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07/05/2026

📣📣 UKRAINIAN DRAMA SPACE () selected as the recipient of our Round 2.0 donation! 📣📣

We have completed Round 2.0. of the Rogue Creators’ Fund. Applicants submitted through a google form and then you, our members, voted on the successful applicant.

The results from this were that UKRAINIAN DRAMA SPACE (aka DSpace) were selected to receive the £250 donation.

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About UKRAINIAN DRAMA SPACE:

“ Ukrainian Drama Space (DSpace) is an inclusive theatre initiative founded in York, UK, bringing together Ukrainian performing arts professionals currently based in York while supporting Ukrainians, particularly displaced individuals, through creative expression.

The project combines drama workshops and the creation of performances aimed at building a cultural bridge between Ukraine and the UK, while also supporting the Ukrainian community that deeply misses its culture and can reconnect with it through our work.
DSpace creates a safe and inspiring environment for both participants and audiences, fostering emotional connection and theatrical exploration.

As an independent project, this support means so much to us. It allows us to keep going, stay motivated, and continue bringing our many creative ideas to life. We are truly grateful.”
Daryna Klymenko - Artistic Director of DSpace

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We’re excited to be supporting Ukrainian Drama Space with the Round 2.0. donation.

Round 3.0. will launch end of June. More info to follow nearer the time.

As always if you do know anyone who you think would be interested in joining the Rogue Creators’ Fund as a member then do pass on our details to them.

The more members we have the more often we can donate to local creatives and that’s what it’s all about!

Catch you later,
Joe x

17/04/2026

💸ROUND 2.0 NOW OPEN!💸

Calling all our creative folk in/around Leeds or York, this is for you! We’re running Round 2.0 of the , but what does that mean?

• £250 available to a creative based in/around Leeds or York

• Applications are welcome from all creative practitioners.

• The fund is here to support local creatives to make, take risks, do exciting things and support creative output - how you spend the money to achieve that is up to you!

• Our money comes from our members who all contribute each month into our central pot. Therefore our members get to decide who we donate to - they do this through rank choice voting.

📲We’re all about creating localised and easy-to-access arts funding so any questions just drop us a message!

⏭️ For now check out the application questions above and then when you’re ready to apply click on the link in our bio to go to the application from.

We can’t wait to receive your applications!!

14/04/2026

🚨𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺🚨

38 people have come together to donate £250 to a local York or Leeds based creative…

Yes that’s right, it’s the start of Round 2.0 of the and we are making another donation of £250 to a local York or Leeds based creative!

Thanks to our members who contribute to the fund! Together we’re actively supporting the local creative economy and giving creatives more opportunities to take risks and create.

𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝟐.𝟎:
Friday 17th April - Round 2.0 Launches (applications open for local creatives)

Friday 24th April - Round 2.0 applications close at midday

Monday 27th April - Round 2.0 goes to member vote

Thursday 30th April - Member Voting closes at 23:59

Friday 1st May - 1pm - selected application announced

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 @𝗿𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆!

10/12/2025

Struggling for gift ideas this year? 🎁
Give someone the gift that gives back - a £12 Rogue Creators Fund Membership that supports local grassroots art in Leeds & York.

Your gift helps fund real community projects, empowers local creatives, and connects people with the artists who make our cities vibrant.

🎨 Give the power of local creativity this Christmas - link in bio!

16/11/2025

After the success of Round 1.0, we’ve taken on board feedback from both applicants and our members to make things even better. 🚀

Here’s what’s new in Round 2.0 for anyone applying!

Big thanks to for doing the work on collating feedback and creating the image above!

06/10/2025

🚀 We’re delighted to announce that our members have selected Trans/Late as the recipient of our very first donation!

The application for Trans/Late was: “I’d use the fund to make Trans/Late, a trans-led, York based drag night, safer and more sustainable for the artists involved. £200 of the money would go toward a travel fund to ensure that each of the q***r performers can safely get home at the end of the night. As being visibly q***r becomes increasingly dangerous, this fund will allow Trans/Late to platform incredible q***r artists who might otherwise have travel costs and personal safety as a barrier to participating. The other £50 would go to printing costs and promotion to take some of the costs off of the organisers who consistently volunteer their time to ensure York has a thriving late-night q***r art scene.”

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A huge thank you to everyone who applied to Round 1 of the Fund, and to our members for taking part in the selection process. Members voted using a ranked-choice system, ensuring that every vote helped shape the final outcome.

🎭 More about Trans/Late:
Trans/Late is a high energy, trans-forward, community-first cabaret show based in York and created by Q***r Affaire and Haus of Lynx. Part performance, part dance party, all fundraiser for gender affirming care, our shows provide a space for new and seasoned performers to debut their ideas, host stalls for local q***r and trans artists, and donate all profits toward gender affirming care in the local area!

Details about our next event in January coming soon! And keep your eyes peeled for our next round of performer applications...!! You can keep tabs on all future updates by following ***raffaire and :)

If you’d like to help keep this community-powered arts funding rolling, join the mutiny at — £1/month fuels local creativity and helps back brilliant grassroots projects like this one.

25/09/2025

🚀 Wahoo – we’re live!

We’re ready to trial the Rogue Creators’ Fund for the very first time 🎉

We’ve got a pot of £250 to donate to a York or Leeds based creative. This money can be used for anything that will help you and your work – no strings attached.

Here’s how to apply ⬇️
• Follow us
• Comment why you’d like to apply / what you’d use the donation for
• Tag 2 friends

We’ll anonymise your answers and share them with our members – they’ll then vote to decide who receives the donation.

✨ Not on Instagram? You can also apply by email: [email protected]

🕙 Deadline: 10am, 30th September

This is made possible through our members pooling together £12.50/year (£1.25/month) each to fuel grassroots creativity. The donation is the collating of these contributions – and as such, members get a vote on who we donate to. If you’d like to play a part in in keeping this community-powered arts pot rolling, join the mutiny and become a member via the link in our bio ⚡️

15/08/2025

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