Crafts Council Development Award (England)
The Crafts Council has announced that it is seeking applications for funding through its Development Award scheme.
The scheme is open to designer-makers who are about to set up their business in England, or who are within three years of doing so. The award is for a year and offers a maintenance grant of £2,500; equipment grants up to £5,000; a residential course in business training, aimed at small creative practices; 1,000 promotional postcards; and inclusion on the Crafts Council's Photostore online database. The deadlines for applications in 2007 are the 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and the 1st December.
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/guide/ccda.html