Funding After Brexit: EU Are Welcome
Written by: Sophie Taylor
How do you like your Brexit? Soft, hard, poached? I like mine with a side portion of hell to the no when will this madness end. Yep it’s a difficult meal to swallow, but an inevitability upon waking up each day. So let us smell the proverbial coffee (I like mine French by the way) and work out how to make the best of it.
Lucky for us glass half fullers, The Culture Capital Exchange have invited us to a seminar focusing on Brexit and EU funding opportunities from 2017 – 2020. On 29th March, and in collaboration with culture.info and Euclid, the talks will help shed light on what Brexit actually entails.
The event will focus on how a hard or soft deal will impact the UK and affect the arts and culture sectors in particular. Funding After Brexit is aimed at the higher education sector, covering funding opportunities for areas like Creative Europe: Culture / Media, Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens and European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF).
Geoffrey Brown, Director of Euclid, the UK’s leading independent expert for EU funding for arts and culture will be your host with the most. Euclid has been advising on EU opportunities for over 20 years, so you’re in good hands. There will be information on upcoming deadlines, partnership requirements and funding availability as well as the chance to raise questions and discuss all things EU. Because it’s all about EU isn’t it. It’s always been EU. In fact, EU are our Valentines. EU’re welcome.
2pm to 5pm, 29th March 2017, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA
Non member tickets are £20 available here.
Photos by Mike Barry.
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