Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund

The Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund provides bursaries to talented artists and creative practitioners who are facing financial hardship in County Durham and Sunderland. The fund supports artists who are beginning their creative arts training, looking to develop their artistic career or studies, developing their practice towards arts for social change, or from an underrepresented or marginalised group. Applications require verification from a named sponsor or referrer such as a teacher, frontline worker, careers adviser, or social worker. The fund covers art and craft materials, essential equipment for course or work, accredited training programmes (not higher education), study aids such as books, and travel costs toward training. Decisions are typically made within six weeks of application submission.