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.

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).

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

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.

Support for Sustainable Approaches to International Arts Touring (England and Scotland)

The International Touring and Environmental Responsibility Fund (ITER) has opened a new round of support for performing arts professionals developing lower-carbon approaches to international touring and collaboration.

Awards of up to £40,000 are available for successful partnerships.

Deadline: 1st September 2026

Arts Council England (ACE) has opened Round 6 of the Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) with a budget of approximately £25 million.

The funding is intended to help museums become more financially resilient and environmentally responsible. It aims to improve the environmental performance of buildings and equipment, helping to reduce carbon emissions across the museum sector.

Deadline 12th June 2026 by 12pm

Spend three days making music in a professional studio. Work with industry creatives, get hands-on with real equipment, and leave with a track you made yourself. Whether you're a songwriter, vocalist, musician or just getting started with music production this summer school is for you.

Free to attend. No experience needed. Places are limited.

We especially welcome applications from young people who may not usually have access to music making facilities, including those from lower income backgrounds, underrepresented communities, and anyone considering university in the future.

Week commencing: 6th July 2026

Doc Society, the British Film Institute's (BFI) delegate partner for documentary backing, is accepting applications to its Expanded Screen Fund.

The fund offers grants of between £25,000 and £150,000 for projects that align with at least three core aims of the BFI National Lottery strategy. These aims include advancing equity, diversity and inclusion, broadening audience access and impact and supporting talent development alongside creative risk and innovation. T

Deadline: 22nd June 2026

Arts Council England Launches New Round of Developing Your Creative Practice

Arts Council England is inviting applications to its Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant for independent creative practitioners.

Applicants can apply for between £2,000 and £12,000 to take a dedicated period of time to focus on their own creative development. Supported activity can last up to one year.

Deadline: 2nd July 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.