DYCP Guidance (Aug 2022 onwards).

Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) is Arts Council England (ACE)’s funding programme to support individuals who are cultural & creative practitioners and want to take time to focus on their creative development:

“DYCP is open to independent creative and cultural practitioners. It supports you to take time to focus on your creative or cultural development and take you to the next stage of your practice.”

“DYCP supports individual cultural and creative practitioners ready to take their practice to the next stage through things such as: research, time to create new work, travel, training, developing ideas, networking, and mentoring.”

February 2023 update: ACE have increased how much can you apply for to £12,000 alongside some other changes.

DYCP is open for applications approximately four times a year.

ACE host regular information webinars for DYCP & NLPG applicants — find dates & book on the ACE North eventbrite page.

Updated 9 November 2023

DYCP In-Depth Group Session.

On 3 August 2022 we held an in-depth small group session with Tamsin Drury (hÅb) to explore an approach to DYCP; the journey you need to show you will be taking; and the differences between DYCP & NLPG. She was joined by guest artists Kelly Munro-Fawcett, Megan Marie Griffith & Tania Camara, who’ve each successfully applied to DYCP, to talk about their approach.
A recording is available on You Tube, also embedded to the left/above.
Download the word documents referred to in the recording: just questions; questions + notes.

DYCP Guidance from ACE.

Main DYCP web page
www.artscouncil.org.uk/DYCP

What’s new (published 21 February 2023)
www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-matters/news/developing-your-creative-practice-whats-new

FAQs
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp/developing-your-creative-practice-faqs

Quiz: are you ready to apply?
www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp/dycp-am-i-ready-apply

How to apply
www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp/dycp-how-apply

Read Case Studies from successful applicants
www.artscouncil.org.uk/developing-your-creative-practice/dycp-case-studies

Let's Create — ACE’s 2020-2030 strategy.

Full strategy (pay particular attention to p32-p56)
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication/our-strategy-2020-2030

Easy Read
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Let%27sCreate_EasyRead.pdf

Grantium 101 guidance on YouTube.

The following guidance videos were made for GM Artist Hub in 2020 to help with ACE’s Emergency Response Funds; however, the general principles of how to work with Grantium (ACE’s online application portal) still apply:
1. Setting up a User Profile + Applicant Profile
2. How to Edit Monitoring Info
3. How to Register for a Programme, Eligibility + Start Form