Cultural Bridge

The Cultural Bridge partnership, which promotes cross-border collaboration and exchange between Germany and the UK announces a new 2023 - 2024 programme of funding for organisations.

A group of people stand on a bridge looking down over the photographer - they look happy and confident, and one is sitting on the railing of the bridge punching his fist in the air Image: Rewire (Feat. The Ensemble Upvention) - A collaboration between S27, Berlin and Govanhill Baths, Glasgow

Cultural Bridge celebrates bilateral partnerships between the UK and Germany through the collaboration between Arts Council England, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, British Council, Creative Scotland, Fonds Soziokultur, Goethe-Institut London and Wales Arts International / Arts Council of Wales.

By funding partnerships between Germany and the UK, the programme aims to build new relationships and foster artistic collaboration and cultural democracy.

In 2021, Cultural Bridge launched its pilot programme supporting seven new collaborations between organisations across the UK and Germany to initiate projects exploring socially engaged practice through intercultural exchange and dialogue. Find out more about these projects on the Cultural Bridge website.

Applications for the 2023-2024 Cultural Bridge programme are now closed.

Find out more about the programme and future rounds at cultural-bridge.info