The Creatives in Schools programme is a wellbeing programme delivered by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatū Taonga and Creative New Zealand. It provides funding of up to $17,000 per project.

Creatives in Schools aims to provide creative learning experiences that enhance the wellbeing of students and ākonga and develop their knowledge and skills in communication, collaboration, and creative thinking and practice.

Schools, kura, and creative(s) work together to plan a project and then submit a joint application. If your proposal is successful, schools and kura will work with the creative to deliver the creative experience for students and ākonga. The project must run for between eight and 20 weeks. Creatives in Schools supports Years 1–13, including students with learning support needs and from a refugee background.

Schools must partner with their chosen creative to make a joint application for this funding. Schools and kura can either engage local creatives they already know or find them on the Available creatives page.

Support

If you need support with your application, please email our Creatives in Schools regional coordinators: cisregionalsupport@core-ed.ac.nz

For questions about the programme, email creativesinschools@education.govt.nz

Applications for Round 4 of the Creatives in Schools programme are now open for the projects to take place in 2023.

Applications close at 11:59pm Sunday 21 August 2022.

More Information

More detailed information can be found on the Ministry of Education website.

https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/publications/budget-2019/creatives-in-schools/

OR

https://artsonline.tki.org.nz/Teaching-and-Learning/Creatives-in-schools