Arts & Heritage

Funding for community arts, culture and heritage, and tourism

  • The Fore

    Small charities and social enterprises can soon register for The Fore’s Autumn funding round: registration opens on 8 July and closes on 15 July 2026. 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 […]

  • Connections through Culture

    Connections through Culture is the British Council’s major arts grants programme, providing funding to facilitate meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries.   Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available to support creative practitioners, cultural professionals, artists, organisations, festivals, biennials, hubs and collectives to develop and deliver projects across […]

  • Freelands Foundation: Learning through Making

    Visual arts organisations can apply for a grant to bring opportunities for ”making” into their work in art education. Learning through Making is a new fund supporting making through exploration of materials – testing, shaping and experimenting. The aim is to creatively engage audiences with the process of making, and working with materials in new ways. Grants of […]

  • Hugo Burge Foundation

    The Hugo Burge Foundation is dedicated to supporting the arts, crafts and creative industries across the UK. Grant funding is distributed through three separate programmes: Creative Education – up to £15,000 for organisations that are creating opportunities for young people (0-29) to engage and build their creative skills and knowledge. Applicants can include schools, local […]

  • 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 […]