UK grants for arts and culture

Funding for community arts, music, theatre, and creative participation projects.

126 grants open now, each read from the funder’s own pages. More added as we read them.

Charity of Robert Phillips
Charity of Robert Phillips grants for arts, drama and music
£600 – £2,00013 November 2026
Grants to develop appreciation and knowledge of music, drama and the fine arts for residents, organisations and schools in the Ancient Parish of Walton-on-Thames (Walton, Hersham and part of Oatlands, Surrey). Individuals can get help in any area of arts, drama and music, including buying an instrument once they have reached Grade VI; organisations can apply towards arts, drama or music activities; and schools receive an annual Music and Arts Education grant. Trustees meet four times a year.
- Arts
- Education and Skills
- Local
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The Golsoncott Foundation
The Golsoncott Foundation grants
£500 – £2,50031 December 2026
Grants, generally £500 to £2,500, for registered charities, CICs and other not-for-profit arts organisations in England, for projects and programmes across all art forms, and for core costs where the need is clearly shown. Applications must show a clear need, a commitment to artistic excellence and a commitment to widening access to the arts. Applications are only accepted in four one-month windows a year; the next runs 1 to 31 December 2026 for the February meeting. Organisations with an established relationship may be offered annual funding for up to three years.
- Arts
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The Hampstead Church Music Trust
Hampstead Church Music Trust grants
Up to £10,000Rolling — apply any time
Grants for the performance, training or education in church music, principally in the Anglican choral tradition, by churches and organisations in the area of the former Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, with priority for Hampstead Parish Church. Individual grants are unlikely to exceed £5,000; a project 'kick-started' over about three years, such as part of a new Director of Music's salary, can receive up to £10,000 in total. Smaller requests are more likely to succeed, and applications should arrive at least six months before the money is needed.
- Arts
- Faith
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Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (delivered by the BPI)
Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS)
£5,000 – £50,0001 April 2027
Match-funding grants for UK-based independent music SMEs, normally management companies or record labels, to run marketing and promotion campaigns, usually linked to international tours, that help an artist who has achieved reasonable commercial success in the UK break into an overseas market. The grant covers no more than 50% of eligible expenditure and no UK activity can be funded. Funded by DBT and DCMS and run in rounds by the BPI; grants range from £5,000 to £50,000.
- Arts
- Enterprise
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The Daisie Rich Trust
The Daisie Rich Trust grants
£500 – £5,000Rolling — apply any time
Grants from the Daisie Rich Trust, an Isle of Wight charity founded under Miss Daisie Rich's 1955 will, for charities, community groups and organisations with charitable goals whose work benefits the Isle of Wight and its residents. It funds five areas: youth; health; welfare; services to the community; and arts, culture and environment, and can pay for specific projects or general running costs. Typical grants are £500 to £5,000, and many partners receive funding over several years. Trustees meet four times a year, usually in March, June, September and December.
- Children and Young People
- Health and Wellbeing
- Community
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The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust
The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust Grants
Amount not specified1 January 2027
Grants to smaller registered charities, mainly in Hampshire, for causes Lady Charlotte Bonham-Carter cared about: the arts, projects of cultural interest, preservation of the countryside, young carers, older people, and early intervention for disadvantaged children and young people. The average grant is under £5,000. Applications are by post with a covering sheet, twice a year, with closing dates of 1 January and 1 September, and only successful applicants hear back.
- Arts
- Environmental
- Older People
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The Dixie Educational Foundation
Dixie Educational Foundation Grants
Amount not specified19 October 2026
Small local grants from a 400-year-old Market Bosworth educational foundation for the educational benefit of young people under 25 living in Market Bosworth and nearby villages in Leicestershire. Both individuals under 25 and organisations or groups running activities for under-25s can apply, for education, sport, music, the arts or personal development, including regular or one-off events. Trustees meet in early March, June and November; applications must arrive before the 20th of the month before the meeting.
- Children and Young People
- Education and Skills
- Arts
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Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation
Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation Grants to Individuals
Amount not specified13 November 2026
Educational grants for young people under 25 who have lived in the London Borough of Southwark for at least two years and need financial help. The Foundation, which has served Southwark's young people for over 300 years, gives grants directly to students in tertiary education or apprenticeships and to young people pursuing courses in arts, music, dance and similar. Applicants are automatically considered for the St Mary Newington Educational Foundation too. The next deadline is 13 November 2026 for the 10 December Governors' meeting.
