Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає: Солідарність Project Grants, round one
This first Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає: Солідарність call for Project Grants is launched at a moment when community connections across Ukraine and within Ukrainian diasporas continue to be reshaped by the consequences of war.
Forced displacement, relocation within the country or abroad, and the return of both women and men from military service have altered social landscapes, creating new forms of distance between people and disrupting familiar ties. Many communities are still in the process of
forming new relationships, often without a shared sense of understanding.
Yet community connections remain central to people’s support, resilience, and emotional well-being. They frequently develop under conditions shaped by trauma, structural barriers, and tensions between individual needs and collective action. These challenges affect many groups, including displaced persons, diaspora communities, families with children, and vulnerable groups such as veterans.
Cultural and artistic practices offer distinct ways of responding to these complexities. Socially engaged art, community based and dialogical practices, collaborative approaches, and the sensitive use of therapeutic elements can create spaces where people reconnect across differences, rebuild trust, and imagine new forms of belonging.
This first round of Project Calls supports cultural and artistic initiatives that respond to the changing landscape of community (dis‑)connection. We invite projects that help people navigate the social and emotional complexities of displacement, transition, and return by creating meaningful encounters, enabling shared cultural participation, and fostering renewed forms of solidarity.
Through creativity and empathy, artistic processes can help communities move beyond immediate limitations while also acknowledging the ethical and emotional boundaries of cultural work.
To explore the thematic focus and deepen your understanding in greater depth, we invite applicants to join our webinar: Community (Dis-)Connections: How Culture Helps and Has Its Limits.
Date: Thursday, 5 March 2026
Time: 15:00–18:00 Kyiv / 14:00–17:00 Amsterdam
