Grants of up to £20,000 are available to help not-for-profit organisations cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating their historic building project and taking it towards the start of work on site.

Benefact Trust is offering grants for registered Christian charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland to support the preservation of key heritage skills that are essential to the conservation of historic Christian buildings.

Grants up to £500 are available to help Black and Global Majority people working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema to access opportunities and navigate barriers to career progression.

National Archives is offering bursaries to archivists and heritage professionals as part of its 2023/24 grants programme.

Repayable Finance to Support UK’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Organisations – the world’s biggest social impact investment fund for the creative arts is offering finance up to £1 million to socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations.

Art Fund_ welcome proposals for exceptional projects with significant public impact.

Grants are available to all public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives in the UK or Channel Islands to support the commissioning process.

Grants of up to £250,000 are available for organisations across England and Wales to support the preservation of heritage buildings and structures of architectural significance, particularly historic country houses, including their gardens, grounds, and works of art within them.

Have you got a Youth Group interested in getting involved in a youth dance event? Reignite Youth Dance Platform will be a vibrant evening showcase of youth dance from across the South West peninsula (Cornwall, Plymouth and Devon).

Join Native Makers at the Market Hall for a day Market. Secure a pitch to sell your creations to likeminded individuals and become part of the Native Makers Community.

The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation is offering grants of between £500 and £3,000 for groups across the UK to support the development of group music-making, especially involving young people, with composing central to the project.

Deadline: 30th Sep 2026

The Museums Association, in partnership with the Julia Rausing Trust, is offering grants of between £50,000 and £75,000 for Museums across the UK to support the development and continuation of health and wellbeing programmes.

Deadline: 20th May 2026

Craft practitioners, voluntary groups and community organisations can apply for support to help preserve traditional craft skills that are at risk of being lost. Individual grants of up to £2,500 are available. The funding is administered by the Heritage Crafts Association.

Deadline: 8 May 2026 (17:00)

Grants are available for schools, community groups, educational establishments, and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK to support initiatives that are seeking to bring music to their communities.

The Music for All Community Grants Programme is for groups that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing truly sustainable music programmes.

Deadline: 7th May 2026

The Box, with the support of Arts University Plymouth, has today announced ‘Where’s Your Head At?’, a new Children and Young People’s Open inviting young artists to submit original work exploring the theme of ‘Art and Emotion’.

It’s free to enter and open to anyone aged 0–25 living in the South West (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset).

Entries close at 5pm on Sunday 3 May 2026

Elevation is a festival celebrating experimental, artists and expanded cinema, taking place in Plymouth in October.

We are looking for proposals to present work in the spaces we have available at the Real Ideas Market Hall. There is also an open call for films with a deadline of 12th April.

The British Film Institute is accepting applications to the National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund for UK-based organisations delivering creative or talent development programmes.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2026

Speaking Volumes, in partnership with the British Council, has opened a new round of Beyond Literature Borders, a grants programme supporting small UK‑based arts organisations to develop international literature projects.

The 2026 round includes five awards of £7,000 each to support the development and delivery of projects.

Deadline: 27th March 2026

Independent filmmakers and production companies can apply for the Edinburgh Pitch, an international documentary pitching forum aimed at developing and financing feature-length films.

Twelve selected projects will take part in a preparatory workshop before pitching to an industry panel and attending one-to-one meetings.

Deadline: 22nd March 2026 (23:59)

Jerwood Foundation is offering grants to UK-based organisations that focus on making art available for public benefit and promoting emerging talent in the arts.

Proposed activities should start at least three months, but less than 12 months, from the closing date. In this round, proposed projects should start or be open to the public from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Deadline: 18th March 2026

Rocket Duck is a pilot series designed to bring aspiring entrepreneurs together to collaborate, learn from experienced founders, and gain the skills, confidence, and networks to launch their tech startups.

Meetups: 26 Feb

Launchpad Weekend: 14–15 March

Grants of between £500 and £3,000 are available for charities and organisations across the UK to deliver music projects that focus on the performance, commissioning, or recording of contemporary music.

Deadline: 13th March 2026

Bagri Foundation is offering grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 are available for not-for-profit arts organisations across the UK to deliver artistic projects that promote the sharing of traditional and contemporary Asian culture.

Deadline: 11th March 2026 (23:59)

PRS Foundation is inviting applications to its Power Up Participant Programme, which provides targeted support for Black music creators and industry professionals across the UK. The programme is designed to address barriers affecting progression in the music sector and to build a long‑term nationwide network of participants.

The support package includes grant funding of up to £10,000, capacity‑building activity, mentoring, partner access and marketing support.

Deadline: 9th March 2026 (18:00)

Grant funding and non-financial support are available to shortlisted applicants. Eight finalists will each receive a grant of $50,000, alongside access to mentoring and workshops covering product development, marketing and industry partnerships.

Applicants must have trading for between six months and six years. UK applicants must be registered with Companies House, while charities and social enterprises may apply if appropriately registered. Both eBay sellers and non-sellers are eligible.

Deadline: 8th March 2026

Grand Plan are supporting artists of colour across the UK with £1,000 grants.

Deadline: Wednesday 4 March 2026 23:59

You'll hear back on Friday 20 March, 2026.

Arts and Humanities Research Council is inviting applications to support the delivery of four new Creative Industries Clusters across the UK.

A maximum contribution of £6.75 million is available for each proposal, with clusters required to secure additional support worth at least 50% of the AHRC contribution from higher education institutions or partner organisations over the five-year period of the award.

Deadline: 3rd March 2026 (16:00)

Totally Unhinged is a new production company formed by former Plymouth Laureate, Laura Horton, and producer Naomi Turner. We want to find ways to create development opportunities for artists at a time when work is scarce.

We will use funds to seed commission local writers to write short plays and hire local actors and creatives to perform these pieces at a venue in Stonehouse in Plymouth.

The community event will be free and there will also be free writing workshops made available too.

As part of the Blue Sparks programme, join Fotonow for a 12 week media residency. Working with the team to learn and develop skills in photography, filmmaking and animation.

Sessions are open to young people aged 14-18 years olds, living within Plymouth Sound National Marine Park.

Project begins on 25th February

The Small Indie Fund ringfences £1million a year to support talented small independent production companies with turnovers of less than £10million. The fund has a focus on diverse-led companies and those based in the Nations and English regions.

In 2025/26 the fund has a dual focus, working across both TV and digital.

The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s cultural heritage and crafts sectors. And supports classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education.