Culture Priority Pipeline
Benefits of being on the Culture Priority Pipeline
The Culture Priority Pipeline (CPP) raises the profile of your organisation and project. It ensures that the CPP subgroup and wider Culture East Sussex board knows about your plans, and ensures the board is equipped with the knowledge to be informed advocates for the cultural sector’s big ambitions in East Sussex.
Applying to be on the Pipeline gives you access to Culture East Sussex’s overview of creative and cultural activities in the county, helping you plan better and avoid duplication. The CPP subgroup can offer partnership opportunities, peer feedback and sector support.
Culture East Sussex uses the Pipeline to identify projects that are investment ready. If and when significant strategic funding pots become available, CES can advocate for your project as a funding priority.
What is the Culture Priority Pipeline?
The CPP consists of projects in the planning or early delivery stages which align to the priorities of East Sussex’s Cultural Strategy 2013-25 and the East Sussex Cultural Prospectus 2026, and the Culture East Sussex investment principles.
Please note the CPP is not a funding application or a bid.
The Culture Priority Pipeline is overseen by a subgroup of Culture East Sussex.
Submit your project
To submit a project to be considered for inclusion on the CPP, please review the guidance notes [66.7 KB] [docx] and complete the Project Overview form below providing a short summary of your project and explaining how it meets the priorities of the East Sussex Cultural Strategy and the Culture East Sussex investment principles.
Please send your completed form to Culture East Sussex.
Before submitting your project overview, please check that your project meets the following criteria:
- Projects should be of a value higher than £100,000
- Projects should adhere to the mission of CES as defined in the Terms of Reference
- Projects should be of a cultural nature as defined by the Department of Culture Media and Sport - “arts, libraries, museums, galleries, broadcasting, film and the music industry, architecture and the historic environment” (DCMS publication: A Framework for Evaluating Cultural Policy Investment, May 2007)
Timings
The CPP subcommittee meets four times a year to discuss projects. You will hear back from us after our next meeting.
If you wish to send us a submission to review, please return the completed Project Overview form to us at least two weeks before our next meeting.
The next CPP meeting will be held on 16 September 2026.
The CPP is managed and kept updated by the Culture and Tourism Team.
If you have further questions or are interested in viewing the projects on the pipeline, please email Culture East Sussex.