Arts & Heritage

Funding for community arts, culture and heritage, and tourism

  • The Giving Machine: Community Grants

    Small charities can apply for a £250 grant to support their work. There are eight unrestricted grants available each quarter. Any not-for-profit organisation with a turnover of less than £1m can apply, including: You just need to explain what your organisation does, how you would spend £250 and how it would make a difference to […]

  • Creative Industries Clusters

    Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are invited to apply for up to £6,750,000 to host a Creative Industries Cluster. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is looking to expand its portfolio of clusters that bring together universities, businesses, local and regional policymakers, and private funders to drive research, innovation and growth in the creative industries. […]

  • King Charles III Charitable Fund

    The King Charles III Charitable Fund awards small grants of up to £3,000 a year for up to three years to community-based organisations. Each year there are three application rounds for the small grants programme, each focusing on different funding themes. Applications open in January for organisations with projects that fit with the Social Inclusion […]

  • Wise Music Foundation

    The Wise Music Foundation provides small grants for a range of charitable activities – not necessarily music related. The focus of the funding is on children, the homeless and people living in poverty but the foundation also supports education, culture, arts and heritage, and health initiatives. The average grant is £1,500.  Charitable groups, voluntary and […]

  • National Lottery Heritage Fund

    The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) accepts applications for grants from £10,000 to £10m. The funding can be used for wide a range of heritage initiatives including: historic buildings and monuments; museums, libraries and archives; cultural traditions; industrial heritage; nature, gardens and historic landscapes; community archaeology; and commemorations and celebrations. Projects must align with the […]

  • The Elephant Trust

    The main objective of the Elephant Trust is to support new work that helps to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the UK. Artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries are invited to submit imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions. Grants are […]

  • The Fore

    The Fore offers grants of up to £45,000 to help charitable organisations to grow, strengthen and become more efficient or resilient. The Fore provides unrestricted grants that can be used for any purpose, including core costs and capital funding and can be for one to three years. The grants should have a transformational impact on […]

  • UK Town of Culture

    A new UK Town of Culture competition will be launching soon with an award of £3.5million for the winning town. Small and medium sized towns will be able to enter the competition, setting out what makes them unique and how they contribute to the national story. Entries will be judged on: Shortlisted towns will receive […]

  • Swire Charitable Trust

    The Swire Charitable Trust makes grants to charities supporting some of the UK’s most vulnerable people to overcome barriers and realise their potential, and to charities that are protecting the UK’s environment and heritage. There are three funding programmes: Opportunity – improving life chances. In particular, practical support for: vulnerable children and young people; ex-service […]

  • John Rayner Charitable Trust

    The John Rayner Charitable Trust makes donations to small and medium-sized charities that support the following: The Trust likes to support charities that show a passion for their cause and have tangible goals. Grants are between £1,000 and £5,000 and can be used for individual projects as well as for core costs.