Arts & Heritage

Funding for community arts, culture and heritage, and tourism

  • Postcode Local Trust

    APPLY BY 8 SEPTEMBER 2025 The Postcode Local Trust supports smaller charities and good causes in the west of England. Round 3 is opening soon and there are several important changes to the funding themes, size of grants and which organisations can apply. Your organisation’s main aims and objectives must fit with one of four […]

  • 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 are now open for organisations with projects that fit with the Environment and […]

  • Leche Trust

    The Leche Trust supports the performing arts and heritage conservation through small grants to UK registered charities or public authorities. There are three grants rounds each year and Round 1 is now open for 2025/26. The priorities are: Performing Arts – new works in performing arts and artists’ professional development. Applicants must be UK registered […]

  • The Grocers’ Charity

    The Grocers’ Charity provides one-off grants of £5,000 to UK charities. Funding can be awarded to registered charities for: There is more information on the Grocers’ Charity website about the kinds of activities that can be funded under each of these themes. UK registered charities with a turnover of below £500,000 can apply. Places of […]

  • Hays Travel Foundation

    Hays Travel Foundation provides grants for projects to help disadvantaged young people in areas where Hays Travel operates. There are Hays Travel branches* across southern areas of Devon. Grant funding is for projects which help young people (up to 25 years) to develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, […]

  • Theatre Improvement Scheme

    Theatres Trust’s Theatre Improvement Scheme is inviting applications for capital grants to help theatres to improve their environmental sustainability. The funding is offered by Theatres Trust in association with the Wolfson Foundation. The scheme is open to theatres with a charitable or not-for-profit legal structure, including local authorities or Town Councils that own and/or operate […]

  • South West Water: Better Futures Fund

    South West Water has introduce a new fund to support communities in its supply area. The Better Futures Fund will provide support for community groups involved with physical activity, education, health and wellbeing, positive environmental impacts and alleviating hardship. You can apply for between £2,000 and £15,000 for projects that fit with one or more […]

  • Devon Community Foundation

    Devon Community Foundation (DCF) has adopted a new approach to distributing grants. The foundation has an extensive database of community groups and charities and will use this to identify those that fit the funds that are available at any time. DCF will then invite relevant organisations to submit an application. If you have submitted an […]

  • West Devon Borough Council: community grants

    The following funds are available to voluntary and community groups in West Devon: Community Halls Capital Grant Fund – grants up to £25,000 to support the resilience and development of community facilities, such as community halls, village halls and other community buildings which provide a range of services to their local communities. Arts and Activities […]

  • Devon County Council: Locality Budgets 2025/26

    Devon County Council’s Locality Budgets 2025/26 will soon be opening for applications for funding to support projects that benefit local communities in Devon. Each County Councillor in Devon has a Locality Budget allocation of £8,000 that they can use in this financial year (until March 2026). Devon County Council Members can use their Locality Budget […]