Peckham Library is hosting a workshop today (November 25) to advertise multiple arts and culture grants that are available to organisations in Southwark borough.
The Culture Together grants starts at £5,000 and can go up to £25,000. Applications close on December 20.
Culture Together has £144,000 in funding for sustainable and inclusive activities, to be conducted by creative groups.
The workshop, which starts at 11 am, will offer one-on-one advice sessions for potential grant applicants. Completed forms are to be submitted online through Southwark Council’s grant applications page.
The council has also organised an online workshop on November 29.
The council says that the Culture Together grant has been especially created because the “thriving” arts sector has been hit hard by Covid-19. Southwark is regarded as one of London’s more creative boroughs. It has several art galleries, such as Hannah Barry Gallery and South London Gallery.
Southwark also has a selection of street art. A recent one from July 2021 was painted on the Prince of Peckham pub. The borough’s Peckham ward is home to creative and educational charity Peckham Platform, which frequently organises exhibitions, festivals and creative workshops for the community.
Peckham Library won the prestigious Stirling architecture prize within months of throwing open its doors in March, 2000 on account of the creative way in which it reimagined library space. Its inverted “L” shape stands in stark contrast to traditional library buildings. Peckham Library’s interior is also unusual. It has several sound absorbent egg-shaped pods, which allow meetings to be conducted within them.
Culture Together grants are expected to be inclusive and representative of Southwark’s diversity, with its multitude of ethnicities, cultures and languages. Council data shows that 25 per cent of Southwark’s residents are black and more than 120 different languages are spoken. The diversity is expected to be reflected in the grant applications and the projects selected for council funding.
