Funding Opportunities

There are lots of pots of funding that you could access to help support your public engagement activity. Here are some of the funds that we know about. Do let us know if there are other opportunities that you know of. We have organised these opportunities by subject area.

Below please find funding sources for arts and humanities projects. Alternatively you can find lists for science or community and volunteering projects.

Arts and Humanities

Disability Arts Commissioning Fund

Unlimited is a new UK-wide disability arts commissioning fund being run as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. This fund is to commission new work that is artistically led by disabled or deaf people or managed by disabled or deaf people and disabled and deaf-led arts organisations. Applications for projects of between £25,000 and £50,000 are being actively encouraged. Round two deadline for applications: 1 October 2010; Round three deadline for applications: 18 April 2011

Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science. All art forms are covered by the programme: dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media. The Trust invites applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young people. For small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000) upcoming deadlines are: 30 July 2010, 29 October 2010. Decisions will be made approximately three months after the relevant deadline.

Arts Council England - Grants for the arts - individuals and organisations 

Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work. Grants for the arts is funded by the National Lottery. Deadline: continuous