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Dear Creative,
It was brilliant to see so many of you at the ACED Network meeting last week. The deadline is approaching for this round of the Creative East Devon Fund. Check out our FAQ's and get your application in by Monday 9 March.
Other news:
- Save the date for the next ACED Network Meeting
- New artist opportunities
- Latest training and funding opportunities
 film credit: Sam Hatton Brown
Deadline for Creative East Devon Fund
Watch this short film to see some of the great projects we have previously funded.
The deadline is imminent for applications. Grants of up to £3,000 are available for culture projects taking place between April 2026 and March 2027. Please read the FAQs before applying.
Deadline: Monday 9 March, 4pm.
This scheme is funded through East Devon District Council.
 Winter ACED Network Meeting, Beehive Honiton
Winter ACED Network Meeting
Round up of meeting.
Save the date for next ACED Network meeting - 3rd June, 5 - 7pm at Kennaway House to celebrate the 2026 Volunteer of the Year - more details on how to nominate coming soon.
 Annie Marches On! credit Lesley Emery
March Highlights
Two events to celebrate International Women's Day on Sunday 8 March:
Dreadnought SW - tune in to Phonic FM (106.8 FM, DAB+) on 8 March, 10 – 11am to hear stories of East Devon Women and the Sea, funded through the Creative East Devon Fund.
Annie Marches On! - Lantern Fish Theatre presents a production about Sidmouth Suffragist, Annie Leigh Browne as she leads us through the ups and downs of women's journey to equality: 8 March, 3pm. Dissenter of Sidmouth, All Saints Road EX10 8ER
Free Training Opportunities
Recruiting and Retaining Staff and Volunteers: 11 March, 10.00 - 1.00, Marsh Barton, Exeter. 'Deep Dive' training for small Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprises based in East Devon or serving East Devon Communities.
Social media content without the cringe: Storytelling for arts and culture: 12 March, 11.00 - 12.00. Free webinar to help you reframe short-form video as mini-storytelling, not social media performance, led by Digital Culture Network's Video and Digital Content Tech champion Dean Shaw.
Opportunities
 World Book Day costumes
Call Out for ACED Champions: we are recruiting a Festivals Champion. ACED Champions are passionate supporters of the ACED Network, helping to raise awareness of ACED and the East Devon Cultural Strategy. Please contact aced@eastdevon.gov.uk to find out more.
BBC Uploads: Are you looking to get what you're making in front of an audience? BBC Upload champions comedians, poets, podcasters, spoken word performers, content creators and filmmakers. Upload your creations and get featured on BBC Upload!
Apply to Being Human Festival 2026 (5 - 14 November). Calling humanities researchers and staff from universities and research organisations to apply to take part in the festival by organising a public engagement event, activity or project. Deadline: 16.04.26
Find World Book Day costumes for free: World Book Day costume swaps return to 15 Devon libraries, helping families save money and reduce waste from 16 February to 8 March.
Funding opportunities
Locality budget: Devon County Council councillors' discretionary budget of £8,000 to support projects or activities that benefit the communities they represent.
The Happiness Fund: £5,000 grants to small not-for-profit organisations for grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects. Deadline: 27.03.26
Gulbenkian Exhibitions Fund: grants up to £30,000 for non-profit arts organisations including museums, festivals, galleries and biennials to showcase art in the UK from Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries. Deadline: 27.04.26
The Gibbons Trusts: small grants for local charities and not-for-profit organisations helping East Devon residents, priority to small, local Devon organisations. Deadline: 30.04.26
Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund: grants of between £50,000 and £75,000 to develop existing work on health and wellbeing in museums. Deadline: 20.05.26
Garfield Weston Foundation: grants up to £50,000 for charitable theatre companies, orchestras and bands, choirs, dance groups, literature and visual arts organisations. Ongoing deadline.
 Museums Association
Job opportunity or artist call to share? Send it to: aced@eastdevon.gov.uk. More funding and training opportunities and links to resources on ACED website.
Arts and Culture East Devon (ACED) is a network connecting the artistic communities of East Devon and providing a central platform to engage, network, promote and talk about arts and culture across the region.
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