- Education and Skills
- Children and Young People
- Arts
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The Earley Charity
The Earley Charity Grants to Organisations
£500 – £5,0006 November 2026
One-off grants, normally £500 to £5,000, from a large local grant-making charity for charitable, voluntary and community organisations working with people in its area of benefit in Earley and east and central Reading. Grants are for specific projects or equipment, not running costs. Requests of £3,000 and under close on 16 October 2026 (decision 5 November); requests over £3,000 close on 6 November 2026 (decision 25 November).
- Community
- Children and Young People
- Arts
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The Roughley Trust
Roughley Trust Grants to Organisations
£1,000 – £3,0001 October 2027
Annual grants, normally £1,000 to £3,000, for local Birmingham registered charities with a turnover under £1 million, working inside the city boundary. Areas include community work, special needs, health and wellbeing, education, arts, heritage and environment. Applications open each year on 1 August and close on 1 October, for a trustees' meeting in late November. The 2026 round has closed: the next opens on 1 August 2027 and closes on 1 October 2027. You email a typed form, a signed letter and two or three photos.
- Community
- Children and Young People
- Older People
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Maria Björnson Memorial Fund
Maria Björnson Memorial Fund grants
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
Grants from a fund set up in memory of the theatre, ballet and opera designer Maria Björnson (best known for The Phantom of the Opera), whose current priority is organisations with a proven record of advancing excellence in the performing, visual or creative arts. Beneficiaries are chosen for their potential to inspire and educate the public through high-quality artistic work, or for contributing significantly to the UK's cultural fabric. Individuals are considered only exceptionally, through a sponsoring organisation. Applications are made by email and accepted on a rolling basis; no grant size is published.
- Arts
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Chapman Charitable Trust
Chapman Charitable Trust grants
£1,000 – £3,00028 February 2027
Grants of exactly £1,000, £2,000 or £3,000 for registered UK charities working on nature conservation and the natural environment, access to the arts (especially for young people), or physical and mental wellbeing, with a preference for work on root causes and for research organisations. National charities across the UK can apply; local charities only if they work in North Wales or South East England. Trustees meet in March and September and receive over 500 applications per meeting, so the success rate is 20% or less.
- Environmental
- Arts
- Health and Wellbeing
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Dr Radcliffe's Trust
Radcliffe Trust Music Scheme
£2,500 – £5,00031 January 2027
Project grants, usually £2,500-£5,000, for UK organisations supporting classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education, including music for people with special needs, youth orchestras and bursaries for UK students on courses and summer schools. Charities, CICs, CIOs, other not-for-profits, and quartets and ensembles may apply; individuals may not. Two rounds a year: the next window opens 1 November 2026 and closes 31 January 2027, for projects starting from July 2027.
- Arts
- Education and Skills
- Disabled People
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Millichope Foundation
Millichope Foundation grants
£1,000 – £5,000Rolling — apply any time
A Shropshire family foundation that gives grants, mostly unrestricted and for one to three years, to registered charities and CICs working in Shropshire and the surrounding region. Current priorities are social welfare, youth, skills and employment, heritage, arts and environment. Grants average £1,000-£5,000. Apply at any time on a short form sent by email; applications go to the next grant round and a decision normally comes within three months.
- Poverty
- Children and Young People
- Education and Skills
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The PFC Trust
The PFC Trust General Grants
Amount not specified28 November 2026
A Hartlepool charity, set up by lottery winners Patrick and Frances Connolly, that funds individuals, groups and organisations whose work benefits the people of Hartlepool and the surrounding area. Applications must meet one of its charitable objects, which range from education, the arts, amateur sport and the environment to respite care, young people, older people and relief of hardship. It does not normally fund organisations with income over £250,000, and requests over £10,000 need a business plan. The current General Grants round is open from 1 October to 28 November 2026.
