Hugo Burge Foundation

Hugo Burge Foundation

Support is available through three strands:

• Creative Education backs projects that give young people aged 0 to 29 opportunities to take part in creative activity. This can include workshops in schools, field trips to arts or cultural sites and the purchase of materials to support student engagement.

• Creative Communities is aimed at organisations, festivals, fairs and community groups that develop and deliver cultural and creative arts activity in their local areas. Eligible activity includes community arts festivals, cultural fairs and other locally delivered creative events.

• Creative Individuals offers support to artists aged over 18, including practitioners working in visual and expressive arts as well as writers and craftspeople. The strand is intended to help individuals undertake artistic projects and develop new creative work.

The maximum award is £15,000 for applications under the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands. For Creative Individuals, grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Funding is available to a broad range of applicants. For Creative Education, eligible applicants include schools, local authorities, community groups, charities, museum and gallery spaces, educational institutions and arts organisations. The Creative Communities strand is open to festivals, charities, arts organisations and community groups. The Creative Individuals strand is open to artists over 18 who may be practitioners across creative disciplines.

In addition, the Foundation provides an access support fund totalling £7,000, available on a first come, first served basis. This can contribute towards access support workers, up to £300 per day, for applicants who may face barriers applying without assistance, including those who are Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent.

The deadline for applications is 31 July 2026.