organisations

Get ready for a celebration like no other, a whole week dedicated to imagination, creativity, and the incredible talents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Bradford and Keighley!  

From Monday 26th October to Friday 30th October, the district will come alive with events delivering colour, music, movement, and creativity, a total focus on SEND children, young people, and their families.  

Whether it’s painting, performance, poetry, puppets, or something we haven’t even imagined yet, SENDiVERSE Festival will shine a spotlight on the voices and visions of SEND communities, bringing together families, artists, schools, health and care professionals, and cultural organisations in a joyful explosion of creativity

Host a SEND activity for children, young people or families between Monday 26th October and Friday 30th October.  

Monday 26th October to Friday 30th October.   

We want to see a range of inclusive activities and events for SEND children, parents and carers and are inviting your organisation to get involved by hosting and running an event at your own location between 26th October and 30th October.  The activity you offer could include; Rap workshops, art class or drama workshop, we need a range of activities to inspire young people to participate during the week. This is a celebration of all things SEND. If you are a sports organisation you might want to put on introductory sessions, if you are a support organisation you could run a coffee morning and chat for parents/carers or if you are supporting young people into work and independent living you might like to host an inspirational talk, tour or activity.  It’s entirely up to you what you offer.  Micro-Commissions are only available to Arts and culture related activities.

How does it work for my organisation? 

1. Decide on your activity (including dates, time and venue) 

2. Submit your event details (and/or apply for a micro-commission) below

3. We will use the information you provide to create a SENDiVERSE event listing on our website and to promote your event on social media.  SENDiVERSE will be promoted throughout September and October. 

4. We will send you a media pack so that you may share and promote your activity using SENDiVERSE branding. 

5. We will also provide monitoring and evaluation forms. Feedback on all of the events that make up SENDiVERSE is important in order for us to evaluate the Festival.  We will be kindly asking all event activity providers to help us by completing two forms – a participant led evaluation questionnaire here, and a short post event report. 

If you have any questions please get in touch with us at: info@the-leap.org.uk or Book into one of the online information sessions below.

Micro-commission applications are invited for up to £350, with an expected average of £250 for activities and projects that meet the following criteria: 

Criteria and Eligibility:  

• This is a celebration of our SEND Community.

• Activities must benefit children, young people (up to age 25 for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), and their families/carers.

• Commissions are available for arts, creativity and culture-related activities only.

• Activities must take place in Bradford District between 26th and 30th October.

• Projects should reach children, young people and families in Bradford District where engagement with arts and culture is historically low.

• We prioritise support for areas and people in Bradford District who are demonstrably affected by socio-economic disadvantage.

• Project ideas should be community-led and demonstrate the involvement of children, young people and families in the project design.

• Projects that involve collaboration between artists, groups and organisations working with children, young people and families in Bradford District are encouraged.

• Funding is available to organisations only.

• Organisations must be based in the Bradford District.

• Your organisation must have a safeguarding policy in place.

• Your organisation must have appropriate public liability insurance.

• You must complete a risk assessment for your activity.

• Applications must be submitted by an authorised member of staff.

  Monitoring and evaluation reporting

• We will ask you to collect information, data, and evidence as part of our monitoring and reporting requirements.

• We will provide you with the necessary reporting templates and forms to support this process, along with reasonable timelines to complete and return the information required for our supporters and funders

  Funding and Process

• Applications are invited for up to a maximum of £350, with an expected average award of £250.

• Eligible costs include direct delivery costs (excluding salaries), room hire, materials, and contracted workshop leaders or artists.

• Upto a maximum of 60 micro-commissions will be awarded.

• Applications will be assessed by a community decision-making panel.

• Only one application per organisation will be accepted.

• Payments will be upon receipt of invoices.

Submit your application:

Please use this form to submit your activity/event for this years SENDiVERSE Festival.  You should also use this form if you would like to be considered for a micro-commission. For those requiring financial assistance for their activity or event please remember to check question 17.  

This form will not accept input from more than one device and you will need to complete this application form in one go.  We therefore suggest that it may be easier to work on your application in a tool such as Microsoft Word and then copy and paste your answers into this form. There is a pro-forma of this application available on our website.

You can view a sample application form here

If you would like any help with your application or if you have any questions please contact us by emailing info@the-leap.org.uk

Your application will be assessed in the following stages:  

1. Desk assessment to confirm eligibility criteria is met, completed by The Leap. 

 2. Application assessment - an independent Community Assessment Panel will assess all complete applications. 

timeline: 

Applications open: Monday 13th July

Applications close: 12 Noon, Friday 14th August  

Applications to panel: Thursday 20th August

Assessment Stages: Thursday 20th August to Tuesday 1st September.

Notification: Friday 4th September 

Finalisation of Event details (for marketing and website): Thursday 10th September

Deadline for return of Contracts and invoice submission: Thursday 17th September 

Activity delivery between: Monday 26th and Friday 30th October 

Monitoring and evaluation returns: Friday 13th November 

about the community assessment panel:  

To create skills, ownership and to devolve power to local people The Leap staff do not select the SENDiVERSE projects receiving micro-commissions. Instead, an independent panel of local people, called a Community Assessment Panel decides on the projects that are selected. This Panel is made up of a diverse combination of local people, organisations and previous Award winners. Between them, they have a mix of knowledge and experience of local communities as well as arts, culture or heritage in Bradford District. These panels change for each funding round. The independent assessment panel will use the micro-commission eligibility and criteria described in this document to reach their decisions. Please refer to the micro-commission eligibility and criteria when completing the application form.