Culture Helps Solidarity: niternational collaboration grants for integration through culture

Sector: Culture and creative industries
Type: Grant
Location: Ukraine and EU
Deadline: 31 March 2026 at 14:00 Kyiv time
Organiser: Other

These are grants for projects for Ukrainian refugees, created in cooperation with partners from Europe. A series of open lectures on mental health, weekly painting workshops, and a good neighbourliness festival — you will have up to EUR 30,000 for a project to help Ukrainians feel at home in a new place.

Choose partners among EU organisations and 13 other countries worldwide. You will need to implement the project by 31 May 2027.

The “Culture Helps Solidarity” project is co-financed by Creative Europe and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands), Insha Osvita (Ukraine), zusa (Germany) and the VETERANKA Movement (Ukraine). This is one of thousands of EU opportunities for Ukraine.

More about the project

What do I get?
  • Up to EUR 20,000 if you apply in collaboration with one organisation.
  • Up to EUR 30,000 if you apply in collaboration with two or more organisations.
  • Mentorship, online workshops and offline networking.

You can spend money on fees, travel, promotion, marketing, rent, and operating expenses.

Can I apply?

Grants are perfect for cultural organisations that:

  • Actively involved in integrating displaced people into new communities or re-integrating veterans through culture.
  • Are officially registered in Ukraine, the EU, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova, Armenia or Tunisia.
  • Have a non-profit status.
What do I need to apply?

Completed application form. Tell about: 

  • the organisations of the project participants and their experience working with IDPs or veterans;
  • the project: relevance, the problem it solves, activities, target audience, expected results and the amount of grant needed for its implementation;
  • budget in a form.
How do I apply?

By 31 March, fill out the application form in English.

The organisers will support 15 projects. You will find out the results by the end of May.

Good to know
  • Adults with sufficient English proficiency are eligible to apply.
  • You cannot apply if another Creative Europe programme has already supported your project.
  • If you are applying in collaboration with three organisations, two of them can be registered in Ukraine and one in another Creative Europe country, or vice versa.
  • Partnerships with organisations led by Ukrainians, whether in Ukraine or in exile, will be prioritised.

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