New Narratives (Africa_UK) – Co-creation Grant
British Council’s Sub-Saharan Africa strategy aims to create opportunities for young people, enabling them to improve their chances of employment, bolster their resilience, and grow their networks. The strategy has been developed through a consultative process using extensive market research and depends on long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships between Africa and the UK to lead to more prosperous and secure futures.
As part of the strategy, we have embarked on a new programme, New Narratives, that will support more diverse, alternative narratives between young people in Africa and the UK. The programme aims to contribute to changing reciprocal perceptions between both places to stimulate new understanding which will unlock new connections and collaborations for mutual benefit. The programme will work across our business areas including the Cultural and Creative Industries, Education and Social Inclusion. It will include online and offline activities that present new ways for young people across countries of Africa and the UK to engage with each other.
Proposal
Targeting a youth (18 – 35-year-old) audience, the co-creation grant aims to support Africa and UK cultural partnerships to develop digital, face-to-face, and hybrid artistic projects that examine New Narratives. We are offering THREE co-creation grants of up to GBP20,000, to three different hubs/collectives.
We are inviting multidisciplinary hubs and/or collectives working across technology, science, or arts and culture to co-create works and/or deliver projects that speak to New Narratives through exploring thematic areas in different disciplines. Themes for projects can range from climate, higher education, arts, digital innovation, heritage/culture, media, and more. The grant will support the production of new works, building connections, and collaboration across different countries. While this grant is not designed for research, an element of research can be included in the project.
Who are we looking for:
Multidisciplinary hubs and/or collectives applying need to work directly with young people aged between 18 and 35yrs old and the core team can include creatives/practitioners/experts from different countries of Africa and the UK.
- The administrative lead of the application needs to be from one of the primary1 countries listed, with the rest of the members of the group being from any of the listed secondary2 countries.
- The group’s capability and skills must be spread across Africa and UK
- There should be a clear articulation of the roles and responsibilities of each member of the group
- The successful groups need to have Intellectual Property and other applicable rights agreed on and in place upon the signing of the contract.
- Primary Countries: England, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Nigeria, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Wales, Zimbabwe.
Application process
- Interested and eligible collectives/hubs will complete an online form with details of the proposed project and make-up of the collective.
- Hubs/collectives are requested to complete the online form by 30th August 2022 midnight CAT.
- The 3 successful hubs/collectives will be notified by 12th September 2022.
Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/society-new-narratives-africauk-co-creation-grant
