If you don't meet our craft funding criteria right now or are looking for additional support, take a look at these alternative organisations.
National Craft/Arts Organisations
Funding from national arts organisations:
Opportunities shared by national craft bodies:
Awards & Prizes
- ACS Studio Prize (studio costs) - multidisciplinary, UK, EU and EEA
- Anna Plowden Trust – conservation, UK
- Artsadmin – contemporary performance practices, UK
- The Arts Foundation Futures Award – multidisciplinary, UK
- Cockpit Awards (business support & studio spaces) – multidisciplinary, London
- The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust – ceramics, UK
- The Eaton Fund (materials or exhibition costs) – multidisciplinary, UK
- The Elephant Trust (new work or exhibitions) – multidisciplinary, UK
- France Brodeur Young Artist Award – multidisciplinary, UK
- The Gane Trust (small amount for materials/equipment) – multidisciplinary, UK
- Golden Fleece Award – multidisciplinary, Ireland
- Hand & Lock Prize – embroidery, international
- Henry Moore Foundation – sculpture, UK
- Heritage Crafts – endangered crafts, UK
- The Inches Carr Trust - multidisciplinary, Scotland
- International Binding Competition – bookbinding, international
- John Moores Painting Prize – painting, UK
- LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize – multidisciplinary, international
- The Mall Galleries - fine art, UK
- Maureen Duke Educational Award – bookbinding, UK
- National Sculpture Prize – sculpture, UK
- Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust Fund – violin makers, international
- Sculpture in the City – sculpture, UK
- SPAB Fellowship - building conservation, UK
- UK Jewellery Awards – jewellery, UK
- Visual Art Open Emerging Artist Award - multidisciplinary, international
- Wakelin Award – multidisciplinary, Wales
- York Foundation for Conservation & Craftsmanship – conservation, UK
Livery Companies & Guilds
Many livery companies, associations and guilds offer scholarships or bursaries, run competitions, or offer funding periodically to makers in their crafts.
- Click here for a list of livery companies of the City of London
- Click here for a list UK craft guilds – this is not a complete list, so do search for local and craft-specific guilds & associations
Here are a few as a starting point:
- The Blacksmiths' Company
- The Carpenters' Company
- The Clothworkers' Company
- Contemporary Glass Society
- The Embroiderers’ Guild
- The Furniture Makers’ Company
- The Glass Sellers’ Company
- The Goldsmiths’ Centre
- The Goldsmiths’ Company
- The Ironmongers’ Company
- The Leathersellers’ Company
- The Pewterers’ Company
- The Saddlers' Company
- The Stationers' Company
- The Turners' Company
For Black Makers or Makers Of Colour
- Creative Debuts Black Artists Grant – multidisciplinary, UK
- Grand Plan Fund – multidisciplinary, UK
- We Are Here Scotland - multidisciplinary, Scotland
- The Samuel Ross Black British Artist Grant Programme - multidisciplinary, UK
- Heritage Craft's training bursary for Black and ethnically diverse makers - multidisciplinary, UK
For Disabled or Neurodivergent Makers
- Shape Arts' Adam Reynolds Award (disabled makers) – multidisciplinary, UK
- Unlimited (disabled makers) – multidisciplinary, England, Wales & Scotland
- University of Atypical Northern Ireland D/deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund - multidisciplinary, Northern Ireland
For Makers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
- Jerwood Arts – multidisciplinary, UK
- Thomas Wall Trust – multidisciplinary, UK
- The White Pube Creatives Grant -Â multidisciplinary, UK
Grants Listings & Search Tools
- ArtOpps - opportunities for artists
- Artquest – opportunities for artists
- Grants Online – general grants
- The Heritage Funding Directory – funding for heritage projects, UK
- ICON – opportunities for conservators
- MoMa – opportunities for artists
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation – opportunities for visual artists and composers
- The Prince’s Trust – assorted listing
- Small Business – small business grants
- Starving Artists - opportunities for artists
- Turn2us – general grants
Education Support
- The Creative Dimension Trust – free craft workshops for young people
- Paul Mellon Centre – supports academic research in British arts and architectural history
- The Prince's Trust – supports young people (age 16-30) to train and learn or start a business, UK
- The Scholarship Hub – university funding search tool
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