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A £2m scheme will soon open for applications from community groups wanting to participate creatively in a festival accompanying the Commonwealth Games.

Grants of up to £20,000 are available, with a goal of ensuring every ward of Birmingham benefits and the diversity of the city's communities is represented.

Lydia Harrington, Grants Programme Manager for the six month festival, said successful applicants will also be offered training to "increase their confidence" for future funding schemes.

"We’re a diverse and young city so we want to see that in the people who lead and participate in the projects."

Chief Creative Officer Martin Green said the grants programme will "see the work of residents and organisations from across the city standing proudly and equally next to that of major cultural and artistic institutions" from the city region.