# Arts & cultural Accelerator Programme for sustainable practice opens for applications

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/05/02/arts-cultural-accelerator-programme-for-sustainable-practice-opens-for-applications/
- Published: 2019-05-02T09:25:05+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Arts Council England and Julie’s Bicycle have opened applications for the second
cohort of their Accelerator Programme, developed to foster enterprise, innovation
and future thinking on climate and the environment across the arts and cultural 
sector.**

From April 2020 to September 2021, successful organisations will receive support
through tailored expert mentoring, personalised one-to-one support and a training
programme adapted from [Julie’s Bicycle](https://www.juliesbicycle.com/)’s Creative
Climate Leadership course.

The first cohort is currently developing a range of creative projects on a variety
of environmental issues including green touring models, new products generated from
festival waste, developing roadmaps on city-wide carbon reduction, and introducing
a circular economy approach to artistic process and production.

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Applying to the [Accelerator Programme](https://www.juliesbicycle.com/course-ace-accelerator)
is a three-stage process: Expression of Interests must be submitted to Julie’s Bicycle
by 7 June 2019, following which a selection of organisations will be invited to 
attend a half-day workshop in July 2019 in either London, Manchester or Birmingham
to further develop their idea, with submissions of full proposals by 14 October 
2019.

Francis Runacres, Executive Director of Enterprise and Innovation, [Arts Council England](https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/),
said:

>   “We developed the Accelerator Programme with Julie’s Bicycle to help shape the
> arts and cultural sector’s ambitious thinking around environmental sustainability
> into deliverable projects – and the enthusiasm, dedication and creativity that
> the first cohort have brought to the programme is truly inspiring. I’m delighted
> that we will be supporting ten additional projects tackling environmental issues
> and look forward to seeing what fresh perspectives and innovations the second 
> cohort brings.”

Alison Tickell, Director, Julie’s Bicycle, added:

>  “The Accelerator community – some of the most ambitious Arts Council England 
> funded organisations taking climate action – has generated new and enterprising
> thinking from arts and cultural organisations as a result of the challenges, fresh
> ideas, peer support and powerful connections that have been made across disciplines.
> Action is contagious and the Accelerator community represents new and vital leadership
> that needs to scale across the arts and culture.”

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