The Garfield Weston Foundation - Projects/Specific Activity Grant
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a charitable grant-making foundation. The foundation's Projects/Specific Activity Grant programme offers funding for particular projects. Each project has a clear scope and timeline. For instance, consider a theatre's nine-month outreach to marginalised communities or a health organisation's two-year advice service.
Eligibility
UK registered charities and CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations).
Funding amount
Grants vary depending on the total cost and scope of the project however grants tend to be 10–20 per cent of the total project cost.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For information
For more information, please visit the Garfield Weston Foundation website.
Arts Council England - National Lottery Project Grants (England)
The National Lottery Project Grants scheme aims to support thousands of artists and community and cultural organisations.
The fund aims to create and sustain quality work. It also seeks to help people across England engage with arts and culture.
Projects must focus on these artforms and disciplines:
- Music
- Theatre
- Dance
- Visual arts
- Literature
- Combined arts
- Musuem practice
Eligibility
Museums, libraries, individuals and organisations with projects focussing on the following: Music, Theatre, Dance, Visual arts, Literature, Combined arts and Museum practice.
Funding amount
Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 for a 3-year project.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For information
For more information, please visit the Arts Council England website.
Foyle Foundation - Main Grants Scheme - Arts (UK)
The Foyle Foundation mainly gives grants in the Arts and Learning. This programme aims to support charities with projects of high artistic merit in the performing or visual arts.
This program has two objectives. They are to sustain the arts sector and to support projects that realise artistic visions.
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from UK organisations with charitable status and a core remit of arts or learning. This includes registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), excepted charities and exempt charities.
Preference will be given to organisations and projects that benefit the public, not special interest groups.
Funding amount
Most grants will be in the range of £10,000 to £50,000.
Closing date
31 January 2025
For information
For more information, please visit the Foyle Foundation website.
The Golsoncott Foundation (UK)
The Golsoncott Foundation is an arts-funding trust whose objective is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts, particularly the fine arts and music.
Eligibility
Registered charities, CICs, and arts organisations.
Funding amount
Grants of up to £5,000.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
For more information, please visit the Golsoncott website.
The Victoria Wood Foundation
Established in memory of the celebrated comedian Victoria Wood, the Victoria Wood Foundation fosters Arts initiatives throughout the United Kingdom. Their funding prioritises arts projects in London and the North of England.
Eligibility
Arts organisations and groups are invited to submit funding applications for consideration by the Foundation's trustees, who convene twice annually in July and December. To ensure timely review, applications should be received at least two weeks before the relevant meeting date.
Funding amount
Grants of up to £5,000.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
For more information please visit the Victoria Wood Foundation website.
John Ellerman Foundation
The John Ellerman Foundation gives money to UK charities that make between £100,000 and £10m. Funding is available to charities that focus on the arts, environment, and social action. The grants it gives are usually between £10,000 and £50,000 each year, for up to three years.
The foundation's goal is to make people, society, and the natural world better by giving money.
Eligibility
UK Registered Charities.
Funding amount
Between £10,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to three years.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
For more information please visit the John Ellerman Foundation or contact them.