Funding for Communities
Music Capital Scheme
Deadline: Monday 2 November 2009
The Music Capital Scheme was devised by The Arts Council, The IRMA Trust and Music Network to support capital investment in music. The Scheme is a three-year pilot project that is part of a research initiative seeking to analyse the needs for support for capital investment in music as well as the optimum ways of providing this support.
In 2009, the second year of the project, The Arts Council and Music Network are offering financial support in two distinct streams that will run concurrently.
Stream 1: Instrument banks-support for the purchase of instruments for non-professional groups/ensembles such as brass and silver bands, concert bands, symphonic wind ensembles, pipe bands, céil´ bands, youth/amateur orchestras and ensembles, fife and drum (and other marching) bands, big bands, community music groups, percussion and samba groups, pop/rock music collectives, traditional music groups/organisations, choirs, other non-professional groups/ensembles.
Stream 2: Individual instruments-support for the purchase of high quality musical instruments for highly skilled individual performers playing at a professional level.
Further information
- Further information on the scheme can be found on the Music Network website: http://www.musicnetwork.ie/myc/cms/pages/development/music_capital_2009.php
Arthur Guinness Fund - Community Projects As part of its 250th anniversary, Guinness will make a donation to this fund which will focus on projects that deliver social benefit and support social entrepreneurs in partnership with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland. Further information available from www.guinness.com. The Fund will be active from September 2009 BenefIT 2 - Dept Communications, Energy and Natural Resources The Department has invited proposals from voluntary, community and not for profit organisations or service providers for training to encourage and facilitate people to participate in the knowledge society. Further information at www.eInclusion.ie , or the eInclusion Unit at 01 6782518, email: .. Deadline; 20 October 2009
