Financial Information for Northern Ireland

  • Cost to the school: £350.
  • Writer fee: €150 per residency session
  • Funding for these residencies must come from three sources, including the school, Poetry Ireland and another local funding agency. The school must source a matching £350 from the third-party funder. Possible funders might include for example district council arts offices, Extended Schools Programme, Education and Library Boards etc.
  • Third party funding must be in place prior to the commencement of the residency. 
  • No residency will be funded unless it has been applied for and approved. The school and writer will receive written confirmation and evaluation forms as notification of approval of funding.
  • Visits cannot be funded retrospectively.
  • The school does not pay the writer directly.
  • The cheque for the school’s portion and the third partner’s portion of the writer’s fee should be sent to the Writers in Schools office, with the school evaluation form, within one week of the date of the visit.
  • Cheques should be made payable to the Writers in Schools NI Scheme.
  • The writer will then be paid their full fee and travel expenses by Writers in Schools.