Apply for funding

Last year we committed over £22 million towards a wide range of work.

We channel our funding through two routes:

Main Fund

Our Main Fund distributes about two-thirds of our funding. It is responsive to requests for support across the broad range of our interests, which are: the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

We will prioritise work that:  

• Addresses a significant gap in provision
• Develops or strengthens good practice
• Challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult issue
• Tests out new ideas or practices
• Takes an enterprising approach to achieving its aims
• Sets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely

Go to Main Fund.

Strands

We will also allocate funds to specific strands of work. These will change over time, but overall they express our desire to make a contribution in particular areas of interest. We currently have four funding strands and there is a separate application process for them.

Go to Strands.

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