Haringey Unearthed
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Haringey Unearthed is a grants programme delivered as part of Haringey’s London Borough of Culture. The programme supports artists, collectives and grassroots organisations to develop and deliver high-quality creative activity rooted in Haringey’s stories, communities, places and histories.
The programme aims to uncover and amplify local creative voices, strengthen the borough’s cultural ecosystem and ensure year-round cultural engagement across all neighbourhoods.
Programme Priorities
Haringey Unearthed aims to support high-quality, locally rooted creative activity that reflects, serves and strengthens Haringey’s communities. The programme prioritises projects that demonstrate artistic ambition alongside meaningful social impact.
Through Haringey’s London Borough of Culture, the programme seeks to:
- Increase and broaden participation in arts and culture, particularly among our priority communities
- Support cultural activity relevant to local people, histories, places and lived experience
- Enable creative activity across the borough, including non-traditional and public spaces
- Offer meaningful opportunities for collaboration, participation and volunteering
- Build the capacity, skills and ambition of Haringey-based artists, collectives and cultural organisations
- Support intergenerational engagement and shared learning
- Ensure fair and equitable investment, including targeted support for activity in the borough’s most disadvantaged wards, such as Northumberland Park, Bruce Castle, and South Tottenham, but recognising that there are pockets of deprivation in other parts of the borough, such as parts of Hornsey and Wood Green.
Applicants must demonstrate how their project responds to at least three of the above priorities. Haringey Culture Collective reserves the right to ensure that funded projects contribute to a balanced, inclusive and varied cultural programme across the borough.
Programme Communities
The programme particularly welcomes applications from individuals and organisations who identify as members of:
- Latine communities
- Black British, African or Caribbean communities
- People of Turkish and/or Kurdish heritage
- LGBTQI+ communities
- Disabled people
- Children and young people (under 25 years old)
- Over 65s
These communities are a vital part of Haringey’s population and cultural identity, yet they have historically been under-represented in cultural funding and programming. Prioritising these groups helps ensure a more equitable distribution of resources, supports a wider range of voices and lived experiences, and better reflects the diversity of the borough within the cultural programme.
Programme Themes
All applications must respond to at least one of the following themes:
Climate: Projects that engage with sustainability, climate action or environmental futures, including activity in green and blue spaces.
Rebel Borough: Projects that explore radical histories, social movements and cultures of resistance associated with Haringey.
Art in Unexpected Places: Projects that present creative work in surprising locations or through unusual partnerships.
Health and Wellbeing: Creative health projects that address isolation, wellbeing, social connection, disability, movement and sport.
Cultural Calendar: Community Grants prioritise projects aligned to the Cultural Calendar, which reflects and celebrates cultural dates and events that are meaningful and important to Haringey’s diverse communities, including but not limited to:
- Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January)
- LGBTQI+ History Month (February)
- International Women’s Day (8th March)
- Pride (June)
- Windrush Day (22nd June)
- South Asian Heritage Month (July)
- Black History Month (October)
- UK Disability History Month (mid-November to mid-December)
- Religious festivals (Diwali, Eid, Channukah, Christmas, Easter etc)
Eligibility
Applications may be made by:
- Individual artists aged 18 or over
- Community groups
- Voluntary, not-for-profit and social enterprise organisations
- Charities
- Sole trader
Additional Eligibility Criteria
- Applications for any art form will be considered
- Applicants do not need to live or work in Haringey; however projects must be delivered in Haringey or exclusively benefit Haringey residents
- Applicants based outside the borough must demonstrate meaningful engagement with local artists or communities
- No projects will be funded retrospectively
- Community Grants will be delivered on a rolling basis following the Cultural Calendar
- All Small Grants, Emerging Grants and Legacy Grants need to be delivered between May 2027 and June 2028
- Applicants must have a valid bank account in the name of the applicant/organisation.
- We want the majority of our projects to be free for Haringey audiences.
Applications must consider this when preparing budgets. However, if a box office or ticketable income is part of your match funding, please explain how you would still make some tickets available to Haringey residents, at either reduced prices or for free.
Grant Levels and Match Funding
Applicants applying for grants above £5000, i.e. Emerging Grants and Legacy Grants, will be required to secure match funding of 10% of the grant awarded for grants up to £10,000 and 20% match funding for grants above £10,000.
The maximum grant per applicant across the programme is £40,000.
Please bear in mind the grant amounts above are funding brackets, and that you should cost your project according to need. Our judging criteria does include budget management and value for money.
Fair Pay – We expect grantees to pay themselves and anyone working on the project a fair rate, of at least London Living Wage. In your budget breakdown please clarify the number of days or hours and the rate, so we can see how you have calculated any fees.