- Local
- Education and Skills
- Arts
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (administered by Church Urban Fund's Near Neighbours programme)
Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2027
£5,000 – £25,00029 October 2026
Government grants of £5,000-£25,000 for community projects in England that commemorate, celebrate and educate about the Windrush generation and their descendants around National Windrush Day (22 June 2027). Each project picks one aim (raise awareness, foster pride, or encourage and inspire young people) and must deliver all three outcomes: community cohesion, a lasting impact and wider acknowledgement of the Windrush contribution. Charities, CICs, social enterprises, community benefit societies, constituted community groups and local authority-led consortia can apply. Applications close at 23:59 on 29 October 2026.
- Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities
- Heritage
- Community
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Fowler Smith and Jones Trust (FSJ Charities)
Fowler Smith and Jones Trust grants
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
The Fowler Smith and Jones Trust gives grants to UK charities for projects and groups in Essex, across arts, churches, community, medical, youth and miscellaneous causes. It considers core funding, projects, refurbishment of premises and equipment, and the average grant is £2,000-£3,000. There is no application form: you write in with a short description of your organisation, the project and its costs, and your latest accounts. Trustees meet in February, May and September.
- Arts
- Faith
- Community
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The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Grants
£500 – £8,00022 January 2027
Grants of £500 to £8,000 for UK registered charities, for work that widens access to the arts, creative health and heritage crafts for communities facing barriers to opportunity. Grants can fund defined projects or organisational costs, and charities with income under £250,000 can ask for unrestricted funding. The next round opens the week of 23 November 2026 and closes at 5pm on 22 January 2027 (charities with income over £5m have a first-stage deadline of 8 January 2027); decisions are made on 9 March 2027.
- Arts
- Health and Wellbeing
- Heritage
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The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation
Cadogan Community Grant
£5,000 – £10,000
Cadogan's Community Grant, run for it by The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation, gives grants of either £5,000 or £10,000 for one year to not-for-profit organisations based in or delivering in Chelsea. It funds programmes that increase people's sense of community and belonging, environmental improvements, health and wellbeing activities, arts and culture and ongoing help for local groups. Now in its third year, it has two rounds a year (£30,000 in total over 12 months), and Round 1 opens for expressions of interest in late October 2026.
- Community
- Environmental
- Health and Wellbeing
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The Nisbet Trust
The Nisbet Trust Grants
£10,001 – £30,00011 December 2026
Grants for registered charities, exempt charities and established CICs working in the Greater Bristol area, focused on disadvantaged children and young people, preventing homelessness, community cohesion and the arts. Small grants are up to £10,000, medium grants £10,001 to £30,000, and capital grants can be larger; small and medium grants can cover project, capital or core costs for up to three years. A short expression of interest comes first, and about 80% of eligible full applications succeed. The next full application deadline is 11 December 2026.
- Children and Young People
- Arts
- Community
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Arts Council England
Music Creators Growth Fund
£10,000 – £20,00029 October 2026
Arts Council England's Music Creators Growth Fund, part of its new Music Growth Package, gives grants of £10,000 to £20,000 directly to established music creators (artists, bands, collectives, composers, DJs, producers and songwriters) working in new music, to help them take a significant step forward in their careers. It is for professionals, not community music: applicants need at least three years' active practice, at least £5,000 music-creation income in one of the last three financial years, and evidence of professional achievement in three categories. At least 25% of the total budget must be cash match funding. Round One closes on 29 October 2026 and Round Two runs 6 January to 3 February 2027.
- Arts
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Theatres Trust
Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust
Up to £7,50015 January 2027
Theatres Trust's Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, gives not-for-profit theatres across the UK grants of up to £7,500 for small capital works, key plant and machinery, and equipment that improves digital access. It funds projects that strengthen a theatre's resilience, inclusivity, environmental sustainability or place in its community, such as accessibility improvements, LED lighting, heating or hearing loops. It can pay up to 100% of costs with no match funding needed, and priority goes to projects costing under £250k or where the grant is the sole external funder. Round 12 closes at 12pm on 15 January 2027.
- Arts
- Environmental
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Orkney Islands Council (Culture Service)
Orkney Islands Council Culture Fund 2027/28
£500 – £3,00030 October 2026
Orkney Islands Council's annual Culture Fund (the 'Open Pot') supports not-for-profit organisations delivering arts, heritage or Orkney dialect activity in Orkney between 1 April 2027 and 31 March 2028. It can pay for an organisation's general running costs as well as specific projects, and non-cultural organisations can apply for the cultural parts of their work. There is no set limit, but requests of about £500 to £3,000 are invited, and asking for a smaller share of total costs improves the chances. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 30 October 2026, with results in December.
