Somerset Arts Business Cultural Alliance

Somerset Arts Business Cultural Alliance Somerset Arts Business & Cultural Alliance (SABCA) is a creative organisation that supports arts, cu Supporting tourism and economic growth.

We support and develop the arts and culture sector and organisations so they can become more enterprising and see how being more business-like can bring economic success and longevity. We achieve this through skills development, advice, mentoring, workshops, self-help groups and networks. We deliver arts and culture programmes using local assets for public consumption, which in turn assists in our

financial sustainability while ensuring a comprehensive cultural programme throughout the county and its town and villages. We develop business focused arts and culture strategies that use local assets to create social interaction in public spaces and a marketing focused town centre development plan and set services to maximise local business investments such as Business Improvement Districts (BID) and similar investment schemes. We support a strong digital strategy for the sector and bring skills to those who need it. Not only do we consider the subsidised cultural sector but also the commercial, amateur and participatory which, after all, are where most people find their cultural engagement. We are interested not just in publicly-funded concert halls, art galleries, theatres and museums, important as these are; but also commercial film, music and literature; young people getting together in a band, amateur choirs, local art clubs and reading groups, and people crafting at home or in local clubs; as well as those engaging in prisons, hospitals and care homes. Made up of individuals and organisations working within communities and businesses that provide arts and culture services, Somerset BACA will enable the arts and culture sectors to support each other and to contribute in a structured way. Providing future cultural development of Somerset over the coming years and decades.

Grants to Create Social Connections for Older People in Deprived Areas of BritainThe McCarthy Stone Foundation has annou...
02/08/2025

Grants to Create Social Connections for Older People in Deprived Areas of Britain

The McCarthy Stone Foundation has announced its new funding programme will open for applications on 1 August 2025.

Registered charities, constituted community groups and Community Interest Companies (CICs) limited by guarantee with an annual income of less than £250,000 will have about a month to apply for grants of up to £7,500 for projects to reduce loneliness and isolation for people over 65 living in the more deprived areas of England, Scotland and Wales. It is anticipated that at least 20 grants will be awarded.

The funding is for initiatives that help create meaningful social connections for people aged 65 and over, including:

Befriending services, including meal delivery for those living independently.
Social groups, such as art classes, dance sessions, lunch clubs, and coffee mornings.
Community transport, connecting older people to local activities and services.

Our foundation runs a number of grant programmes throughout the year for organisations supporting people over 65 and an annual income under £250,000 p.a.

THE RICHARD AND SIOBHAN COWARD FOUNDATION: GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY – grants of between £500 and £1,500 are avai...
02/08/2025

THE RICHARD AND SIOBHAN COWARD FOUNDATION: GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY – grants of between £500 and £1,500 are available to UK based charitable organisations, photographers or artists to support the provision of Community Photography in order to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under the age of 25.

Offering grants that promote photographic art therapy and the use of analogue photography

IMMERSIVE ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMME - artists in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or England can apply to the Immersive Ar...
02/08/2025

IMMERSIVE ARTS FUNDING PROGRAMME - artists in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or England can apply to the Immersive Arts Funding Programme to expand the limits of their practice through funding, training, research and events. Explore, Experiment and Expand grants are available, with each strand designed to support artists at different stages in their creative development with immersive technologies.

Apply for Immersive Arts funding to Explore (£5k), Experiment (£20k), or Expand (£50k) to grow your creative practice with immersive tech.

THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION - the Foundation is an international funder that provides grants to visual artists to cre...
03/05/2025

THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION - the Foundation is an international funder that provides grants to visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. In the past, the Foundation has made awards of up to $50,000 (£37,222), although awards at this level tend to be the exception rather than the rule.

OUR MISSION Our grants Lee Krasner & Jackson Po***ck with their dog, Gyp, on their Springs property, ca. 1946. Photograph by Ronald J. Stein. ©Po***ck-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY. Gift of the Estate of Ronald J. Stein. Our Grants POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT The Po***ck-Kra...

The UK’s art sector contributed £19.1bn to the economy in 2023, with £1.35bn stemming from publicly funded organisations...
25/04/2025

The UK’s art sector contributed £19.1bn to the economy in 2023, with £1.35bn stemming from publicly funded organisations.

Our Chair, Sir Nicholas Serota, explores the indirect benefits and the “spillover effects”, that flow from public investment in arts and culture.

Arts Council England Review The Department for Culture Media and Sport have released a survey as part of the Independen...
11/04/2025

Arts Council England Review

The Department for Culture Media and Sport have released a survey as part of the Independent Review of the Arts Council, closing on 24 April.

This Review is an opportunity for a national conversation about the future of Arts Council England and how creativity is nurtured and developed in the future.

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Imperial Community Impact Fund Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding RoundImperial Polythene is offering grants ...
05/02/2025

Imperial Community Impact Fund Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round

Imperial Polythene is offering grants of up to £1,000 for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and community interest companies (CICs) across the UK to deliver projects and activities that benefit local communities across the following themes:

Environment.
Sustainability.
Creativity.
Local problem-solving.

A polythene are running a community impact fund to support local charity projects.

The Arts Society Accepting Applications for Spring 2025 Funding RoundGrants of up to £2,000 are available for UK-registe...
05/02/2025

The Arts Society Accepting Applications for Spring 2025 Funding Round

Grants of up to £2,000 are available for UK-registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3 million to deliver projects across all aspects of the arts, crafts, and heritage and support local and regional art museums and organisations.

We welcome applications from UK Registered Charities in the Arts and Heritage sectors with a turnover of less than £3 Million. Applicants may apply for a grant up to a maximum of £3000. (Image: Project Phakama)

Continuo Foundation is offering grants of between £2,000 and £8,000 for professional ensembles playing period music and ...
15/01/2025

Continuo Foundation is offering grants of between £2,000 and £8,000 for professional ensembles playing period music and instruments to mobilise projects of outstanding artistic merit and create meaningful work for freelance period musicians, whilst engaging a wide range of audiences with historically informed live performances, particularly in areas lacking access to high-quality live classical music. See

Continuo Foundation supports the early music ecosystem in the UK through grant funding for musicians and its Continuo Connect digital platform for growing audiences.

Funding for Music and Heritage Projects Across the UK - Radcliffe Trust is offering grants averaging between £2,500 and ...
15/01/2025

Funding for Music and Heritage Projects Across the UK - Radcliffe Trust is offering grants averaging between £2,500 and £7,500 for charities, not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music or heritage and crafts. See

The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s cultural heritage and crafts sectors.

Scops Art Trust Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round - Scops Art Trust is offering grants of up to £30,00...
15/01/2025

Scops Art Trust Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round - Scops Art Trust is offering grants of up to £30,000 to registered charities, and other constituted, not-for-profit organisations across the UK, to deliver projects and activities that help people to understand, participate in, and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts (music, drama, opera, and dance). See

Scops Arts Trust is a UK grant-making trust which helps to give people opportunities to access, enjoy and participate in the arts.

Asda Foundation - Outdoor Community Spaces Fund - Grants of £500, £1,000, £1,500, £2,000, £2,500, or £3,000 are availabl...
15/01/2025

Asda Foundation - Outdoor Community Spaces Fund - Grants of £500, £1,000, £1,500, £2,000, £2,500, or £3,000 are available for projects within the UK. See

Supporting grassroots community groups to improve safe and accessible outdoor spaces across the UK.

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