In-Kind Funding
In-kind contributions are non-cash resources that have a real, demonstrable value to your project. Eligible examples, and they should be costed, include:
- Volunteer time — National Living Wage rate (or sector rate if higher, with justification)
- Donated materials or equipment — Comparable local market rate
- Free or discounted venue/space — Comparable local market rate
- Professional services —Current retail or replacement value
Funding Rounds Schedule
The application close date is the final submission date for Community Grants, and the first submission date for all other grant types. After the decision date, applicants of Small, Emerging and Legacy grants will be notified if they are invited to the final submission stage.
We expect it will be approximately two months from submission to a final decision.
Small (approx x2)
Emerging (approx x5)
Legacy (approx x2)
Small (approx x6)
Emerging (approx x5)
Legacy (approx x4)
Small (approx x6)
Emerging (approx x2)
Assessment Process
All stages of the application will be evaluated by resident panels in conjunction with the Haringey Culture Collective team.
Decision Making Panel
All funding decisions are made by a panel convened by Haringey Culture Collective, composed of resident representatives, cultural practitioners and Haringey Culture Collective / London Borough of Haringey team members. The second stage of submissions will be assessed by Haringey Culture Collective and London Borough of Haringey team members. Panel members are required to declare any conflicts of interest prior to assessment, and no member may participate in decisions where a conflict exists. All decisions are made collectively, with no single individual holding the authority to approve or reject an application alone.
Community Grants – Simplified Assessment
Community Grants follow a simplified assessment and benchmarking process. Applications are assessed on alignment with community benefit, feasibility and value for money. Decisions are made by the deicision making panel, convened every three months.
Small, Emerging and Legacy Grants – Two Tiered Assessment
Applications follow a two-tiered assessment process. In the first tier, applicants respond to a set of straightforward questions about their project idea, which are reviewed by the decision-making panel. Shortlisted applications then progress to the second tier, where they are assessed by the Haringey Culture Collective team panel and the decision making panel are consulted. At this stage, applications are scored against a set of published assessment criteria (see below).
Assessment Criteria and Scoring for Small, Emerging and Legacy Grants
Small Grants, Emerging Grants and Legacy Grants are scored out of 100 against the criteria below.
Application
Applications must be submitted online. Only information included in the application form will be assessed. Alternative formats may be available on request.
Application Support
Haringey Culture Collective is committed to supporting applicants throughout the process, particularly those who may be new to applying for funding. We offer monthly coffee mornings held on the first Thursday of every month, providing informal opportunities to meet the Grants Coordinator and team, ask questions, discuss project ideas and network. We will also offer skills building such as CV workshops, budgeting and how to make your project accessible.
Notification of Outcome
Applicants will be notified by email. Successful applicants must formally accept the offer within two weeks.
Payment Arrangements
Community Grants are paid in one instalment following confirmation of award.`
Small and Emerging Grants are paid in two instalments: 80% on commencement and 20% on completion (subject to project report).
Legacy Grants are paid in three installments: 50% on commencement, 30% mid delivery (subject to project update) and 20% on completion (subject to project report)
Partner and Collaborations
We expect that the majority of funded projects will have confirmed partners in place for project delivery (e.g. venues, match funders and collaborators), however if you expect to engage partners, please indicate when you expect these to be confirmed.
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring requirements are proportionate to the size of the grant. Community Grants follow simplified reporting. Other grants require interim and/or final reports, and will be detailed in our monitoring guidelines.
Documentation
We do not have the capacity to offer documentation (photographing or filming the process) to all funded projects, so please include this in your project plan.
Unsuccessful Applications
We have limited capacity, but we will endeavour to supply feedback (where requested) to applicants that went through to the second tier of the Small, Emerging or Legacy grant applications. Applicants may reapply in future rounds, if the application has been updated based on feedback.
If your idea has potential then we may invite you to re-apply in a future round. In this instance, we would offer feedback on your initial application and we would expect you to update your application accordingly. We will not consider your application again if we have not given feedback for amendments.
You can apply to another future round even if you’ve been awarded a grant already, but you cannot have two live funded projects at any given time, and we will prioritise new applicants.
Communicating the Funding
All funded activity must acknowledge Haringey’s London Borough of Culture and support and follow branding guidelines.
Appendix A - Documents Required Upon Offer of Grant
- Two professional references
- UK bank account that correlates to name of individual or name of organisation
- Public liability insurance
- Organisation constitution (where applicable)
- Safeguarding and DBS documentation where relevant
- Evidence of partnership (eg: a contract, agreement or letter on headed paper)
- Evidence of match funding (where applicable)
- Copy of the responsible person’s hygiene certificate (if providing catering)
For any queries please email opportunities@haringeycollective.com
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