The Hugo Burge Foundation is a new charity dedicated to supporting the arts, crafts and creative industries across the UK.
The foundation has issued its first call for applications for funding. Two funds are open to applications from anywhere in the UK:
Creative Education – up to £15,000 for people, schools and arts and culture organisations that are creating opportunities for young people (0-29) to engage and build their creative skills and knowledge.
Creative Communities – up to £15,000 for organisations, festivals, fairs and community groups that develop and deliver initiatives focusing on culture and creative arts in their local area.
Through its third fund, the foundation is also offering grants for individual artists: the first round of the Creative Individuals programme is just for artists in Scotland but the aim is to extend this across the UK in future.
Funding from the Hugo Burge Foundation is for revenue costs only. The foundation is offering some of its funding as multi-year grants (up to three years).
There will be two funding rounds each year – one in May and one in September.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants to support arts, culture and creativity in the UK.
Application deadline:
Round 1: 31 May 2025