Funding, Opportunities and Culture Jobs
Below we will outline the currently available funding, opportunities and culture jobs available in the city. Applications for individual grants should be with the organisations listed. To stay up to date with the latest opportunities then please make sure you are signed up to receive our Culture Hull newsletter
JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Creative Growth Hull and East Yorkshire – Creating investment-ready business
The Creative Growth Programme is a 12 week course that includes 6 practical workshops, investment diagnostic, peer networks and mentoring.
With one workshop across the first 6 weeks, it is designed to fit around existing and personal commitments. Participants will finish the course ready investment ready and lead on a practical approach to pitching and understanding their future growth plans.
The Hull and East Yorkshire Business, Growth and Skills Hub (formerly the HEYLEP) in partnership with Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and the University of Hull, are delivering the Creative Growth: Hull and East Yorkshire Programme.
Designed to support ambitious and growth-orientated creative businesses the programme is aimed at firms from a wide range of creative sub-sectors, including Advertising, Marketing and PR; Architecture; Crafts; Design and Fashion; Film, TV, Radio and Photography; IT, Software, Apps and Video Games; Museums, Galleries and Libraries; Music, Visual and Performing Arts; and Publishing and Translation Services.
This free-to-access programme is aimed at businesses looking for advice and support to grow and access external investment.
Who can apply?
The programme is fully-funded by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport and therefore businesses do not require to pay any course fee to participate.
If you are interested in joining the Creative Growth programme contact exec-education@hull.ac.uk
Eligibility Criteria
Your business should:
Be recognised as a creative industry
Trading address in Hull & East Yorkshire
Be profit making for at least 2 years
Employer at least equivalent of 2 FTE (either directly or as freelancers)
Your business should be from one of the creative sub-sectors defined below:
Advertising, Marketing and PR; Architecture; Crafts; Design and Fashion; Film, TV, Radio and Photography; IT, Software, Apps and Video Games; Museums, Galleries and Libraries; Music, Visual and Performing Arts; and Publishing and Translation Services.
FUNDING
Hull City Council Grants to Arts
You may be eligible to apply for a grant of up to £5,000 if you are organising an activity that
- is within the Hull city boundary and open to the public
- serves an identified interest group
- increases the range of art opportunities available to local communities
- supports and celebrates cultural diversity
- develops local artistic talent
- promotes innovation and excellence
Details of the grants scheme and the online form can be found on the Hull City Council website.
Please do talk to the Arts Development team who can advise you before making an application. You can contact them by completing the online form or by emailing cityartsenquiries@hullcc.gov.uk
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Help Musicians Fast Track
Help Musicians Fast Track provides £500 as an investment to help grow or sustain your income from music, or to help you gain a career opportunity.
Check out their website for more information.
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Two Ridings Community Foundation – Hull Fund
A new Community Fund for Hull is available now.
Check out their website for more information.
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Applications are now open for the Unlimited UK Partner Awards!
Together with 11 UK partners, Unlimited are delighted to offer awards ranging from £15k to £60k for artists to create extraordinary new work that captivates, inspires, and deepens understanding.
Check out their website for more information.
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Blue Spark Foundation
Aiming to support education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
This fund is open to schools, community groups, clubs, societies or other not for profit organisations. However, individuals may also apply for a grant.
The foundation asks that applications must state exactly what the grant will be used for e.g. physical assets (such as sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions), services or facilities (such as music or drama tuition) or the provision of experiences (such as theatre visits). These examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive as to the funding which BlueSpark may provide to support projects.
Projects can be educational, cultural, sporting or other activities but particular consideration will be given to those that help the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people.
Check out their website for more information.
Arts Awards Access Fund
The Arts Award Access Fund is designed to help registered Arts Award centres that are experiencing a lack of funds. The programme is active in arts centres, colleges and schools, community projects, libraries, galleries, local authorities, theatres, youth clubs and youth justice settings.
Grants of between £100 and £1,500 are available.
The grant can be used for the following:
Discover, Explore or Bronze logs.
Fees for workshops with a professional or specialist.
General art materials, printing costs, etc.
Tickets for events.
Travel to and from a venue.
Contribution towards the costs of Gold leadership projects.
Hire of specialist equipment or specialist venue.
Adviser/project management/staff time.
Discover certificates.
Moderation costs for Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Specific access requirements eg BSL/other translators; assistive technology specifically related to the Arts Award project (where renting is not cost effective).
Applications from all registered Arts Award centres based in the UK can be considered.
The deadline for applications is Friday 4 October.
Check out their website for more information.
