Creative Funding Offered for Education, Communities and Individuals Across the UK

Applications are being accepted for grant funding to support creative projects, organisations and individuals across the UK. The initiative is delivered by the Hugo Burge Foundation and will run two funding rounds in 2025, with the first open throughout May.

The funding is structured around three strands. Creative Education supports projects that provide people aged 0 to 29 with opportunities to engage in creative activities. Creative Communities focuses on organisations, festivals and community groups delivering cultural and arts-based events locally. Creative Individuals is for artists, writers and craftspeople pursuing independent work.

Grants of up to £15,000 are available for projects under the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands. Under the Creative Individuals strand, grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Applicants may include individuals, schools, arts organisations, community groups and festivals. In the first round of funding under the Creative Individuals strand, applications will only be accepted from artists based in Scotland. Eligible expenditure includes field trips, community cultural events, materials for student engagement and the development of new creative work.

The deadline for applications is 31 May 2025.

Further details can be found here: Grants