The Square Mile Partnership is happy to announce that the 2025 summer event, Gŵyl Parc Fest, will once again take place!
We are looking for local artists, community groups and individuals to make creative work for the summer and our fantastic community event.
Deadline for submissions 28 May 2025, 12:00 midday
When and where is the event?
6th of September on Anderson Fields (CF37 0EG, Constellation St, Cardiff)
What kind of work are we looking for?
We are looking for individuals and community groups to create new work and lead workshops on the day and/or in the lead-up to the event as part of the summer programme.
The work must:
Be delivered throughout July-August and/or a at the festival on the 6 September.
Be creative! Proposals are welcome from every culture, language, and artistic form, including but not limited to:
- Visual/ performance/outdoor arts
- Installation
- Walk-about/promenade
- Site-specific
- Circus/Dance
- Spectacle
- Puppetry
- Music/percussion
- Arts & Crafts
- Environment & Sustainability
- Carnival
- Poetry
- Social or artistic research
Be accessible to a diverse audience. Welcoming and inclusive to all people who live and work in the Square Mile of Adamsdown, Splott + Tremorfa and Refugee + Asylum Seekers.
Use sustainable materials: If you are using physical materials these should be recycled, scrap or waste. Reuse, repurpose, recycle, reinvent, upcycle!
Relate with the theme of “common ground” and must align with the Square Mile Partnership aims (more information about this below).
What can NoFit State offer you?
- Small grants of £500, medium grants of £1000 and only one grant of £2000
- Support to help you bringing your idea to life, and with getting hold of the materials and practical help you might need. We can help you find a community artist or musician. We cannot store any projects, and we ask you to think about where your project idea will be made and stored after the event.
What is the Square Mile Partnership?
We are a partnership of artists and community organisations working in Adamsdown, Splott and Tremorfa. The aims of the partnership are to:
- Co-create a cultural programme (workshops, performances, exhibitions, digital production) accessible for local people.
- Celebrate the unique cultural diversity of our local area.
- Strengthen community and make our Square Mile a better place to live and work
- Provide a platform for diverse artists and creatives to tell their stories
What is the Square Mile Festival and Summer Programme?
The festival and summer workshop are created by and for the people of Splott, Tremorfa and Adamsdown to celebrate local arts & culture.
The summer event is an extraordinary day of free performances, installations, making sessions, and community celebration.
In the lead up to the festival, there will be free activities and workshops over the summer holidays for local people and families and refugees + asylum seekers to get involved with.
What is the theme?
This year’s theme we are exploring COMMON GROUND.
The Square Mile partnership is committed to building equity and reclaiming public spaces, recognising that diverse stories and voices must always be present for a strong and healthy society. This year the focus of the Square Mile Partnership Event is the common ground that unites our communities of people and place.
And what is this common ground? It might be the physical space we share, or our local history and stories, the community we find in our places of worship or community centres, the languages we speak, the music we make.. , It also isn’t always about our similarities but on how together we build upon our differences and make these into new creative strengths.
A conversation about “common ground” can only exist in conversation with a wide range of people and groups, so... get involved! We would love to hear from you!
How do I submit an application?
Deadline to submit proposal: 28 May 2025, 12:00 midday
To submit your project, fill out this form here (or scan the QR code to the right)
If you have any access needs to apply – then let us know and we will support your application process.
Alternatively, you can write an email, send a voice recording message/video to Valentina Solari-Vodanovic (Summer Event Producer) at [email protected].
Subject: Summer Event 2025 Proposal
Contact details (name, address, postcode, phone number)
Social media handle/Website
Short description of project: no more than 100 words. This will be anonymised and shared with members of our community during the decision-making process.
Brief description of your proposal/activity (What will you do? who will you work with? How will you make this happen work? Where will it happen? )
Timeline of your proposal (Include How many sessions do you plan to deliver, length of session and dates, including delivery timeline at the festival (e.g do the parade, and then two workshops/performance).
Budget/Fees – please provide a simple breakdown
Relation to the theme (How does your proposal relate to the theme of "common ground" and the Square Mile aims?)
Is there any other support that you need for the delivery of your proposal?
How much money are you applying for?
Media: If you have pictures/videos please include links
Please keep your answers short and to the point!
Selection process
Review: After you submit your proposal, this will be reviewed by a panel composed of people from NoFit State team and members of Sq,Mile partnership to make sure applications comply with our requirements. As well we will share short, anonymised descriptions of the proposals to a group a small group of community members for consultation.
Chats: If your proposal is successful, we will invite you for a short chat (no more than 40min) to discuss your application. This is a good instance for both you and us to ask questions. We also might make suggestions or discuss small changes when relevant. Conversations will be on the week commencing on the 2 June.
Final Decision: We will get in contact with a final offer; this might be attached to conditions we previously discussed in your interview. From then you will have a week to accept or reject our offer. Announcement of final decision: 13 June
The production team is always happy to answer any questions that you might have. If there are other ways that you might want to work, we are happy to hear your thoughts.
You can contact Valentina with your doubts on the email above or call reception on +44 (0) 2920 221 330.
Square Mile / Milltir Sgwâr Project partners include NoFit State Circus, freelance artists, elected Adamsdown Councillors, Cardiff Community Housing Association (CCHA), Green Squirrel, Llamau, Oasis, Adamsdown Primary School, local PCSOs and the Welsh Refugee Council.
