Braid Fund-Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH)
Job Description
The Braid Fund sees the health of the art, culture and cultural heritage sector and its contributions to wider society as a weaving of elements: our disciplines, our practitioners, and our communities. Intertwining these strands leads to improved relationships, new work, increased connection and greater influence. The fund offers grants to innovative practitioners of art and culture projects in East Africa. This is a collaboration between the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) and the Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (#CultureGrows) program by the British Council.
Braid Fund offers grants for projects which demonstrate an innovation around any or all of the three outcome areas:
- Art and culture practitioners discover and share innovative ways to reach wider audiences with their work.
- Stronger relationships and skills developed across art/culture practices and generations
- Increased knowledge and understanding of the value of arts and culture disciplines, practitioners and spaces
The grants are in three categories as below:
To support creative projects involving collaborations between different generations of artists or cultural practitioners and/or between different art/culture disciplines.
6 Months
- Example 1: Performance that integrates traditional dancers and traditional ceremony with contemporary dance and drama
- Example 2: Mentorship program and new music developed between pioneer, retired musician and several emerging musicians
- Example 3: Museum project that integrates digital artists, writers and others in a campaign or exhibition highlighting the changing landscape of their community
To support creative projects that are close to finishing but need a little more funding to complete the work.
6 Months
- Example 1: Printing a vernacular, cultural heritage book that has already been written and designed by a cultural group in Bomet, Kenya
- Example 2: Post-production to finalize a music video incorporating AR
- Example 3: Marketing costs for a storytelling event at night in a parking lot
To support Braid partners with the next chapter of their projects (this is only available to previous Braid grantees)
6 Months
- Example 1: Braid grantee would like to add a VR element to her project on cultural folktales
- Example 2: Braid grantees in TZ and UG would like to combine their projects on sustainable fashion into a larger project
- Example 3: Braid grantee who finished her comic book on healers would like to put together an exhibition with traditional healers to launch the book.
This opportunity is for underserved cultural practitioners and practices in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda. _____________________________ Projects should align with the Braid goals and outcomes and be completed no later than Jan/Feb 2026. ______________________________ Visit our website for more: https://tinyurl.com/braid-fund-2025