Local Arts Funding

Local Funding

Tamworth Borough Council

Community Grants
Grants are available for community, not for profit organisations or for identified not for profit projects to work collaboratively and flexibly to meet the needs of our communities.

Lichfield District Council

Community Funding

South Staffordshire Council

Community Funding
Contact: Policy and Partnerships

Staffordshire Moorlands Arts Forums

Staffordshire Moorlands Grants Schemes - various
Contact: Support Staffordshire (Staffordshire Moorlands) 

Stafford District Arts Council

SDAC receives its funds principally from Stafford Borough Council and provides grants to its members. Applications are considered by the Executive committee at its monthly meetings. SDAC website

Staffordshire Community Foundation

The Community Fund is a specialist fund that has been developed to pool small contributions, as part of a Foundation Club scheme, to create a general grants fund for each area, that is restricted by geography only.  We Love Staffordshire fund aims to build a new grants fund that will cover the county of Staffordshire as a whole.

Staffordshire Community Fund 

Local Community Funding

Each county councillor has £2,500 to spend on community projects in their area through the Community Fund.
Community Fund & Local Community Funding

Cannock Chase AONB Sustainable Development Fund

The Cannock Chase AONB Sustainable Development Fund is run by the AONB Partnership to help keep the AONB special.

Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

Project Grants supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations. You can apply for £1,000 - £100,000 more info

National Funding

A useful source of information on other sources of funding can be found on the Arts Council website. They list some of the main sources of funding for the arts in the UK, particularly for those activities that the Arts Council do not provide grants for. For a list if national funders for the arts, visit: Arts Council England website