Amps Community Ideas Fund
When becoming an Amp, approximately 50% of your subscription goes toward an innovative Community Ideas Fund which is awarded each year to enable a new, experimental collaboration between Amps to benefit Dundee.
When becoming an Amp, approximately 50% of your subscription goes toward an innovative Community Ideas Fund which is awarded each year to enable a new, experimental collaboration between Amps to benefit Dundee.
The Community Ideas Fund exists to spark and resource new collaborations that have creativity and experimentation at their heart, and that will have a positive impact in the city. Whatever form the collaborations take – whether that’s art, storytelling, video games, workshops, design, celebrating, playing, bringing people together and much more – this is your chance to try out your ideas.
Any two or more Amps can pitch an idea together each year to the Amps community. It’s then over to them to decide on the night which idea to award the funding to. Funding and voting are open to all Amps, wherever you are.
Help us grow the fund and make it more accessible by paying it forward! Your contribution will be used to support those who are not able to afford their subscriptions and give them access to the fund. Approximately 50% of all subscriptions go towards the fund, so the more Amps there are the bigger the fund is!
An event that seeks to open up Dundee’s studio spaces to share the creative practices and processes within with others. A collaboration between jewellery designer/maker Islay Spalding, and jewellery designer and educator Katie New.
An active community radio station, broadcasting out through the Keiller Centre and online, providing a sonic space for budding broadcasters to get involved. A collaboration between curator and producer Becca Clark, and sound artist, musician and producer Su Shaw.
Monthly ‘happenings’ designed to support artists and bring people together to question artistic ownership, exchange work, and amplify urgent narratives. A project by artist and director, Rhiannon Mudaliar, and local historian, storyteller and library worker, Erin Farley.
A Dundee-wide sound trail and series of workshops opening doors to new ways of listening to and engaging with the city’s vibrant sonic environment. A collaboration by artist, maker and musician, Rebecca Jones, and community musician and composer, Claire Gorman.
A co-design process empowering people to prototype change in their communities, inviting people in the Hilltown area to reimagine and lead change in their neighbourhood. Developed by designer, Eilish Victoria, garden mentor, Manuela De Los Rios, and activist, Russell Pepper.
A participatory project to capture what people love about the city through drawing and photography. A collaboration between illustrators Pamela Scott, Louise Kirby, Suzanne Scott and Laura Darling-Brackenridge.
A playful and informative event encouraging people to dig into the details of typography by looking at and exploring their city in a whole new way. A collaboration between designers Ryan McLeod and Connor Finlayson.
An inclusive and playful experience for young people recovering from domestic abuse, creating a game using paper prototyping, word games and movement. Developed by dancer and choreographer, Gemma Connell, and video games producer, Malath Abbas.
If you’re a freelancer, sole trader or student
£40/£20 per year or
£4/£2 per month
Business or organisation
£100 per year or
£10 per month
Pay what you like to
support Amps and the
creative community
in Dundee.
When you join, your subscription is set to renew automatically each year but may be cancelled within PayPal at any point, or you can contact us to adjust it for you. If you would prefer to be invoiced or would like to discuss a different form of support, just let us know!
We know that cost could be a barrier to some folks feeling able to join Amps. Please feel welcome to get in touch with us to chat about taking part via a Pay It Forward subscription, available thanks to people choosing to support the network in this way.