Grants and funding

There are a range of funding opportunities out there for various organisations and individuals. It is just about knowing where to look. Below is a list of some of the major funders, and funding search sites:

Funders

These are some of the regular funding bodies that have annual open rounds of funding opportunities. Here are a few to get you started:

• Arts Council England
• Awards for All
• Big Lottey fund
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
• Film London
• Google Grants UK
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Prince's Trust Community Cash Award
• Sky Arts Futures Fund
• Southwark Council cleaner greener safer
• Ideas Tap
• The Elephant Trust
• The Tudor Trust
• Wellcome Trust Arts Awards
• Youth Music

Search for funding

Here are some useful sites that help you search for the funding that you're looking for:

• j4b Community 
• Southwark Council community council fund
• Southwark Open 4 Community
• The Capital Community Foundation

Crowd funding

Visit a-n The Artists Information Company for a free guide and information on crowd funding.

Training support and funding

Southwark Arts Forum runs one to one advice surgeries for artists dealing with their specific and particular concerns from funding through to project and personal development contact to book. This is free of charge.

Please contact the Southwark arts forum directly to arrange dates by emailing membership@southwarkartsforum.org