Funding

Deadline: 17 May 2012
The purpose of this award is to offer organisations the opportunity to share administrative and production resources with a number of individual theatre artists over a specified period of time.
The aims of this scheme are as follows:   to offer administrative and/or production assistance to individual theatre artists in developing projects and ideas; to offer opportunities to […]

Deadline 17 May 2012
Deis is a pilot scheme providing funding to organisations engaged in traditional arts projects – including recorded material – across Ireland. 
The purpose of the Deis award is to provide support for traditional arts projects, or projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms. Deis supports one-off or short-term projects only and other […]

Village SOS is an initiative from the Big Lottery Fund to help kick start a rural revival using the power of sustainable community enterprise. Village SOS wants to support inspiring business ideas that will bring communities together and support activities or enterprises that tackle the challenges they face.
Village SOS Active can:
make grants of between £10,000 […]

Irish artists, arts groups and organisations have until 17 May 2012 to submit their application for funding to support traditional arts projects taking place after 8 June 2012 within the Republic of Ireland.
Arts Council Ireland offers the Deis Award as a way to support artists, groups, bands, and arts organisations working in traditional arts forms […]

Deadline: 21 September 2012
The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts, and the preservation of buildings and items of historical interest for the benefit of the public or national importance.
Occasionally it also supports projects that conserve the natural environment. […]

Deadline: 8 June 2012
The Voluntary Action Fund (VAF) has announced the launch of a new Volunteering Development Grant. The grant offers up to £10,000 to charities that want to improve and develop their capacity to involve volunteers. It is available to registered charities working in Scotland who do not currently involve volunteers to any significant […]

Deadlines: 17 May and 10 October 2012
The Performing Right Society’s Women Make Music grant scheme offers financial support of up to £5,000 to women musicians. New music in any genre is welcome, from classical, jazz and experimental, to urban, electronica and pop. Through the scheme support is available to both individuals and organisations/groups including:
solo songwriters […]

Deadline: 1 September 2012
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is open to applications from registered charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. The fund also welcomes applications from sports […]

Deadline: 31 August 2012
Heart Research UK has announced that its Healthy Heart Grants programme will re-open for applications on 1 July 2012. The Healthy Heart Grants programme supports innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities.
Grants of up to £10,000 are […]

Deadline: 25 May 2012
The People’s Postcode Trust offers grants of between £500and £10,000 to small organisations and community groups for projects lasting up to 3 months in the areas of:
Poverty Prevention Advancement of Health Community Development Public Sports Human Rights Environmental Protection Community groups, sports clubs and registered charities can for funding from £500 up to £2,000. Registered charities can apply […]