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.

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.

Individual grants of up to £2,500 are available. The money can be used to support activities that improve the long-term viability of heritage crafts, such as developing new approaches, investing in efficient machinery, exploring alternative sustainable materials or establishing new routes to market.

Deadline: 16th October 2026

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

Grants of up to £5,000 are intended to help individuals and groups of exceptional ability who would not be able to carry out an artistic project or activity without financial support. The Trust places particular emphasis on people at an early stage in their careers.

Deadline: 25 September 2026

The Theatres Trust, in partnership with the Wolfson Foundation, is currently accepting applications from not-for-profit theatre operators in the UK for capital improvement projects that will improve environmental sustainability (the current them of their partnership).

Grants of up to £20,000 can be used for capital costs of building or equipment.

Deadline: 11th September 2026 (noon).

Radcliffe Trust is offering grants for charities, not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music, heritage, and crafts.

Heritage and Crafts Grants are generally in the region of £2,500 to £7,500. Music Grants are generally in the region of £2,500 to £5,000.

Deadline: 31st July 2026

Channel 4 is accepting submissions to its Unscripted Proof of Concept Fund, which provides development finance to independent production companies working on British unscripted television ideas.

The broadcaster plans to back between three and five projects, with each selected concept receiving up to £100,000.

Deadline: 31st July 2026

CoSTAR Live Lab has launched a call for creative R&D projects focused on the live performance sector, under its Intelligent Venues theme.

The call will support between two and five projects from a total grant budget of £100,000. Awards are expected to range between £20,000 and £50,000.

Deadline: 21st July 2026

Art Fund has announced the availability of grants to support museums, galleries and visual arts organisations in providing paid work placements for full-time university students.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available, with the organisation considering up to 100% of costs linked to paying students for their time. The funding is intended to help organisations deliver projects while offering students practical experience in the cultural sector.

Deadline: 26th June 2026

Grants of up to £3,000 are available to public sector bodies, registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in the UK to help analyse collections, supporting development of future plans for cataloguing priorities and projects.

Applications for Round 6 will be accepted from 18 May to 18 June 2026.

Provided by the Government as part of its wider £1.5 billion Arts Everywhere Fund, the new £92 million Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF) offers capital grants for essential repairs and related works at listed places of worship in England. The investment is targeted at areas of high deprivation in England.

The first deadline for Expressions of Interest is 14 June 2026.

The National Archives in partnership with Leeds Museums and Galleries, the National Library of Wales, and the Community Archives and Heritage Group, is offering grants of up to £30,000 to support collaborative partnerships between GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums), Heritage, and community organisations.

Deadline: 12th June 2026

Historic England has reopened the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, provided by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of the Government's wider £1.5 billion investment in arts and culture.

The fund supports the conservation, repair and conversion of heritage at risk across England.

The first deadline for Expressions of Interest is 7 June 2026.

The Rising Star Craft Award is a biennial prize recognising emerging craftspeople who show strong ability, commitment to their discipline and contributions to their community and the wider craft sector.

The winner will receive a £25,000 cash prize intended to support the development of their professional practice.

Deadline: 5th June 2026

Summer grants of up to £20,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that promote the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern, and contemporary registers, and research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

Deadline: 1st June 2026

The UK Games Fund (UKGF) has opened its Starter Fund, offering grants of up to £20,000 to support UK games developers at the start of their professional journey. The Starter Fund is intended to reduce early business and development risk by providing financial support alongside guidance and structured development support.

Deadline: 1 June 2026

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.

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.

St Luke’s are thrilled to invite all schools and community groups across Plymouth to apply to take part in St Luke’s Guiding Lights Learner programme.

Become a Sponsor of St Luke’s Guiding Lights event to help create something special for the local area and support the work of the hospice, as well as promoting your business.