Unit 15: London Project
This section documents research into budget and potential streams of income for the project.
BUDGET
FUNDING
Daiwa Small Grants, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
This is my most promising option for funding. As such, sections included in my 'Proposal' section are based on the application notes provided by the Daiwa Small Grants (including 'Project summary' questions and a 'Project benefits' section).
Daiwa offer small grants to projects that support interaction and collaboration between the UK and Japan. I would hope to apply for the residency costs that would enable new relationships to form between Department H performance artists and likeminded UK-based artists. Furthermore, for this grant, I need to state a 'Project Partner' and so I will need to consolidate collaboration with Department H in order to go forward with the application.
Performing Arts Japan Programme, Japan Foundation London
Japan Foundation offer Performing Arts (Collaboration Grants) to cover the costs of residencies and translation services. The projects selected must enhance understanding of Japanese culture within European audiences, which I think my project successfully proposes. Commitment to the project must be secured, so again I would need Department H's express commitment to collaboration. I may also need to secure a first artist-in-residence. Only 50% of the project cost can be met - so extra funding would be required to help the project along.
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London Grant Programme, Japan Foundation London
Japan Foundation offer another relevant grant for projects involving collaboration with researchers/practitioners. As the founder of Department H, Gogh Imaizumi, and I are both working under the umbrella term of cultural producers, the project may be eligible for this grant. The grant specifically supports projects nurturing diverse interests in Japan among future generations in the UK - which Don't Ask, Just Come is definitely attempting to do.
Local Project Support Programme, Japan Foundation London
Among their many grant programme, the Local Project Support offers funding for non-profit projects and events promoting awareness of Japan in the UK. Funding is for essential project costs only, and so may be relevant for the creative budget (web design and graphics) and accessibility budget (translation).
Why Your Past is Present in our Future, The Ballad of Peckham Rye
More information here, deadline 20 June
This £250 grant could be used to cover initial website start-up costs, i.e. domain, development and servers. Though it is a more tentative option. The project would need to be positioned as a understanding of the post-pandemic 'new normal' as a more accepting, welcoming place for marginalised interest groups within society and a more globalised network. These are ideas that inevitably permeated my project development during lockdown.
