Creative Ideas Fund - Applications are now open!

Creative Ideas Fund

Applications for the latest round of our Creative Ideas fund is now open!

This fund is for independent creatives, community groups, non-profit organisations or charitable companies to deliver creative art projects in Somerset that will engage and benefit local residents and visitors to the area.

Grants can be up to £1,000 and must be delivered within 12-months of being awarded the grant.

What is the Creative Ideas Fund for?

• Innovative non-profit creative and cultural projects in Somerset.
• Creative and cultural projects that engage residents and visitors in artistic activities such as, carnival, circus, combined arts, dance, festival, film, literature, live art, music, opera, painting, photography, poetry, puppetry, sculpture, song, storytelling, theatre, or another art form.
• To support new activity that engages residents and visitors in innovative ways (this can be as part of a reoccurring event e.g. annual festival)
• To support the delivery of the Arts Engagement & Outreach Strategy and positively contribute to positively contribute to at least one of the following contextual factors in Somerset: Rurality & Rural Isolation, Deprivation, Poor Mental Health, Ageing Population.

For full details read our guidance here

Applications are open now, deadline Monday 12th May 2025 at Midnight.

Apply for the Creative Ideas Grant here

Image credit Wassail Theatre and Len Copland