- Arts
- Heritage
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North West Leicestershire District Council (NWL Community Lottery Central Fund)
NWL Community Lottery Grant
£750 – £1,50031 August 2027
Grants of up to £1,500 from the North West Leicestershire Community Lottery's central fund, for voluntary and community groups based and working in North West Leicestershire. Projects must fit one of four themes: arts, culture and creativity; health and wellbeing; environment and sustainability; or sense of community and civic pride. The fund pays for new projects and new equipment. Applications run from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, or until the money runs out, with decisions within about six weeks.
- Arts
- Health and Wellbeing
- Environmental
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Rothschild Foundation
Buckinghamshire Arts
Up to £300,00018 November 2026
Rothschild Foundation grants of up to £300,000 over three years for not-for-profit organisations delivering arts activity in Buckinghamshire (excluding Milton Keynes). It funds project, core and capital costs that make the arts accessible and inclusive for people facing barriers to taking part, or that build a resilient county cultural sector through skills, career pathways, collaboration and leadership. Unregistered constituted groups and new organisations can apply for one-year grants; applicants choose up to two of the programme's outcomes and report against them yearly.
- Arts
- Local
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Community Foundation Wales
Powys Welsh Church Act Fund
£1,000 – £5,0007 June 2027
A charitable trust fund under the Welsh Church Act 1914, run by Community Foundation Wales, giving grants of £1,000 to £5,000 (up to £10,000 in exceptional cases) to churches and organisations working with residents of Powys. It funds the refurbishment and upkeep of churches, chapels and community or village halls, historic buildings, work addressing disadvantage, social and recreational activities, and the arts; multi-year and core funding of up to 3 years is possible. The fund is closed now; its next window is 5 April to 7 June 2027.
- Heritage
- Community
- Arts
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The Johnson Foundation
The Johnson Foundation Grants
Amount not specifiedRolling — apply any time
The Johnson Foundation, set up in 1987 by Wirral businessman Peter Johnson, gives grants to registered charities and certain other organisations based in and working mainly within the Liverpool City Region, in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, education and health. Grants cover capital and activity costs but not staff or operational costs. Applications are open at any time on a single-stage Word form and considered at trustee meetings four times a year; no grant amounts are published.
- Children and Young People
- Community
- Arts
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The P & C Hickinbotham Charitable Trust
The P & C Hickinbotham Charitable Trust grants
£250 – £1,000Rolling — apply any time
A Quaker-rooted family trust (est. 1947) giving one-off grants to registered charities, with preference for groups working in Leicestershire and Rutland, plus a small number in North Wales and Northern Ireland. It supports a wide range of causes, from disability, homelessness and addiction to prisoner rehabilitation, asylum, the arts, heritage, youth, community development and the environment. Grants tend to be £250 to £1,000, with no upper limit for very special applications; applications are reviewed regularly with no deadlines.
- Disabled People
- Poverty
- Arts
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Marsh Charitable Trust
Marsh Charitable Trust Grants Programme
£300 – £2,000Rolling — apply any time
Small unrestricted core-funding grants of £300 to £2,000 for UK registered charities, with new grantees receiving amounts at the lower end. The Trust aims to build long-term relationships, renewing support each year subject to review, and makes many modest grants (around 500 charities a year) across social welfare, arts and heritage, literature, education and training, and environmental and animal welfare. There is no application form or deadline: send a short cover letter and your latest annual report and accounts by post.
- Arts
- Heritage
- Environmental
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The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust grants
Amount not specified20 January 2027
A general grant-making trust (registered charity 286350) that gives grants to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies, with a long-standing bias towards projects in or benefiting the people of Nottinghamshire and Norfolk. It funds community healthcare, health education, lifelong learning, community development, social welfare, crime prevention, tackling isolation, the environment, church heritage and the arts. Trustees meet in March, July and November; the next application deadline is 20 January 2027. No grant sizes are published.
- Health and Wellbeing
- Education and Skills
- Community
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