Funding

Grants for the Arts

3 mins read Funding
Grants for the Arts is a Lottery-funded initiative run by the Arts Council to engage people in England in arts activities. It's children and young people grants programme is available for individuals and organisations that use arts in their work. The aim is for more children and young people to have the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts, museums and libraries.

What does it fund?

Grants for the Arts offers funding to support a wide variety of arts-related activities, from dance to visual arts, literature to theatre, music to combined arts. This could involve funding festivals and exhibitions, artistic research and development, residencies, workshops and commissions. These activities can be led in libraries, or educational environments, as long as they involve children, young people and learning. These environments include:

What is not funded?

The grants programme does not offer funding to any non-art related projects. It will only fund engaging projects that help artists and arts organisations to carry out their work. It will not fund any self-promotional activity. General running costs, ongoing overheads, or any costs which are already partially funded will not be funded.

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