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Explore Cultural Funding Opportunities

Discover a range of funding options available to support cultural organisations and creative projects across Shropshire. From grants to awards, these opportunities can help bring your ideas to life and strengthen the county’s vibrant cultural scene.

Vibrant Shropshire: Investing in Culture, Empowering Communities

At present Vibrant Shropshire is not able to make any direct grants or commission any organisation to deliver projects.

We will continue to apply for funding that can be used for this purpose and will keep partners informed of any new funds.

Below you will find a range of funding opportunities that you can apply for direct.

Good luck with your applications.

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Available Cultural Funding

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Heritage at Risk Capital Fund

Historic England has reopened the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, provided by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of the Government’s wider £1.5 billion investment in arts and culture.The fund supports the conservation, repair and conversion of heritage at risk across England. It aims to remove or significantly reduce deterioration for priority assets, bring historic buildings back into safe and productive use and target projects in England’s most disadvantaged communities.

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Heritage Revival Fund

The Heritage Revival Fund has reopened for a second round, supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Historic England. It forms part of the Government’s wider £1.5 billion investment in arts and culture.

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Fidelio Charitable Trust Arts Grants

The Fidelio Charitable Trust is inviting applications for small grants supporting the arts in the United Kingdom. Grants of up to £5,000 are intended to help individuals and groups of exceptional ability who would not be able to carry out an artistic project or activity without financial support. The Trust places particular emphasis on people at an early stage in their careers.

Historic Church Interiors and Churchyard Structures

ChurchCare works in partnership with various grant-giving organisations to provide funding to ensure that conservation projects in Anglican churches across England are carried out to a high standard.

 

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National Archives’ Resilience

This grant programme is designed to support archive services, organisations with archives, and archives networks to be adaptable, resilient and sustainable, creating lasting solutions that enable them to respond to change, and contribute to communities and the economy.

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Scops Arts Trust

Scops Arts Trust helps people to understand, participate in and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts. It is  keen to find projects which widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on the community.

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Art Fund -Student Work Placements

Art Fund has announced the availability of grants to support museums, galleries and visual arts organisations in providing paid work placements for full-time university students.

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True Colours Trust

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for registered charitable organisations with an annual income of less than £350,000 across the United Kingdom to deliver projects that work to improve the lives of disabled children and young people up to the age of 25, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.

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Radcliffe Trust – music, heritage, and crafts.

Radcliffe Trust is offering grants for charities, not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music, heritage, and crafts.

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Interested in contributing to our vision? Reach out now to explore how you can participate.

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