Arts & Heritage

Funding for community arts, culture and heritage, and tourism

  • Places of Worship Renewal Fund

    Listed places of worship in England can now apply to the new £92m Places of Worship Renewal Fund. The fund offers capital grants for essential repairs and related works at listed places of worship, including churches, chapels, synagogues, temples and mosques. It replaces the former VAT reclaim scheme for Listed Places of Worship. The programme […]

  • Creative Foundations Fund

    The Creative Foundations Fund provides capital grants for not-for-profit creative and cultural organisations to improve and restore existing cultural buildings and equipment. The aim of the fund is to revitalise existing cultural assets in order to improve the economic sustainability of the creative and cultural sector. Applications can be made for grants of between £100,000 […]

  • Arts Council England: funding for libraries and museums

    Arts Council England (ACE) is inviting libraries and museums to apply for grants from the following programmes: Museum Transformation ProgrammeGrants of between £50,000 and £1m to help regional museums that have an established relationship with a local authority to develop a programme of transformation to increase their long-term financial resilience and operational sustainability.Apply by 30 […]

  • CPF Trust

    Registered charities can apply for a small grant from the CPF Trust. Most grants are for between £1,000 and £3,000 and are awarded to charities operating in the following areas: Grants can be used towards revenue or capital costs and for project or core funding.

  • Business Catalyst (Small) Grants

    If you have a jewellery or silversmithing business you may be able to access a Business Catalyst (Small) Grant to help grow your business. Each year, the Goldsmiths’ Centre provides 10 grants of £2,000 to sole traders and small businesses in the jewellery or silversmithing sector. The funding can be used to develop the business […]

  • ScreenSkills Bursaries

    If you currently work or intend to work in the screen sector (TV, film, animation etc) you can apply for a bursary towards the costs of your career development. ScreenSkills Bursaries can be up to £2,000 and can be used to pay for expenses such as training fees, accommodation, care, disability access costs, equipment, software […]

  • Youth Music

    Youth Music gives grants for music projects that help to provide equal access to music. The current funds are as follows: Youth Music Trailblazer Fund Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. Your work must cover one of the […]

  • Heritage at Risk Capital Fund

    Expressions of Interest are now open for funding from the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund. The fund is run by Historic England to support the repair and conservation of historic buildings and sites at risk across England. Heritage at Risk grants are available for the conservation, repair and conversion of listed buildings of all grades, […]

  • Radcliffe Trust

    The Radcliffe Trust provides grants from the bequest of Dr John Radcliffe to support classical music projects and the heritage and crafts sector. Not-for-profit organisations including Community Interest Companies and Charitable Incorporated Organisations can apply for funding through two schemes: Music: for classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education. The […]

  • Devon County Council: Locality Budgets 2026/27

    Each County Councillor in Devon has a Locality Budget allocation of £10,000 that they can use in this financial year (until March 2027) to support local projects. County Councillors can use their Locality Budget to support projects that benefit the local community and support the priorities of the County Council’s Strategic Plan which are: Applications […]