Funding and Opportunities

Grants of up to £20,000 are available to help not-for-profit organisations cover some of the costs of developing and co-ordinating their historic building project and taking it towards the start of work on site.

Benefact Trust is offering grants for registered Christian charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland to support the preservation of key heritage skills that are essential to the conservation of historic Christian buildings.

Grants up to £500 are available to help Black and Global Majority people working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema to access opportunities and navigate barriers to career progression.

National Archives is offering bursaries to archivists and heritage professionals as part of its 2023/24 grants programme.

Repayable Finance to Support UK’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Organisations – the world’s biggest social impact investment fund for the creative arts is offering finance up to £1 million to socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations.

Art Fund_ welcome proposals for exceptional projects with significant public impact.

Grants are available to all public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives in the UK or Channel Islands to support the commissioning process.

Grants of up to £250,000 are available for organisations across England and Wales to support the preservation of heritage buildings and structures of architectural significance, particularly historic country houses, including their gardens, grounds, and works of art within them.

Have you got a Youth Group interested in getting involved in a youth dance event? Reignite Youth Dance Platform will be a vibrant evening showcase of youth dance from across the South West peninsula (Cornwall, Plymouth and Devon).

Join Native Makers at the Market Hall for a day Market. Secure a pitch to sell your creations to likeminded individuals and become part of the Native Makers Community.

The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation is offering grants of between £500 and £3,000 for groups across the UK to support the development of group music-making, especially involving young people, with composing central to the project.

Deadline: 30th Sep 2026

The Museums Association, in partnership with the Julia Rausing Trust, is offering grants of between £50,000 and £75,000 for Museums across the UK to support the development and continuation of health and wellbeing programmes.

Deadline: 20th May 2026

The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award is open for applications from professional female documentary photographers seeking support to complete a photo essay examining a significant social, environmental, economic or cultural issue. The overall winner receives a grant of £4,000 to assist with completing the documentary project.

Deadline: 18th May 2026

Craft practitioners, voluntary groups and community organisations can apply for support to help preserve traditional craft skills that are at risk of being lost. Individual grants of up to £2,500 are available. The funding is administered by the Heritage Crafts Association.

Deadline: 8 May 2026 (17:00)

Grants are available for schools, community groups, educational establishments, and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK to support initiatives that are seeking to bring music to their communities.

The Music for All Community Grants Programme is for groups that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing truly sustainable music programmes.

Deadline: 7th May 2026

The Box, with the support of Arts University Plymouth, has today announced ‘Where’s Your Head At?’, a new Children and Young People’s Open inviting young artists to submit original work exploring the theme of ‘Art and Emotion’.

It’s free to enter and open to anyone aged 0–25 living in the South West (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset).

Entries close at 5pm on Sunday 3 May 2026

We’re inviting applications from artists who are seeking a temporary space to develop their practice and become part of the KARST community.

Applications are assessed on individual need and potential for growth, with priority given to artists who can demonstrate a sustained practice and clear direction for future development. 

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Film and TV Charity is inviting applications to Reel Impact, a programme for mid‑to‑senior level Black and Global Majority professionals and organisations working behind the scenes in the UK's film, TV and cinema sectors.

Individuals can apply for up to £10,000 to support personal development. Organisations may request £25,000 to enhance their operations or to advance race equity, while partnerships of Black and Global Majority‑led organisations can apply for £50,000.

Deadline: 21st April 2026

Elevation is a festival celebrating experimental, artists and expanded cinema, taking place in Plymouth in October.

We are looking for proposals to present work in the spaces we have available at the Real Ideas Market Hall. There is also an open call for films with a deadline of 12th April.

Grants of up to £3,000 are available for UK-registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £1 million to deliver projects and activities that enable access to the arts, strengthen local cultural activity, and help develop skills across the arts and heritage sectors.

Deadline: 31st March 2026

The British Film Institute is accepting applications to the National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund for UK-based organisations delivering creative or talent development programmes.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2026

St Germans Priory Trust are seeking proposals from suitably experienced individuals or organisations to fulfil the role of Programme and Partnership Management, with a view to identifying a preferred provider in advance of a funding decision which is expected in late April 2026.

Deadline: Friday 27th March 2026

Speaking Volumes, in partnership with the British Council, has opened a new round of Beyond Literature Borders, a grants programme supporting small UK‑based arts organisations to develop international literature projects.

The 2026 round includes five awards of £7,000 each to support the development and delivery of projects.

Deadline: 27th March 2026

Totally Unhinged is a new production company formed by former Plymouth Laureate, Laura Horton, and producer Naomi Turner. We want to find ways to create development opportunities for artists at a time when work is scarce.

We will use funds to seed commission local writers to write short plays and hire local actors and creatives to perform these pieces at a venue in Stonehouse in Plymouth.

The community event will be free and there will also be free writing workshops made available too.

The Small Indie Fund ringfences £1million a year to support talented small independent production companies with turnovers of less than £10million. The fund has a focus on diverse-led companies and those based in the Nations and English regions.

In 2025/26 the fund has a dual focus, working across both TV and digital.

St Luke’s are thrilled to invite all schools and community groups across Plymouth to apply to take part in St Luke’s Guiding Lights Learner programme.

Become a Sponsor of St Luke’s Guiding Lights event to help create something special for the local area and support the work of the hospice, as well as promoting your business.