About the Changing Communities Fund

Changing Communities is an opportunity for community groups and cultural organisations to apply for support for creative and cultural activities, events and projects that respond to the needs and aspirations of audiences living in Collier Row, Harold Hill, Orchard Village, Rainham and Rush Green.

Havering Changing is committed to bringing different people together in our rapidly changing borough through inspiring and meaningful cultural activities.

Supported activities must provide an opportunity for public participation, for example as an event, workshop, gathering, performance, exhibition, sculpture, mural, publication, podcast, video, festival, online offer, game, or other experience/happening.

We are proactively inviting proposals from under-represented individuals and groups to respond to Changing Communities opportunities.

Havering Changing believes that the best creative experiences have people at their heart, and they respond to their hopes and needs.

All projects supported by Changing Communities must address a specific need or want to show that it is shaped by the community.

It is important that local people are involved in the design and delivery of the project, and that it reaches people who may not normally have this kind of creative opportunity.

Changing Communities will support activities that increase the availability of excellent creative and cultural experiences in Collier Row, Harold Hill, Orchard Village, Rainham and Rush Green.

Havering Changing is led by the community. We have 4 community decision-making groups called Change Makers. These groups will have the final decision on all projects supported and will review applications against the application criteria, any published brief and budget available.

There are three commissions available, please click the links below to read more about each project.

Apply by Midnight, Sunday 24 November 2024