FREESPACES!
Funding of cultural integration projects for children and young people with refugee experience in Hamburg. Ongoing application possible, maximum funding amount €15,000.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The »FREIRÄUME! Initiative for Cultural Integration Projects« has been supporting programs for children and young people with refugee experience since 2016. The goal is to create spaces for encounters and intercultural exchange through art and culture and to support long-term, regularly occurring projects.
Eligible expenses
- Artistic and cultural education fees
- Material costs (e.g., material expenses, proportional room rental)
Eligible to apply
- Individuals
- Non-profit Organizations
- Educational Institutions
Funding requirements
- Activity in Hamburg
- Artistic or cultural educational qualification and experience in working with refugee children and youth
- Long-term/regular project offering for children and youth with refugee experience
Documents required for application
- Fully completed and signed application form (PDF)
- Curriculum vitae of the project implementers with proof of qualifications
- Project description (concept and implementation)
- Cost breakdown including fees and material costs
- Work samples (link or PDF up to 5 MB)
- Extended certificate of good conduct of the participants
- Child protection concept (if available)
Evaluation criteria
- Experience in working with refugee children and adolescents
- Promotion of intercultural exchange
- Empowerment and participation of the target group
- Creation of protected artistic spaces
- Project predominantly extracurricular
Description
The »FREIRÄUME! Initiative for Cultural Integration Projects« of the Hamburg Cultural Foundation has been supporting artistic and cultural-educational programs for children and young people with refugee experience in the Hamburg region since 2016. Funding is provided for long-term, regularly occurring projects that enable intercultural exchange and create protected free spaces. Eligible to apply are individuals active in Hamburg, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions with proven qualifications and experience in working with young refugees. The initiative grants financial subsidies of up to 15,000 euros (100% funding rate) for fees and material costs such as supplies and proportional room rental. Continuous application submission is possible, with applications requiring a fully completed application form, CVs, project concept, cost breakdown, work samples, extended certificate of good conduct, and a child protection concept (if available).
Evaluation criteria include, in addition to professional expertise, the ability to promote empowerment and participation of the target group, existing trusting relationships with the target group, and the design of extracurricular formats. Projects should initiate encounters between children and young people with and without refugee experience and achieve sustainable impact. A digital report on the use of funds must be submitted three months after project completion. The funding is specifically aimed at Hamburg-based artists, art therapists, cultural educators, and institutions of cultural education who implement art courses, music therapy, dance, or rap projects and thereby actively support integration. Further information and the online application form are available on the Hamburg Cultural Foundation’s website.