Shoeburyness Commission 2027 — £10,000 for a Participatory Project on Military Heritage and Community Stories (Essex, UK)
Essex Cultural Diversity Project
Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK (Cart & Wagon Shed)Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.
Essex Cultural Diversity Project commissions socially engaged, participant-led projects by diverse creative practitioners across Essex. This commission is run with the Cart & Wagon Shed, a Grade II listed military building turned heritage and community space managed by Shoebury Coastal CIC.
Benefits
A £10,000 commission for a participatory project that creatively collects and brings to life historical and contemporary stories of the people and places of Shoeburyness, home for over a century to the military 'Proof and Experimental Establishment', with a platform for less heard and marginalised… Read more
Eligibility
Creative practitioners working across any media, at any level of career, as individuals, collectives or companies — visual and digital artists, writers, poets, performers, theatre makers, musicians, dancers, multimedia artists. ECDP is keen to support diverse practitioners and those working in… Read more
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Midnight on 24 November 2026, by e-mail (the page says 'Monday 24 November'; 24 November 2026 is a Tuesday)
- Programme dates
- Project through 2027; presentation at the Cart & Wagon Shed in summer 2027
Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.