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Eligibility Checklist 

Please check all of the below to ensure eligibility. A check against all four criteria indicates that you are eligible to proceed with completing the application form. 

  • You are an individual or organisation actively doing work concerning LGBTQIA+ awareness, activism, cultural narration and/or storytelling. 
  • Your main target audience for the grant is between 18-35 years (albeit, not limited to).  
  • Your proposal does not engage or target any under-18-year-olds.  
  • You are based in South Africa and have existing relationships in the country


International School Award Application

Thank you for starting your application form to receive the International School Award, it is great to see you applying for recognition of your school’s commitment to international learning.

The Award is designed to celebrate your school's efforts to include international work as part of your curriculum and helping embed it within your school's culture.

The programme supports and recognises schools in fostering an international ethos throughout the school and embedding it within the curriculum.

Guidance for applicants:

Please take a moment to check the requirements for the level of the award that you intend to apply for. You can find links to all award levels offered on our website.

We strongly advise you to include as much detail as possible in your International School Award application and be as explicit as possible with your activity details so no presumptions can be made by the assessors or ourselves.

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International School Award Application
Thank you for starting your application form to receive the International School Award, it is great to see you applying for recognition of your school’s commitment to international learning.
The Award is designed to celebrate your school's efforts to include international work as part of your curriculum and helping embed it within your school's culture.
The programme supports and recognises schools in fostering an international ethos throughout the school and embedding it within the curriculum.


Guidance for applicants:
Please take a moment to check the requirements for the level of the award that you intend to apply for. You can find links to all award levels offered on our website.
We strongly advise you to include as much detail as possible in your International School Award application and be as explicit as possible with your activity details so no presumptions can be made by the assessors or ourselves.

Using the application form:
Submittable allows you to save as a draft at any time before fully submitting your application. In order to save the form and complete it later, click on the ‘Save draft’ button at the bottom of the page.
Your application ID is can be found on your profile after saving the form. Please use this ID in all correspondence with British Council.

Change in applicant details
If you are unable to complete the application form, or need to change ownership of a submission to a colleague, then please reach out to the Submittable support team who will assist you directly via the link below:
https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter/
If the initial point of contact is not available to make this request, Submittable support team can move a submission from one account to another existing account but they will request the following details:

  • The name and email address of the initial submitter.
  • The title of the submission and what form it was      submitted on.
  • The name and email address of the new point of contact      (note: they will need to create a Submittable account before it can be moved to them).


Connections Through Culture is a grant scheme by the British Council to support artistic collaboration and exchange between creative professionals and arts organisations in Asia-Pacific and all four nations of the UK. 

It aims to support new connections, exchanges, and collaborations between the UK and Asia-Pacific that build long-term relationships among artists, creative practitioners, and art and cultural organisations, hubs, networks, and collectives through collaborative digital, face to face, and/or hybrid artistic projects. 

We are delighted to announce that the Connections Through Culture Grants 2024 applications are open from 9 July 2024 to 2 September 2024 and we look forward to receiving your proposals.  The eligible countries in Asia-Pacific for this round are Australia, Bangladesh, the mainland of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. 

Application closes on 2 September 2024, 23:59 GMT.

For further information, please refer to the Programme Toolkit and Frequently Asked Questions. Any questions about application process, please contact us at https://forms.office.com/e/bCDdSg6WHd?origin=lprLink.

British Council