Working With Writers Toolkit
Funding
The Here & Now project was funded by:
- the MLA NW who provided generous funding to support the design and print of materials, and 2 networking days for writers, which also served the purpose of staff development
- ACE NW who awarded a Grants for the Arts bid to support the events in libraries
- Time To Read's own funding (i.e. from local authorities) contributed to the promotion and supported the website development
At the time of writing, the regional Arts Board Literature officer should support your work in this area, as it clearly provides support for writing from the region.
N.B. the Arts Council will want to support work with contemporary and new writers rather than writers from the past, unless their work is being presented in new ways
An alternative way of funding a project of this nature would be to create your publicity package centrally and ask individual authorities to purchase at cost price. This is much cheaper and saves considerable time and effort particularly at the design stage.
Time To Read currently has a full time paid co-ordinator, supported by Arts Coucil of England and Museums, Libraries and Archives, North West.