Funding and Opportunities

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.

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.

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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).

The Idlewild Trust offers grants of up to £7,000 twice a year to UK registered charities that have at least two sets of Annual Returns listed on the Charities Commission website.

Deadline 5th September 2026

The Grocers' Charity was established in 1968 by the Grocer's Company and awards about £1 million each year to UK registered charities. It receives about 1,000 applications each year with around 14% of applicants receiving a grant.

UK registered charities with a turnover of £500,000 or less (except for medical charities which have a limit is £15 million) can apply for one-off grants of up to £5,000.

Deadline 15th August 2026

The Hugo Burge Foundation is accepting applications to its creative grants programme, offering financial support for arts, crafts and the wider creative industries across the UK.

The maximum award is £15,000 for applications under the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands. For Creative Individuals, grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Deadline 31st July 2026

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

The British Film Institute is inviting applications to the National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, which provides financial support to UK organisations delivering creative or talent development activity.

Applicants can request between £12,000 and £150,000 for a single edition. Eligible organisations include production companies, film festivals, local authorities, statutory bodies, community interest companies, registered charities and other groups with relevant experience. For‑profit entities may apply if the supported activity is delivered on a not‑for‑profit basis.

Deadline: 21st September 2026

The Liveline funding programme has opened for applications from UK-based music venues, artists and promoters, offering targeted financial support to address rising risk in grassroots live music.

The initiative is delivered by Music Venue Trust in partnership with Save Our Scene and the Association of Independent Promoters. It was developed in response to what organisers describe as a structural challenge affecting grassroots music: increasing financial exposure that can prevent tours, local shows and new music nights from going ahead.

Deadline: 18th August 2026

The MGF supports growth in new music, defined as original work recently created or performed by living, UK-based artists and music creators. It is intended to strengthen the UK music sector through sustainable and inclusive growth, including developing emerging talent, enhancing grassroots music infrastructure, creating new opportunities for artists, creators and businesses, and expanding audiences and markets in the UK and internationally.

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.

Engagement Grants are open to archivists and heritage professionals working with archival collections in England or Wales.

Public sector bodies, not-for-profit organisations including registered charities, and for-profit organisations including business archives can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to conduct outreach and engagement projects, that will connect archives with their communities in places across England and Wales. 

The current theme is 'Belonging'.

Deadline: 14th August 2026

Are you passionate about theatre, creativity and working with children, young people and communities?

This is an exciting opportunity to begin your career in arts participation while working towards a Level 3 Cultural Learning and Participation Officer Apprenticeship.

Deadline: 5th August 2026

Association of Independent Museums (AIM), in partnership with the Julia Rausing Trust and the Pilgrim Trust, is offering grants of up to £20,000 for small-to-medium-sized museums with fewer than 50,000 visitors per annum across the UK to support core activities, enable them to care for collections more effectively and efficiently, and meet the standards required for Accreditation.

Deadline: 7th August 2026

UK registered not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of between £25,000 and £500,000 can apply for small grants of up to £3,000 per year, for up to three years (a total of £9,000).

Priority will be given to projects serving the most disadvantaged communities.

Deadline: 19th August 2026

Funding is available to support the development of talented UK musicians and bands, helping them to enhance and sustain their careers.

Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available, with the average PPL Momentum Music grant being approximately £10,000.

Deadline: 10 August 2026

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: 1 September 2026

ScottishPower Foundation's Annual Grants Programme for UK Charities - Deadline Approaching

Charities registered with one of the UK charity regulators for at least two full years, with an income of between £100,000 and £5 million still have time to apply for a grant of between £50,000 and £100,000 for a one-year project.

The current funding round is for projects that help deliver the outcomes set out in the ScottishPower Foundation's Strategic Plan 2026 to 2029.

Deadline: 24th July 2026

The Wingate Foundation (also known as the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation) offers grants to smaller UK registered charities operating in the charity's key areas of interest, with the aim of supporting activity which creates a significant impact on individuals and/or communities and leaves a lasting legacy.

Deadline: 21st August 2026

Continuo Foundation is offering grants of between £2,000 and £6,000 for professional ensembles playing period music and instruments to mobilise projects of outstanding artistic merit and create meaningful work for freelance period musicians, whilst engaging a wide range of audiences with historically informed live performances, particularly in areas lacking access to high-quality live classical music.

Deadline: 5th August 2026

QEST Opens Emerging Maker Grants for UK-based Craftspeople

The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust has opened a new round of its Emerging Maker Grant, offering support for early-career craftspeople based in the UK.

The grant is intended for makers who identify their practice within the field of craft and can demonstrate a strong foundation and clear commitment to developing their skills.

Deadline: 12th August 2026

Charities and other not-for-profit groups across the UK have until the end of July 2026 to apply to the Radcliffe Trust's second 2026 funding round.

The Radcliffe Trust supports projects and activities 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