London

Our funding in London

London is home to 264 National Portfolio Organisations with a total investment of more than £147.8million per year between 2023-26. It is also home to 16 Investment Principle Support Organisations with a total investment of more than £3.7million per year between 2023-26.

We also invest in arts, culture and creativity in London through National Lottery Project Grants, our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects.

OUR 2023-26 NATIONAL PORTFOLIO

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROJECT GRANTS

OUR OTHER OPEN FUNDING PROGRAMMES

Priority Places

As part of our plan for achieving Let’s Create, we’ve identified a number of places across England with low investment and engagement which we’re prioritising working with from 2021 to 2024; including five places in London. These are Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Croydon, Enfield, and Newham.

Meet our places

Meet our Area Director

Michelle Walker is currently London Area Director for Arts Council England. She has been in this position since joining Arts Council England in November 2023.

Michelle has extensive leadership experience in London’s cultural sector and joins Arts Council England from London Borough of Southwark, where she led innovative projects both with established cultural icons such as Tate and with locally rooted partners such as Theatre Peckham.

Prior to this, Michelle was the Strategic Lead for Culture at Nine Elms (Wandsworth Council), Executive Director at Festival.Org (Greenwich+Docklands International Festival) and has worked outside of the capital as the Director at Hat Fair in Winchester and Producer at Oxford Playhouse Theatre.

In her role as Area Director, Michelle will lead the delivery of Let’s Create, the Arts Council’s 10-year strategy across all boroughs in London, making strategic investment to ensure there is impact for the arts across the capital.