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.

This page was last updated on 23rd September 2025. Listings here are not endorsement. Organisations can submit funding pots here.

funding for organisations & ensembles

one-time funding pots:

• Funding for community or school projects (24 September)

• £5,000-£20,000 for commissions from individuals aged 18+ with a background in artistic or creative work and a connection to Luton (26 September)

• Up to £3,000 for performances and recording of music by Michael Tippett (30 September)

• £5,000 - £100,000 to non-profit arts organisations supporting artistic projects with a focus on Asian culture (3 October)

• £2,500 for a brass ensemble of up to 5 players, establishing their career (6 October)

• £5,000 for UK-based chamber ensembles establishing a career together (6 October)

• £500 for projects in Liverpool (12 October)

• £50,000 - £200,000 to support non-profit cultural festivals in Scotland with funding to enable innovation in programming and/or to showcase Scottish and Scotland-based artists and practitioners (15 October)

ongoing funding pots:

• Up to £5,000 to commission works and performances and/or the development of architectural projects and research (Next: 1 October)

• Up to £40,000 for venues, festivals, promoters, studios and sector bodies operating in grassroots music (Next: 9 October)

• Up to £15,000 to cover the costs of hiring parts, rehearsing, performing and recording a proposed piece (Next: 13 October)

• Up to £3,500 will be available to support the independent promoters across England (Next: 30 October)

• Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 31 October)

• £2,000 - £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people to make, learn and earn in music (Next: 21 November)

• Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by composers active in the last 100 years (Next: 5 January 2026)

• Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 5 January 2026)

• Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 January 2026)

• Up to £500 to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 February 2026)

• Grants for collaborative projects in contemporary classical music between France, the UK and Ireland (Next: 17 May 2026)

• £1,000 - £100,000 for projects or programmes lasting up to 18 months in Scotland (apply anytime)

funding for individuals

one-time funding pots:

• Up to £3,000 for 18–30-year-olds to invest in themselves, develop their skills, and bring their creative ideas to life (26 September)

• Lightning Commissions for individuals, providing £1,000 for new ideas (26 September)

• £5,000 towards supporting emerging jazz musicians with their career plans (3 October)

• £1,000 per year for a student who is selected to join the University of Greenwich Choir (7 October)

• £3,000 towards your own music activity & 6 hours of one-to-one business advice from industry experts (10 October)

• £500 for projects in Liverpool (Next: 12 October)

• £2,500 to Young Creatives aged 18-25 from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire or Peterborough who are working in, or want to develop their skills in socially engaged practice (31 October)

ongoing funding pots:

• Up to £5000 to develop outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career (Next: 29 September)

• Up to £5,000 to support the development of outstanding women, trans and non binary songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career (Next: 29 September)

• £5,000-£15,000 for UK based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers (Next: 27 October)

• Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional composers active in the last 100 years (5 January 2026)

• Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 5 January 2026)

• Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 January 2026)

• Individuals aged 25 and below who are in need of funds to further their participation in, study or practice of music (Next: 1 February 2026)

• Modest grants (up to £500) to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 February 2026)

• £500 to assist with any project or idea which furthers the harp (Next: 1 March 2026)

• Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 30 April 2026)

• £100-£2,000 to support young instrumentalists, singers, songwriters, composers and producers with funding (Awards) and other help to develop their musical potential (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 and organisations with a focus on working with young artists (contact any time)

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