classical music funding & bursaries
funding for arts and creative projects
A round-up of ongoing and one-time funding pots that are open for applications now in the UK. We send an updated round of opportunities out every fortnight in our newsletter. If you find this page useful, please consider donating £3 by buying us a coffee. Listings here are not endorsement. Organisations can submit funding pots here.
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one-time funding pots & bursaries:
£1,000 for a project that responds boldly and creatively to the theme of Roots & Futures (29 March)
£100 for queer people (groups or individuals) who want to set up their own newsletter
ongoing funding pots & bursaries:
£500 to assist with any project or idea which furthers the harp -requires membership (Next: 1 March)
One-off project grants £500 to £3,000 (Next: 13 March)
Annual Competition open to any to encourage the use of braille music. Includes a certificate and £10-50 prize (Next: 13 March)
Up to £5,000 to develop outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career (Next: 18 March)
£1,000 to artists of colour looking to take a creative leap (Next: 20 March)
£3,000 - £5,000 to encourage UK-based performers, ensembles, venues and festivals to programme previously overlooked music by historic women composers (Next: 31 March)
Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 30 April)
Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 1 May)
Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional composers active in the last 100 years (Next: 1 May)
£5,000 - £15,000 for UK based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers (Next: 11 May)
Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 July)
Grants up to £15,000 (projects/organisations) for artists, makers, community arts organisers and creative practitioners working across media (Next: 31 July)
Individuals aged 25 and below who need funds to further their participation in, study or practice of music (Next: 1 September)
Up to £500 to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 September)
Up to £3,000 for 18–30-year-olds to invest in themselves, develop their skills, and bring their creative ideas to life (Next: 25 September)
£1,000 for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice (apply any time)
£100-£2,000 to support musicians aged 5-17 from a low-income household (apply any time)
£500 for a working-class creative practitioner (apply any time)
£500 for Black artists (apply any time)
£500 - £5,000 towards research, development and/or delivery of creative activity for those living in Scotland (apply any time)
Funding for young musicians at the start of their careers (contact any time)
Support for projects that promote and preserve the musical legacy of Charles Villiers Stanford and his contemporaries (apply any time)
Support for making live music more accessible at community events across Lambeth and Southwark (apply any time)
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one-time funding pots:
Grants of £5,000 - £10,000 for capital purchases that support accessibility across West Yorkshire (3 March)
£1,000 for a project that responds boldly and creatively to the theme of Roots & Futures (29 March)
£100 for queer people (groups or individuals) who want to set up their own newsletter
ongoing funding pots:
Up to £40,000 for venues, festivals, promoters, studios and sector bodies operating in grassroots music (Next: 1 March)
Up to £5,000 for classical music-related educational or outreach projects (Next: 1 March)
One-off project grants £500 to £3,000 (Next: 13 March)
£2,000 - £9,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries (Next: 31 March)
£5,000 - £20,000 to fund activities that deliver strategic initiatives for organisations particularly working for the benefit of Wales (Next: 31 March)
Up to £5,000 to commission works and performances (Next: 1 April)
£2,000 - £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people to make, learn and earn in music (Next: 10 April)
Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 30 April)
Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by composers active in the last 100 years (Next: 5 May)
Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 5 May)
Grants for collaborative projects in contemporary classical music between France, the UK and Ireland (Next: 17 May)
Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 July)
Grants up to £15,000 (projects/organisations) for artists, makers, community arts organisers and creative practitioners working across media (Next: 31 July)
£1,000 - £5,000 to charities for composition, bursaries, music therapy, special needs, research, youth orchestras and educational projects (Next: 31 July)
Up to £500 to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 September)
£1,000 - £100,000 for projects or programmes lasting up to 18 months in Scotland (apply any time)
£1,000 - £3,000 for arts charities (apply any time)
Support for projects that promote and preserve the musical legacy of Charles Villiers Stanford and his contemporaries (apply any time)
Support for making live music more accessible at community events across Lambeth and Southwark (apply any time)