Donate to the Forest Quarterly Grant

What is The

Forest Quarterly Grant?

A quarterly grant of £200for small projects will be available from the Forest.

It is paid to individuals or organisations to help them pursue any type of worthwhile creative project. We don't want to impose limits and rules on people's creative process and encourage artists to try out new things and experiment.

If you have a project but need a little help getting it off the ground then we might be able to help.

There will be 4 deadlines and projects funded a year. The money will be awarded to different
people each time.

The deadlines in 2018 are

1^st of April

1^st of July

1^st of October

31st of December

For more information and guidelines please go to:

http://www.theforest.org.uk/grants

Projects that we have funded in the past:

• Monsterbikes Workshops
• STFU Electronic Music Festival
• Peace Rising Workshops and Weekend
• Manila Infoshop Film Programme
• Tawona Sithole Poetry Booklet
• FuseLit Poetry Magazine
• Bosnian folk music tour
• Foundations Dance collective

First quarter's Forest Arts Grant went to Uncovered Artistry to help them with the publishing of an anthology of poetry, prose, and visual art by survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. It will aim to challenge misconceptions about sexual and domestic abuse, as well as broaden the audience’s awareness of abuse in their lives and the lives of those around them.

Second Forest Quarterly Arts Grant was awarded to Edinburgh Zine Library to create a series of workshops concentrated on mental health and personal zines resulting in creating a collaborative zine. Edinburgh Zine Library is an independent, collectively run initiative that became a platform for different artists and activists. They have created an archive of over 200 zines from all over the world, also host open access workshops and other regular events around Scotland.
http://edinburghzinelibrary.com/

What is The Forest?

We are a volunteer-run, collectively-owned, free arts and events project. We run a vegetarian café with an open stage and a dedicated gallery space for people to get involved in any creative activity imaginable.

The Forest is here to to enable greater access to all art forms, facilitate the development of artists’ work and skills, provide opportunities to learn and skill-share and foster co-operation and cultural understanding.

A lot of different projects and artists have come out of the Forest in the last 17 years. Our events have included music, theatre, dancing, yoga, massage, poetry recitals, art displays, knit-ins, book tours, language teaching, monsterbike making…and plenty more.

We’re always on the lookout for new ideas and want to help exciting creative projects to sprout. This is why we are starting the Forest Quarterly Grant to support local and international artists put their ideas into practice, and encourage them to use the Forest as a resource and platform for their work, by offering financial and other support.

How we will use the money

All money donated will go towards the Forest Quarterly Grant. £400 will be paid out to two recipients of the grant. Any extra money we raise will go towards the next Quarterly Grant (October deadline).