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 Department for Culture, Media and Sport have announced that the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme will be extended into the next financial year, providing £23 million so that thousands of historical buildings, including churches, synagogues, mosques and temples, can carry out restoration work.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2026

The Box are looking for Volunteers to support the digitisation of their media archive collection in 2025.

The Maker Relief Fund is offering grants to UK-based professional craftspeople facing financial hardship. Grants of £1,000 will be awarded to 50 eligible applicants over the course of a year, starting in November 2024 and running through to the end of October 2025.

Deadline: Oct 25

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 and composing and performance and recording of works by Michael Tippet.

Deadline: 30th Sep 2025

Young people in the UK working in or training for careers in printing, publishing or the graphic arts can apply for financial support through the Rising Star Awards.

Deadline: 30th Mar 2025

The 2025 Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award is open for applications. The scheme provides financial support to a professional female photographer to complete a documentary photo essay addressing a social, environmental, economic or cultural issue.

Deadline: 16th May 2025

Tranzfuser is intended to support new UK games graduates, taking teams from concept and prototyping through to publishing. The programme allows new teams to benefit from grants and interaction with a host of other early stage games development companies across the UK.

Deadline: 28th Apr 2025

Scops Art Trust is offering grants of up to £30,000 to registered charities, and other constituted, not-for-profit organisations across the UK, to deliver projects and activities that help people to understand, participate in, and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts.

Deadline: 15th April 2025

Future Leaders 2025 is a free careers initiative for aspiring arts leaders. Open to anyone aged 19-26 who wants to grow experience and connections in UK theatre and dance management, Future Leaders is led by theatre professionals and draws on expertise across the consortium of top UK Theatres.

Deadline: 7th Apr 2025

Take the stage and prove you've got what it takes to open for Kaiser Chiefs and Jake Bugg! Your chance to play in front of a packed Fan Zone and fight for the ultimate prize—a spot on one of the biggest stages in Plymouth!

To enter, send your application to bands@pafc.co.uk with:

Your name, Band name, Band logo (if available), A short bio about your band, A performance clip or demo showcasing your sound.

Deadline: 4th Apr 2025

As part of the Democratising Archives programme, Take A Part and The Learning Academies Trust are able to offer some free anti-bias training delivered by the brilliant Kadus Smith. They’re keen for the training to reach anyone who works with community/in a community context.

Taking place Weds 2nd Apr 2025.

UK composers seeking to advance their careers both nationally and internationally can apply for funding through the PRS Foundation's Composers' Fund. The initiative offers financial support to composers with a strong track record and aims to enable them to make significant strides in their professional development.

Deadline: 1st Apr 2025

The International Showcase Fund (ISF) offers grants of up to £5,500 for international export opportunities for UK-based artists, bands, songwriters and producers who have been invited to perform or create new music at international industry facing showcasing festivals, song writing camps or conferences.

Deadline: 31st Mar 25

As part of the Democratising Archives programme, Take A Part and The Learning Academies Trust are able to offer some free anti-bias training delivered by the brilliant Kadus Smith. They’re keen for the training to reach anyone who works with community/in a community context.

Taking place Mon 31st Mar 2025.

The Institute of Physics provides grants of between £500 and £4,000 for projects across the UK and Ireland that improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

Grants of up to £2,000 are available for UK-registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3 million to deliver projects across all aspects of the arts, crafts, and heritage and support local and regional art museums and organisations.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

UK composers seeking to advance their careers both nationally and internationally can apply for funding through the PRS Foundation's Composers' Fund. The initiative offers financial support to composers with a strong track record and aims to enable them to make significant strides in their professional development.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

The PRS for Music Foundation is inviting applications for its Women Make Music programme, which offers funding to support the growth of outstanding women, trans and non-binary songwriters and composers across the UK. Open to artists from all genres and backgrounds, this initiative aims to challenge industry stereotypes and foster role models for future generations.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

The Film and TV Charity has reopened 'Reel Impact' a programme providing grants to Black and Global Majority individuals and organisations in the UK. The initiative aims to address systemic racism in the industry by supporting skills development, leadership opportunities and networking.

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

Music for All, the charity of the UK musical instrument industry, is currently accepting applications for its first funding round of 2025. Groups, schools, any form of educational establishment, community projects, charities, and organisations that are bringing music to their communities in the UK can apply.

Deadline: 27th Mar 2025