Fidelio Charitable Trust

Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts, in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance. Institutions, colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations in the United Kingdom, may seek financial support…

http://www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk/index.php

The Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants Programme

Grants awarded through this programme aim to help sustain and promote curatorial development and collections based research through making grants to individuals. The Art Fund will award grants totaling £50,000 annually through this scheme.…

http://cfba.org.uk/jonathan-ruffer-curatorial-grants-programme/

The Fenton Arts Trust

The Trust has three objectives: to support final year and postgraduate students through the award scholarships or bursaries, to provide grants to support and reward work or performance by individuals early in their careers, and to…

http://www.fentonartstrust.org.uk/

FLAMIN

FLAMIN supports London based artists working in moving image and administers the Jarman Award in association with Channel 4 and the Whitechapel Gallery. This award offers a £10,000 cash prize and a Broadcast Commission for a series of short…

http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/

The John Ruskin Prize

  The Campaign for Drawing, in collaboration with the Guild of St George, announces a new art award: The John Ruskin Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best wall mounted artwork on the theme A…

http://www.thebigdraw.org/ruskinprize

Crowdfunder

Dedicated to the creative industries in the UK but does not seem to be as popular as the other sites; if the target is not raised no money changes hands. The site deducts 5%.  

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/

IndieGoGo

International site, well established. IndieGoGo charges a 4% fee on the money you raise when you meet your funding goal. (The fee is 9% if you do not meet your funding goal, but it will allow to keep the…

http://www.indiegogo.com/

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is the most successful site at present – $340m for 70,000 projects since 2009 – and has a huge audience. They charge 5% fees on successful projects. Pledges accepted from anywhere in the world, and support recently added…

http://www.kickstarter.com/help/school

John Moores Painting Prize

The Prize is held every 2 years, in partnership between National Museums Liverpool and the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust. The prize is open to all painters in the UK, and ir remains true to its founding…

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/

Arte Laguna Prize

The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organises the yearly prize. Work accepted in the following medium:paintings, sculpture, photographic art, video art and preformance, virtual art. There are a number of…

http://www.artelagunaprize.com/

David Roberts Art Foundation

The David Roberts Art Foundation is a registered charity initiated in 2007 by collector David Roberts. It is dedicated to promoting contemporary art by commissioning international artists and curators. The Foundation’s will soon have a new…

http://www.davidrobertsartfoundation.com

Sovereign European Art Prize

The Sovereign Art Foundation was set up in Hong Kong to promote Asian artists. The Sovereign European Art prize was established in London in 2005. The final 30 selections (apart from the winning work which becomes…

http://www.sovereignartfoundation.com

Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

Funding can be applied for at two levels: small to medium sized projects (up to and including £30 000)and large projects (above £30 000).  The funding can be used for full or part production costs and…

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

St Hugh’s Foundation

Encouraging research and development in the arts by enabling applicants from Lincolnshire / Humberside to make their own impact regionally, nationally or internationally through new work in any of the art forms.

http://www.sthughsfoundation.co.uk

Westway Development Trust

Since 1971, the derelict land created when the Westway was built has been turned into a major asset. 80% has been developed for community facilities and 20% developed commercially providing a long term income stream. Westway offer…

http://www.westway.org/property/property.aspx

Film London

Film London is the strategic agency for the film and media sector in London. It is an amalgamation of the London Film Commission (LFC) and the London Film and Video Development Agency (LFVDA), which merged in April 2003.…

http://www.filmlondon.org.uk

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

The Foundation gives grants to charitable and not for profit Organisations for specific projects. Grants average between £10,000 and £25,000.

http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships

All British Citizens are eligible for the annual awards which are to enable applicants to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. Churchill Fellows can be of any age / occupation and each individual application is judged…

http://www.wcmt.org.uk