Financial support for organisations outside of the National Portfolio
We've made £50 million available to organisations in the cultural sector, who are not National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) or Music Education Hubs.
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Key Information
PLEASE NOTE: this fund is now closed for applications.
Funding activity: This fund is to support organisations to get back on their feet, or to continue making work in the future that will mean they can contribute to delivering our new strategy, Let’s Create.
Total fund: £50 million
Grant range: Maximum of £35,000
Applicant guidance
Please note: this fund is now closed for applications.
You can download the guidance for applicants below where you can find all of the information you need including the eligibility criteria, the application process and the questions and character counts in the application form.
Guidance update history
Update #1: 12pm, Monday 6 April 2020.
Detail: Clarified the position on public funding track records (large para on Pg. 4, and final bullet on Pg. 6).
Update #2: 10am, Thursday 9 April 2020.
Detail: Character counts for all application form questions added. Clarifications about historic debt and organisations in administration.
FAQs: About the fund
Please note: this fund is now closed for applications.
When can I apply?
There will be two rounds, and you can apply to one of these rounds. Round one opens for applications on 9 April 2020. Round two opens for applications on 16 April 2020.
When the portal opens for applications, you will have seven days to make an application for round one and 14 days to make an application for round two.
Unsuccessful applicants cannot apply again. If you start an application for Round one but don’t submit it, you will be able to access it when the portal opens for Round two. You will then be able to submit it in Round two.
If I am successful, when would I receive the funding?
We’ve designed the process to be as swift as possible so that we can make payments as fast as we can. We’ll be able to share more detail in the coming weeks.
How would this funding impact on my application for Universal Credit/financial support for my business from the government?
We cannot advise on how our funding might impact on applications for financial support for your organisation. You should contact HMRC for advice.
If you are considering other routes that are available, or the organisation will receive other means of relief funding that will be sufficient for this period, then we ask that you please do not apply.
Will there be more rounds of this fund?
There will be two rounds. Organisations can apply to only one of these rounds.
Should artists and other suppliers be paid 100 per cent of what they would have been paid?
We expect people to decide what they think is fair, responsible and appropriate, factoring in other funds they might have access to in arriving at that figure.
Should artistic companies from overseas be paid in the same way as companies in this country, or would we expect governments in other countries to meet their losses?
If this is debt relating to the pandemic (for example, committed costs to an international company that you will still have to pay), these costs could be included in your application.