Rochdale Borough Culture Network Arts Council Project Grant Match Funds
The Arts Council England Project Grants Match Funding Programme is an initiative from Rochdale Borough Culture Network, funded by Your Trust and administered by Cartwheel Arts on behalf of the Network.
Rochdale based practitioners and arts organisations can apply for Match Funding to support their Arts Council England Project Grants.
A total pot of £6,400 is available for the 2025/26 financial year and the maximum awards are:
£500 for applications under £15,000
£1,000 for applications under £30,000
£2,000 for applications over £30,000
The purpose of the programme is to offer a modest level of match funding to artists, arts organisations, and community groups based in the Borough of Rochdale who are intending to make an application to Arts Council England’s Project Grants funding programme. ACE generally requires 10% match funding, but applications stand a better chance if applicants can offer more.
Support is available to fully professional organisations (e.g. with a regional or national brief), amateur groups, community organisations and to individual artists, providing the Project Grants application is for an activity which enhances the cultural life of the borough.
There is no application form.
You simply need to email hebe@cartwheelarts.org.uk notifying us of your intention to apply for a Project Grant:
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within 4 weeks from the date of your email
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the name of your project
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and the total amount you will be applying for
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how the project will enhance the cultural life of Rochdale Borough
We can offer match funding of 10% of the value of your bid, with the following maximums depending on the size of the Project Grant:
£500 < £15,000
£1,000 < £30,000
£2,000 > £30,000
There's no deadline.
It is first come, first served, but we will attempt to ensure an even distribution of support around the borough.
Please Note:
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Applications for the RBCN Match Fund must be made in advance of your application to the Arts Council. We cannot match fund projects that have already received funding.
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You must tell me when you have submitted your application and the expected decision date. You must then notify me of the decision, one way or the other.
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If we have not heard from you within 5 months of applying to us for the Match Funding, we will assume that your bid has been unsuccessful and release the funds back into the general RBCN Grants Pot
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You can only draw down the money if the bid is successful.
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Once all the money is tied up in bids, the lid will be put back on the pot, until such time as the decisions are made. If there are unsuccessful bids, the match funding will go back in the pot and we begin again.
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When it's gone it's gone.