The Community Theatre scheme aims to support the development of not for profit community theatre groups the length and breadth of the UK.
Grants awarded through this scheme will allow groups to carry out training, attract new audiences, encourage new members and raise their profile in their communities. Through the Fund the BBC wants to encourage groups to take on more challenging projects through commissions and encouraging collaboration with professional theatre makers and other local organisations.
Ultimately, the BBC want to encourage a wider audience for, and participation in, the exciting UK community theatre sector.
The BBC are looking for groups who are ambitious, willing to take on a challenge and looking for ways to increase their group’s confidence and motivation and to raise their profile in the local community.
The BBCS wish to fund projects that will benefit not only the groups themselves but also the wider community.
Groups may apply for up to £5,000 for a development project or for a project which includes the commission of a new piece of theatre created by a specified professional theatre maker chosen by the group. The minimum grant given will be £500.
Groups must have a minimum of eight performing members and the group must have been in existence since 1 April 2011.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund/grants/community-theatre, or email: [email protected].
Deadline: Monday 16 September 2013, 17:00