Round 12: Small Grants Fund
Grants of up to £7,500 are available for not-for-profit theatres across the UK to deliver small essential works to improve a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility, or to improve the diversity of audiences. The Theatre Trust, supported by the Lindury Trust, will support small capital improvements and repairs.
Deadline: 25 January 2027
The Architectural Heritage Fund
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 offering grants
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.
The National Archives The Skills Bursaries
National Archives is offering bursaries to archivists and heritage professionals as part of its 2023/24 grants programme.
Arts & Culture Impact Fund
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.
Commission grants
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.
Historic Houses Foundation
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.
Native Makers - Market Hall
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.
Artist Commission: Tides & Tales
Take a Part are looking for an artist-producer (or collective) to lead 'Tides & Tales', a multidisciplinary arts and heritage project for the East End community of Plymouth, capturing the histories of the working class fishing and ocean working area through intergenerational practices. They are seeking support in co-creating a podcast series and a 'Living Museum' cabinet with the East End community of Plymouth.
Total Commission: £16,000 (£12,000 artist fee @ £300/day for 40 days + £4,000 materials/production)
EOI Deadline: Friday 23 October 2026
Endangered Crafts Fund
Craft practitioners, voluntary groups and community organisations across the United Kingdom can apply for support to help preserve traditional craft skills that are at risk of being lost.
Deadline: 16th October 2026
Plymouth Christmas Market - Crafters Cove
Christmas 2026
We are very excited to announce Plymouth Art Gallery are teaming up with Market Place Europe to introduce The Crafters Cove - a brand new stretch tent in the heart of Plymouth city centre Christmas market! We are looking for local arts and crafters to offer handmade gifts and crafts.
Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund
Partnership project grants to museums and community organisations that work equitably together and share aims for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Deadline: 20th January 2027 and 14th July 2027
Inclusive Multisensory Experience
The CoSTAR National Lab has opened a call for creative businesses developing inclusive multisensory experiences and events. It’s intended to help businesses adapt existing projects and assess how sensory features affect audiences. These may include sound, smell or touch.
Deadline: 24th November 2026
Research and Innovation Grants
The National Archives' Research and Innovation Grants Programme offer a small number of grants of up to £10,000 to archivists and heritage professionals working with archival collections in England or Wales to confront the challenges of today: preserving and sharing the digital record, reducing environmental impact and adapting to climate change.
Deadline: 17th October 2026
Project Grants
Grants of up to £30,000 are available to support collaborative partnerships between GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums), heritage organisations and community organisations to deliver co-designed and community-led projects and activities that create meaningful changes and strengthen the relationship between GLAM or heritage organisations and the communities they serve.
Deadline: 16th November 2026
Community Radio Fund
Ofcom is offering grants for Ofcom-licensed community radio stations broadcasting on AM, FM, or by a Community Digital Sound Programme (C-DSP) license on a digital radio multiplex to help support equipment costs and the essential core work involved in running a radio station.
Deadline: 14th October 2026
Grants for Rare Acquisitions
Grants can contribute towards acquisitions of historical, literary, artistic, architectural or musical interest, as well as fine bindings. Grants typically range from £200 to £20,000 and will rarely exceed £20,000.
Deadline: 1st November 2026
Music Growth Fund
The MGF supports growth in new music. Grants are available through two strands: £1,000 to £40,000 and £40,001 to £100,000. Support can cover activities lasting up to three years.
The Small Indie Fund
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.
Deadline: 22nd December