If your project is selected, we’ll get in touch with you to finalise the terms of our collaboration. That means we will:

• Provide you with feedback from the selection panel about your project. This may include suggestions about how to approach your proposed project.

• Discuss project timelines and how we’ll work together to achieve project and research goals.

• Share information about our research, goals, and conditions of funding so that you can make an informed decision about working with us.

• Ask you to sign a Collaboration Agreement and Commitment to Share our Values.

Access Folk Small Project Grants are part of a larger research project that is supported by UKRI through the Future Leaders Fellowship scheme and based at the University of Sheffield. This research has been reviewed and approved via the University of Sheffield’s Ethics Review Procedure as administered by the Department of Music. 

Before you decide to work with us, it is important for you to understand: 

• The nature of the information we’re asking you to share

• How we plan to use, preserve, and share that data.

• How you will benefit from being part of this larger project. 

Consent to participating in this research must be given before projects are confirmed.

A non-negotiable condition of our funding is making a commitment to share the values that define our approach to research and working with partners. 

These values are:

• Treat everyone with respect. Recognise and value the experiences, abilities, and knowledge each person brings, and acknowledge people's right to personal privacy.

• Be open to being challenged and challenging others on ideas with the intent of facilitating growth; it’s okay to disagree with ideas, but do not make personal attacks.

• Work toward creating equitable spaces that acknowledge the impacts of oppression and disadvantage on the lives of other people.

• Understand that good people can say and do things that make other people uncomfortable. Foster an environment where people feel safe to express that discomfort and know they will be listened to, and where everyone takes responsibility for ensuring that others' needs are respected and met.

• Challenge all inappropriate and/or abusive activities, including ridicule, threats, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination.

• Encourage discussion about general safeguarding issues amongst staff, volunteers, singers, and audiences. Report all health and safety, and safeguarding issues without delay to your Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) (or the Access Folk team at accessfolk@sheffield.ac.uk, if you don’t have a DSL).

If you have concerns about your capacity to embody these values, please contact us to discuss.