very good with testing / learning, open outcomes, and very flexible with evaluation approaches
* Kalvi Trust (Norwegian charity) young people
* Baring Foundation - new focus on mental wellbeing]]> 2021-06-08 13:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592894692 Lottery is our key core funder but they would not fund a part time research position. They all want it built in- ie project evaluation. https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592894874 2021-06-08 13:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592894874 In Bristol there's a focus on the theme of "Belonging" in education (from the city council's perspective) - I don't think there's money :( but it could be used perhaps as a lever to support a bid to a charity or academic funding council... jane_andrews3 https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592895484 2021-06-08 13:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592895484 Social prescribing https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592895982 Following on from comment about connection to wellbeing, then the role of arts and health projects and the potential for social prescribing models is interesting.
What kinds of evidence, narratives, testimonials are desired from these? ]]> 2021-06-08 13:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592895982 Funding https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592896803 In my mind there are two possible funding streams: social (from government, health/social care or charitable/philanthropic organisation) or research (from research councils, charities etc.). You often need evidence derived from the latter to convince the former to give you money!]]> 2021-06-08 13:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592896803 Eu-Cost Action Project aliagascristina https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592898821 It is not a project but a network. The aim is to mobilise thinking/research in a topic/area. It is multistakeholder, involving private sector.
https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/about-cost/

]]> 2021-06-08 13:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592898821 Research or evaluation or delivery or advocacy https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592903998 There can be a tension or muddle between these elements. Evaluation and research overlap, but are not the same thing. If funding is primary delivery based, there can be tendancy to slip into advocacy.
However, need to be flexible and find ways to delivery across these elements often from the same funding source. ]]> 2021-06-08 13:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592903998 ACE Public Engagement https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592904247 there are different streams to apply for, but even for artists, there often needs to be a big public engagement focus intermixing with communities (rather than focusing on a solo practice) ... My experience has been that the more public-facing partnerships of validation and collaboration, the better for getting funded!]]> 2021-06-08 13:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592904247 I agree re evaluation and advocacy muddle - we need this as a clear concern. Our evaluation, if we do that, will be open, learning focussed! Not about proving success.... https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592908550 2021-06-08 13:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592908550 Public Engagement https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592913429 There is an increase drive for and from universities for public engagement. Plus things like the civic university network. Research approaches that lend themselves to this through their methods or outputs will have potential to get support for delivering on these agendas. ]]> 2021-06-08 13:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592913429 I haven't yet found a way to bring academic and non-academic funding streams together, or to fund research roles within a project. But evaluation can be very research-like! Some of us (evaluators) sit in the middle there. https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592914603 2021-06-08 13:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592914603 Interdisciplinary Work https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592915290 Some universities have big funds specifically for bridging and crossing disciplines, and often times, there's a need for participation from the angle of arts and humanities, with the desire for the output being public facing and/or engaging.]]> 2021-06-08 13:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592915290 Terminology https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592922837 One of the things that comes up frequently in my work is common language and trying to find that common terminology especially in the triangle of academy / arts-based practice / funding
*Public engagement in the academy v public engagement in arts and culture practice (cf Arts Council)
*Evaluation v research - where and what is the intersection (especially in relation to different funders)?
*Advocacy - what does this mean to different partners? How does this link to evaluation / research dichotomy
*Partnerships - what are the other partnerships and collaborations we can tap into again academy v arts and culture-based organisations ]]> 2021-06-08 13:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592922837 I agree that terminology is so important in bid writing - it's a challenge to set out what you want to explore using the language that the funder uses while showing the work is "new" jane_andrews3 https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592928828 2021-06-08 13:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592928828 Sponsorships? https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592928961 Some arts organisations and projects are able to get some support from the private sector for specific technology, materials, devices, etc, so this is always something to keep in mind, as it can give a boost to a concrete output, perhaps?]]> 2021-06-08 13:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592928961 Artists in the current climate https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592929635 Artists have had a particularly rough time during the pandemic with little recognition of their worth and value/ contribution. How can LILA advocate for bringing the role of artists into the centre of community and its work ... what does that funding bid look like?
... It's a bit like two lots of marginalisation - the artists and the communities we want to work with.]]> 2021-06-08 13:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592929635 Bid writing is so time-intensive - an issue for those who don't have a salary or regular secure income, we spend weeks on writing, with a v low % of success for any bid.... https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592931411 2021-06-08 13:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592931411 the trouble is .. we're not very tidy!!! funders like tidy - need- activity- planned outcome - impact! https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592941146 2021-06-08 13:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592941146 Health research doesn't need to be quant https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592944186 although these funders may seem to be very quant-focussed, there's the whole qualitative health research wing that is always working to shift the focus. Some funders will never listen! but the field is shifting... (also for evaluation). This is something we need to advocate for!]]> 2021-06-08 13:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592944186 Could the successor to the EU Horizon 2020 programme be an option for a collaborative project? https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592949112 Worth exploring?]]> 2021-06-08 14:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592949112 Health and wellbeing /Culture Health and Wellbeing alliance https://padlet.com/ltharvey2/vre1g02ejcqn6e7c/wish/1592951808 Strong sense of health and wellbeing coming through as a theme through both conversation. If we are potentially to look at this in relation to funding potentially need to connect to organization such as the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance
https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/

List of funders on the CHW Alliance page:
https://www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/resources/funding

National Alliance Health and Wellbeing: https://museumsandwellbeingalliance.wordpress.com/about/

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