Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає: Open Call for Collaboration Grants

Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає has opened a call for proposals for cross-border collaboration grants. The call supports cultural projects that improve access to culture and foster inclusion and mental well-being for internally displaced people and refugees from Ukraine, with particular attention to vulnerable groups, including veterans. Priority is given to partnerships led by Ukrainian organisations, whether based in Ukraine or working in exile, especially when collaborating with organisations in neighbouring Creative Europe countries.

Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає is a Creative Europe-funded programme running from October 2025 until March 2028. It builds on the Culture Helps programme implemented between 2023 and 2025 and is delivered by a consortium comprising Insha Osvita in Kyiv, zusa in Berlin, the Veteranka Movement in Kyiv and the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam. Over the course of the programme, more than €1.4 million will support over 200 individuals and organisations, alongside opportunities for learning, mentoring and exchange that strengthen professional capacity and cross-border connection.

This first call will run from January to March 2026 and is the first of two planned calls for collaboration grants. At least 15 international projects will be supported in this round. Grants are available up to €20,000 for partnerships between two organisations and up to €30,000 for partnerships of three or more organisations. Projects may run for up to 12 months and must start from 1 June 2026 onwards. Proposals must be submitted by 31 March 2026 at 13:00 Amsterdam time.

A recording of the matchmaking and information session for the Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає: Солідарність opening round of cross-border Collaboration Grants is now available

These calls mark the start of a longer series of opportunities under Culture Helps Solidarity / Культура допомагає. Over the coming period, multiple rounds will follow across different formats, including rolling individual grants, project-based support linked to learning and training moments, and further collaboration grants. Together, these calls create sustained pathways for both care and cooperation, allowing cultural professionals and organisations to plan, recover and continue their work over time rather than through one-off interventions.

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