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Creative Funding Guide

Directories

Artquest

The funding section lists both public and private funders, as well as companies who are

known to provide funding or support for artistic projects.

www.artquest.org.uk/money/funding.htm

Culture.Info

Provides a directory of UK and International awards, foundations, competitions and

sponsorship.

www.culture.info/funding

Creative Choices: Find Funding Search

UK wide database for sources of funding - for creative projects or to support your learning or

business.

www.creative-choices.co.uk/find-funding/1099

LabforCulture

Provides a directory of UK and EU foundations, mobility schemes, grants, bursaries,

corporate sponsorship, alternative sources of support and philanthropy.

www.labforculture.org/en/funding

Voluntary Arts Network

Extensive list of trusts, foundations and public funders for the voluntary sector.

www.voluntaryarts.org/cgi-bin/website.cgi?tier1=network&tier2=funding&fp=true

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Public Funding

National

Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Research grants and fellowships available for all post-doctoral researchers in arts and

humanities disciplines but only for research that is practice-led or applied in its approach.

www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/default.aspx

Architectural Heritage Fund

Funding is available to voluntary organisations building preservation trusts to regenerate

historic buildings to create community and education facilities, workspace and homes.

www.ahfund.org.uk/

Creative Scotland

Creative Scotland inherits the funding commitments and investment strands of the Scottish

Arts Council and Scottish Screen they feature opportunities for investment funds across the

arts, screen and creative industries this includes investing in the arts and in screen.

www.creativescotland.com/#/investment/investment-overview

People Making Waves

Offering grants to small voluntary groups in Scotland to try something new and help even

more people discover how good it feels to take part in arts and crafts activity.

www.peoplemakingwaves.org.uk/makeasplash/apply

Starter for 6

An enterprise training programme that supports up and coming creative entrepreneurs

across Scotland, and offers the opportunity to pitch for grant funding.

www.culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk/starterfor6

Unlimited - Disability Arts Commissioning Fund

Funds for high quality, ambitious work by disabled and Deaf artists that can be experienced

in a wide range of spaces, to help celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

Games.

www.creativescotland.com/investment/investing-in-arts/cross-artform#disability

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Regional

Grant provision differs considerably per region therefore it is essential that you check directly

with your own local authority for details of any schemes provided.

Aberdeen City: Cultural Grants

Open to applications from any voluntary or not for profit organisations or groups who lead

the delivery of cultural activity in Aberdeen.

www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Arts/culture/art_vibrant_aberdeen.asp

Aberdeenshire Arts

www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/funding/index.asp

ComhairlenanEileanSiar – Arts and Culture Funding

Information about funding in the Western Isles, including arts grants, community

regeneration fund and visual arts awards.

www.cne-siar.gov.uk/artsandculture/artsandculturefunding.asp

Dundee City Council

www.dundeecity.gov.uk/leisurecomms/grantaid

Glasgow Life

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/arts/funding-and-grants/Pages/default.aspx

The City of Edinburgh Council

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/486/arts_development/374/arts_funding

Dumfries & Galloway Council

www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2675

Orkney Island Council

www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=7394

Shetland Arts Trust

www.shetland.gov.uk/community/grantaid/

Western Isles Council

www.w-isles.gov.uk/artsandculture/funding.asp

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Fundraising, Foundations and Trusts

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation

Consider funding towards projects that make a real and ongoing difference to people’s lives.

www.andrewlloydwebberfoundation.com

Arts & Business Scotland (& UK)

New Arts Sponsorship Grants 2010/2011

artsandbusiness.org.uk/Scotland/Arts-services/New%20Arts%20Sponsorship.aspx

Arts Trust Scotland

Aims to support work in any artform which is created by artists in Scotland, adds to the

growing reputation of Scotland's arts community and helps individuals of talent to develop

their skills and ideas.

www.artstrustscotland.org.uk

Clore Duffield Foundation

The Foundation is a grant-making organisation which concentrates its support on education,

the arts, museum and gallery education and cultural leadership training.

www.cloreduffield.org.uk

CalousteGulbenkian Foundation: Innovation Fund

This fund supports not-for-profit organisations with genuinely innovative ideas and unusual

partnerships across cultural, educational and social interests.

www.gulbenkian.org.uk/innovation-fund

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Offering grants to individuals, institutions and organisations to promote links between the UK

and Japan in all fields of activity.

www.dajf.org.uk

Dewar Art Awards

Awards for exceptionally talented artists up to the age of 30 towards fulfilling their potential in

any branch of the arts

www.dewarawards.org

Ernest Cook Trust

Offers grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to

encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts

(in the broadest sense).

www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/index.html

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ability and ideas to achieve

change for the better.

www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

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Lankelly Chase Foundation

Funds available for projects that have a recognisable charitable purpose.

www.lankellychase.org.uk

Leverhulme Trust: Arts Bursaries

Provides bursaries for training, mentorship and collaborative projects.

www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/funding.cfm

Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust

Offers financial assistance to British Artists, Sculptors, Writers Musicians and Dancers.

www.oppenheimdownestrust.org

Pilgrim Trust

Offer grants to projects in the fields of Preservation and Scholarship and of Social Welfare.

www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/apply.php

Rayne Foundation

Offer grants within Arts, Education, Health & Medicine, and Social Welfare & Development.

www.raynefoundation.org.uk

Sky Arts Ignition

Sky Arts is looking to partner with six leading arts organisations over the next three years, to

invest in the creation of new groundbreaking art works, projects, events and performances.

www.skyartsignition.co.uk

The Ashden Trust

They primarily support programmes which have a focus on climate change, sustainable

development or on the improving the quality of life in poorer communities.

www.ashdentrust.org.uk

The Baring Foundation

Grants programme to strengthen the voluntary sector, arts and international development.

www.baringfoundation.org.uk/

The Fenton Arts Trust

The trust provides support to those actively contributing to the creative arts in the UK and

giving scholarships and bursaries for final year or postgraduate students.

www.fentonartstrust.org.uk

The Garfield Weston Foundation

Is a grant giving charity for UK registered charities.

www.garfieldweston.org

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Open Grants Scheme for registered charities or not-for-profit organisations to support

innovative ways of increasing people's enjoyment, experience and involvement in the arts.

www.phf.org.uk

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The Robertson Trust

Grants available for registered Scottish charities working in community arts (cross art form)

www.therobertsontrust.org.uk

The Triangle Trust Fund

Supports charities in the UK, in the areas of Community arts and education. Projects must

maintain an open, inclusive society orpromote integration (or reintegration) of individuals or

groups into society.

http://thetriangletrust1949fund.org.uk

International Funding

Culture.Info

EU Trans-national funds for co-operation projects and exchange activities involving

organisations or individuals from several EU countries:

www.culture.info/eufunds

EUCLID / EU Culture Programme

Funding for cultural projects that offer genuine cultural collaboration.

www.culturefund.eu/

European Cultural Foundation

The grants are for transnational cultural collaboration, the mobility of artists & cultural actors.

Schemes are Collaboration, Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture, STEP and Artistic Grants.

www.eurocult.org/grants

NYFA Interactive

Provides a directory of grants, awards and resources for international artists. www.nyfa.org/source/content/search/search.aspx?SA=1

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