Visual Artists Scholarship Prize
Applications Extended – NEW Categories Added
The Visual Artists Association has introduced an exhibition and scholarship worth £20,000. Created to support emerging artists to develop their arts businesses, The VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize, launched in Summer 2022, aims to benefit emerging and re-emerging artists. This will be achieved by increasing artists’ international exposure, whilst raising funds for VAA artist education programmes. The Scholarship Award is the only prize in the UK aimed at Artists worldwide of all levels, that specifically includes a prize of a year-long scholarship journey using the tools of the VAA, the guidance of leading professionals and its Partners, to offer Visual Artists a sustainable career in the Arts.
Deadline: Thursday 31 October
Check out their website for more information.
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Christine Brown Trust for Young Musicians offers financial support to musicians under 19 who would benefit from funding towards instrument lessons. Deadline Tuesday 31 October.
Check out their website for more information.
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Goodwin’s Create to Change
Goodwin is looking for businesses working within the creative and cultural sectors to offer placements to young people and adults ages 16-65 years of age.
Create to Change offers businesses staff for 10 weeks at 25 hours per week.
- Goodwin will pay the wages for the person on placement
- Businesses will interview candidates and there is no obligation to take them on, if you find the candidate suitable please do offer them a placement.
- Goodwin will work with candidates for 2 weeks before they apply for roles which will ensure we are sending people who are work ready.
- The project will have a dedicated business engagement worker and keyworker who will support the business and candidate on placement, throughout and post placement.
- Business breakfasts – chance for all placement providers and potential placement provides to get together, chat to young people and Goodwin staff and receive support from third party organisations around business growth and support.
if you would like more information, please contact Zoe on 07593136045 or email ZSivell@goodwintrust.org
Hull 4 Funding
is a Community Portal funded by Hull City Council to provide free funding information for local not-for-profit organisations and gives access to thousands of funding opportunities including for arts and cultural organisations.
Register to access Home | Hull 4 Funding (idoxopen4community.co.uk)
Youth Music’s NextGen Fund Offers Support to Aspiring UK Creatives
The NextGen Fund provided by Youth Music is intended help early-stage musicians and wider music adjacent creatives to invest in their own projects and make their ideas happen. The fund is especially aimed at those whose lack of finance holds them back from pursuing their goals.
The tenth round of the programme is accepting applications from 18-25 year old creatives (under-30s who identify as d/Deaf or disabled) in the UK to support the development of a creative project or idea. Applicants may include singers, rappers, songwriters, producers, DJs, A&Rs, managers and agents, right through to roles that have yet to be defined.
Priority will be given to:
- People who do not have the financial means to invest in themselves to get their ideas started.
- People that are too early-stage to be funded by larger grant programmes such as Arts Council England and PRS Foundation.
- Those who might be discriminated against, for reasons that could include gender, race, disability, location or other characteristics.
- People who are creative, entrepreneurial and are multi-disciplinary – even if they do not recognise themselves as such.
Grants of up to £2,500 are available, to support costs linked to training, career development, travel, audience development, marketing, equipment, software and business development.
The deadline for Round 10 applications is 15 November 2024
Check out their website for more information.
Next Level Awards Offer Funding and Professional Support
Funding and a programme of one-to-one business advice and peer support are available to professional UK musicians to help them progress their careers to the next stage of development. The Next Level awards programme provided by Help Musicians UK is inviting applications from musicians with a proven track record but limited resources to support larger and longer-term projects.
Visit the Help Musicians website to find out more.
Application window is:
Monday 16 September — Friday 18 October 2024
Theatres Trust Small Grants Scheme
The Theatres Trust, the national advisory public body for theatres in the UK, offers small grants of up to £5,000 twice a year for essential works to not-for-profit theatres in the UK that will enable them to be viable and thrive in the future. Visit their website to find out more.
The deadline for the next round is as follows:
12 noon on Friday 17 January 2025
Foyle Foundation’s Grants Programme to End in 2025
The Foyle Foundation, an independent grant-making trust that distributes grants to UK based registered charities and schools, has announced that it will complete its grant giving programme in 2025. Visit their website to find out more
Arts Council England Funding
Grants are open to individuals as well as organisations. Funding opportunities can support a range of activity, from a one-off project to your personal development as a creative or cultural practitioner. These include:
National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery Project Grants supports thousands of individual artists, and community and cultural organisations with arts, libraries and museums projects. It’s open all the time and you can apply for grants between £1,000 and £100,000.
Developing Your Creative Practice
This fund supports individual cultural and creative practitioners ready to take their work to the next stage through things such as: research, time to create new work, travel, training, developing ideas, networking or mentoring. You can apply for up to £12,000.
Check out their website for more information as well as information about other open grants.
Schroder Charity Trust
The Trust will consider applications from charities registered in England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland in the fields of Education & Young People, Communities, Environment & Conservation, Health, Arts & Culture, International Development, Heritage, and Supporting the Armed Forces.
Check out their website for more information.
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