Arts, Heritage and Communities
What we fund
We fund arts, heritage, and community projects, primarily in London and Kent. These can range from one-off events, through to multi-year projects. Arts and heritage projects include local projects which help communities conserve and restore their landmarks, landscape, traditions and culture.
Performing and visual arts work include projects across the arts – from performance and drama to music and art.
Community projects can be broader, bringing together and supporting local people, but must still include an arts or heritage element. Grants of up to £2,000 per year are available for projects and/or capital items, with awards for three years open to consideration.
Funding Criteria
- Arts, heritage, and related local community projects
- Working primarily in London and Kent
- Where successful outcomes can be evidenced
- Projects that show clear public value
- As much as possible, where the project is run by a registered not-for-profit organisation, with at least one set of audited or independently examined annual accounts*
- The charity's annual turnover does not exceed £200,000
*If you are not a registered not-for-profit organisation, we may be willing to consider exceptions under certain circumstances. If this applies to you, please contact us to discuss this further.
Funding Priorities
- Fully funding requests rather than awarding part-funding
- A non-exclusive focus on: the City of London, Hackney, Hounslow, and Enfield boroughs in London. Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Folkestone, and Hythe Districts of Kent.
What we don't fund
- Projects that have no community or charitable element
- Community projects with no Arts or Heritage component
- Retrospective funding, deficits, or loans
- Organisations which are not a registered not-for-profit organisation
- Organisations with an annual turnover above £200,000
- Organisations with reserves of more than 12 months’ expenditure
- Organisations which applied to us unsuccessfully within the previous 18 months
- Services which are a statutory responsibility
- Projects that are primarily for the advancement of religion or politics (this does not exclude faith-based charities; however, we may ask for a copy of a non-proselytizing policy)
- Overseas work
- Individuals
- Projects in hospitals, nursing, or residential care settings, which are a statutory responsibility – or for medical research
“We’re so grateful for the support of the Foundation, and it’s work to help organisations such as ours. It is invaluable for us, and the service we provide!”
West Kent Community Radio
Applications & Awards
Applications & Deadlines
- Before submitting a full application, please email us with a short outline of the project.
- If you are eligible, we will be in touch with full details of how to make a complete application.
- Applications will be considered at our committee meetings (held in spring and autumn) – with deadlines circa six weeks prior.
- During our assessment, we may request a visit to find out more.
- We will communicate all decisions following the date of the meeting.
- The next deadline to submit a complete application: Friday 20 September 2024
Awards
- If an award is made, the terms of our grant will be included with notification of our decision.
- This will include end of year monitoring, with any future instalments of our grant conditional on this.
