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(L to R) Wicklow County Council Arts Officer Jenny Sherwin, Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council Cllr. Melanie Corrigan, Cathaoirleach of Baltinglass Municipal District Cllr. Avril Cronin and Chief Executive of Wicklow County Council Emer O’Gorman.
Photo credit: Mick Kelly.
Wicklow County Council Arts Office, in partnership with the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, is delighted to announce the extension of the Creative Places Baltinglass Programme for a further two years, alongside the launch of a new Community Creative Activation Fund.
This new fund, valued at €20,000 for 2025–2026, will support creative projects led by artists, creative practitioners, local groups, schools, and organisations in collaboration with artists. Grants of €3,000–€5,000 are available for projects based in Baltinglass that engage the community, involve paid creative personnel, and may include residencies, event series, public realm initiatives, or other creative activities.
Applications must be made online. To support applicants, a training session will take place on Tuesday 1st October at Baltinglass Library, at both 3pm and 7pm. All are welcome to attend, and no booking is required. For more details and to review full terms and conditions, please see below.
Wicklow County Council invites applications to the Community Creative Activation Fund under the Creative Places Baltinglass Programme. This is a new fund created to provide continuing support to local communities, producers and artists to lead socially engaged place-based practice locally as part of the Creative Places Baltinglass journey. The Community Creative Activation Fund is open for application from September 8th until November 7th 2025 at 4.00pm. Projects awarded in this round must take place between December 2025 and May 2026.
A training session on making an application to this new fund will take place on Wednesday 1st October 2025 in Baltinglass Library at 3.00pm and repeated at 7.00pm. Both community applicants and artists can attend and no booking is required.
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 7th November 2025 at 4pm.
Full details on the application process including who can apply, what types of project will be considered, criteria that must be met and more are available in the guidelines:
To assist you in planning a budget we have made the following template available:
The closing date for applications is Friday 7th November 2025 at 4pm.
Applications are to be made via the link below using the Submittable platform.
Questions relating to the application process should be directed to: seoid.jk@gmail.com
Support for application queries will close on Friday 31 October 2025.
Want to find out more and get involved in Creative Places Baltinglass? Fill in the form below and a member of the team will be in touch.
