Arts & Heritage

Funding for community arts, culture and heritage, and tourism

  • The Space: Digital Commissions

    Museums, libraries, community organisations and local authorities can apply for funding to help with the costs of setting up creative digital projects. This is an opportunity to develop and deliver a creative project for online or in-person audiences: this could involve video or audio and could be an interactive or immersive experience. The funding comes […]

  • Scops Arts Trust

    The aim of the Scops Arts Trust is to help people to understand, participate in and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts. It provides support for projects that widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on the community. This is a small trust with limited funds and so most grants are for less […]

  • Community Care Fund

    Caremark is offering three awards of £3,000 each to community projects that bring people together and make a positive difference. Projects can include improving a play area, supplies for a community garden, equipment for inclusive sports or activity groups, supporting a food bank or revamping a village hall. The grants are intended to support activities […]

  • Postcode Local Trust

    The Postcode Local Trust supports smaller charities and good causes in the West of England. Your organisation’s main aims and objectives must fit with one of four funding themes: You can apply for up to £50,000 in total over three years as flexible funding that doesn’t need to be tied to a specific project or activity. […]

  • Clark Foundation

    Not-for-profit organisations with a community project in Plymouth or Barnstaple can apply to the Clark Foundation for a capital grant towards building or equipment costs. The funding can be used for the following types of projects: You can apply for a community grant for any amount over £1,000: most grants are for less than £10,000. […]

  • Association for Industrial Archaeology: Restoration Grants

    The Association for Industrial Archaeology offers capital grants for the restoration of important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels within the UK. Applications should relate to a single, tangible structure or artefact which is historically, technically, architecturally and/or archaeologically important and is covered by a conservation policy and/or statement. There must be full public […]

  • Garfield Weston Foundation

    The Garfield Weston Foundation is one of the largest UK grant-making foundations, supporting charities across the UK with donations totalling around £100m each year. Most grants from the foundation are in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 but smaller and larger grants can be awarded, including major grants of over £100,000. The grants can be […]

  • ChurchCare

    ChurchCare is the Church of England’s national resource, providing advice, support and funding for people caring for church buildings. ChurchCare works in partnership with various grant-giving bodies to provide funding for church projects. The grants provide support for Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) for the conservation of the historic contents of churches and churchyard structures. Grants […]

  • Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund

    The Museums Association is running a programme of grant-making, networking and learning dissemination for health and wellbeing programmes in museums. The work is funded by the Julia Rausing Trust. The aim is to support the development and continuation of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums and help them to cope with increasing demand for services. […]

  • Groundwork Grassroots Grants

    Small, local organisations that are making a positive difference in their communities can apply for between £500 and £2,000 in unrestricted funding from Groundwork Grassroots Grants. These are flexible grants and can therefore be used where they are most needed, including for core organisational costs. The aim is to support groups that provide vital services […]