There are a lot more funding opportunities open to you if you are an established 'group', or organisation. Please see the fundraising databases tab as a great way to find free online listings to search. The Arts Council England tab is also worth a look, as ACE fund lots of organisations/projects. Some other key opportunities you may want to look at include

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• National Lottery Community Foundation - Awards For All grants (from autumn 2023, these are up to £20,000) and established community groups and registered organisations are eligible to apply. They also have larger grants available (Reaching Communities). There's lots of information on their website and you can request a call with them for some advice and support. Rolling deadline.
• Garfield Weston provide grants for projects and core organisational costs (registered charities only), they fund arts and community activities. They prefer not to be the sole funder of a project and will usually fund 15-20% of total project costs. Rolling deadline.
• The Foyle Foundation fund registered charities, and prefer to fund those don't have a lot of public funding. They have a small grants scheme for organisations with a turnover of £150k and less.
• The Paul Hamlyn Foundation fund a range of arts projects/organisations (registered charities and CICs), with grants of all sizes - including focuses on access and participation, and youth.
• The Wingate Trust fund registered charities only, in the areas of performing arts and music.
• Both Youth Music and PRS have a range of grants for organisations (funding CICs and registered charities)