General Bursaries and Listings

• Arts Quest list opportunities for artists commissions/bursaries on their site.
• The Churchill Fellowship A funded fellowship for UK nationals who would benefit from a period of travel and learning to support their practice. Sign up to get alerts for their annual application announcements. One of their themes is “Arts and Communities”.
• Creative Debuts Activist Art Grant, for artists wanting paint a mural and needing support with the costs of paint.
• DBACE Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Entrepreneurs - 18-30yrs Up to 20k grant and business support for 12 months.
• Help Musicians list support opportunities on their website for career development and studies.
• Dancers Career Development Fund offer re-training bursaries for dancers, along with other support.
• a-n offer bursaries to their members (annual membership is £38/year for an individual artist).
• A Space arts often have bursaries available for artists and their listings page provides useful info on upcoming funds and commissions elsewhere
• [GMCA Inspire Fund](https://10gm.org.uk/10gms-work/inspire-fund/#:~:text=The GMCA Inspire Fund is,small organisations across Greater Manchester.) for Greater Manchester Creatives (£500-£2,000).
• ACAVA provides a list of open calls and opportunities for artists ending soon.

Bursaries for artists facing economic difficulties / barriers to career development

• Dance Fund provide a range of bursaries and funding for individual dancers.
• National Youth Arts Trust provides bursaries for drama students from disadvantaged backgrounds.z
• The Actors benevolent fund provides grants to individual actors in need of financial support.
• The Comedy Support Act is a benevolent fund for comedians. This is aimed at Professional Comedians who are unable to work because of accident or illness.
• The Comedy Store Family Fund - grants for industry professionals who are facing unforeseen financial difficulties and are unable to work.
• Theatre community fund: providing support for theatre professionals. Including hardship grants and creative innovation grants.
• The White Tube Creatives Grant - £500 bursary for working class creative.
• Writers and Artists offer annual bursaries for those on low income.