Changing Narratives Fund 2024 (up to $300,000)

Deadline: December 20, 2024

Applications are open for the Changing Narratives Fund 2024. The Changing Narratives Fund is a brand new fund initiated by the Department of Canadian Heritage to assist creators from Diverse Communities, together with Indigenous, Black, racialized, ethno-religious minorities, Persons with disabilities/Disabled individuals and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

It goals to:

• Fund skilled growth, coaching and mentorships initiatives that can assist enhance the variety of certified and expert various creators within the trade.
• Support organizations to develop and ship revolutionary, high-impact actions that construct capability and keep resilience throughout the Canadian audiovisual (AV) sector.
• Ensure various tales and views are authentically represented in Canada’s AV sector.
• Foster new financial alternatives and promote higher fairness throughout the AV sector.
• Encourage all Canadians to recognize the wealthy range of the inhabitants by way of audiovisual productions that precisely replicate various voices and experiences.

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• The contribution can be up to $300,000 for initiatives with a nationwide, provincial/territorial, or regional attain and affect.

Eligibility

Applicants to the Changing Narratives Fund initiatives have to be:

• in assist of strengthening Diverse Community teams within the Canadian screen-based industries;
• Canadian owned and managed non-profit firms with a main mandate within the Canadian display primarily based sector;
• Organizations integrated on the time of software;
• In good standing (i.e., not in Default) with the CMF per reviews and deliverables of previous funded initiatives.

Evaluation Criteria

• Need/Rationale: Has the Applicant clearly recognized the difficulty/want for the venture?
• Proposed Solution: Is the proposed exercise applicable and efficient? Are the proposed facilitators/leaders/consultants/markets applicable or efficient?
• Feasibility: Can this Applicant feasibly undertake this initiative with the time and sources proposed? Does this Applicant have related expertise to ship all the weather of their proposal?
• Third-Party Support: Is there third-party assist? Is this assist confirmed?
• Inclusion and Accessibility: Does the Applicant have an accessible and significant strategy to inclusion within the initiative? (Support providers, illustration, choice processes, and so forth.)
• Positioning: Has the Applicant addressed their relationship to the proposed individuals and concerned communities, all through venture supply?
• Impact: How does this Project amplify various voices and/or foster an inclusive, equitable and consultant audiovisual sector?

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Changing Narratives Fund.