The Radcliffe Trust - Grants for Music, Heritage and Crafts 
The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research.
The Radcliffe Trust also supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and crafts sectors. This includes support for craft and conservation training, for practical projects and for strategic projects which demonstrate clear benefits to individuals and to the sector. Applicants must be a registered charity or an exempt charity and must be based in the UK.
For more information and details of how to apply click here
Closing Date(s): Music - 31st August and Heritage & Crafts 31 January

Projects supported may include:

• Music and movement
• Weight management
• Information services – including information for people whose first language isn’t English

Any original and creative ideas that promote heart health will be considered so long as they are patient led.
For further information including details of how to apply click here…
Deadlines for 2012: Friday 20th April, Friday 20th July and Friday 19th October

The Arts Council - Grants for the Arts £1,000 - £100,000 
Grants for the arts are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
Their grants are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities carried out over a set period and which:

• engage people in England in arts activities
• help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work

Grants for individuals range from £1,000 to £30,000, and can cover activities lasting up to three years.
Grants for the arts for organisations are available to:

• arts organisations
• local authority and other public organisations partnerships
• regional and national organisations
• organisations whose normal activity is not related to the arts, including voluntary and community groups and  groups of organisations

Grants to organisations range from £1,000 to £100,000, and can cover activities lasting up to three years.
For further information including details of how to apply please click here…
Applications are assessed on a rolling basis

Fidelity UK Foundation
The Foundation primarily directs grants to UK registered charities in London, Kent & Surrey.
Charitable investments are mainly focused on projects in Arts & Culture, Community Development, Education & Health
Investment is typically directed to specific projects in the following categories:

• Capital improvements such as new construction, renovations, expansions and equipment which are central to sustainability and the strategic vision of the organisation.
• High impact information technology upgrades which substantially increase an organisation's efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability.
• Organisational development projects which seek to establish a new, transformational strategic path. This can include helping charities to investigate and proceed with mergers.
• Planning initiatives, including those that use expert/external consultant

Grants will not normally cover the entire cost of a project.  Applicants should aim to have significant funding in place prior to application. Grants are one-off investments; they will not normally be awarded for or across multiple years. Grants for applicants in London, Kentand Surrey are normally made towards projects with a total budget in excess of £50,000. For further information and details of how to apply click here…
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Architectural Heritage Fund - Up to £7,500 
Options Appraisal Grant
The AHF offers grants of up to 75% of the cost of an initial options appraisal of a project likely to qualify for an AHF loan. The maximum grant is normally £7,500, but in exceptional circumstances this can be raised to £10,000. Read more...

The Pilgrim Trust
The Pilgrim Trust aims to preserve and promote Britain's historical and intellectual assets and provides assistance to vulnerable members of society by supporting projects where funds will make a great impact. They are also interested in projects where charities are having difficulty in raising funds from other sources.
Main funding areas are preservation & scholarship and social welfare.
Trustees meet four times a year. For more information visit www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk

Old Possum's Practical Trust
Old Possum's Practical Trust makes a number of grants each year for literary, artistic, musical and theatrical projects.
All applications must demonstrate a high level of sustainability and contextual impact. Priority will be given to those which have an impact on future literary work and display enterprise in their artistic endeavour.
For more information and to apply visit www.old-possums-practical-trust.org.uk

Clore Duffied Grants for Registered Charities
The Main Grants Programme does not fund individuals, but it can match lottery funding, support capital redevelopments and learning space initiatives, and provide project, programme and revenue funding. Application procedures are straightforward, and the Foundation continues to maintain a balance between supporting large-scale projects, with far-reaching effects, and small-scale community endeavours. Grants range from below £5,000 to in excess of £1m.  The Foundation welcomes submissions to the Main Grants Programme for projects from the following sectors:

• Museums, galleries and heritage sites (particularly for learning spaces)
• The arts
• Education
• Health, social care and disability
• Jewish charities with interests in any of the above areas

Click here for further information and details on how to apply

Closing date
All grants are awarded at the Trustees meeting, held twice a year. As there is no fixed schedule for these meetings, applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Heritage Lottery Funding 
The Heritage Lottery Fund concentrates on projects which focus on heritage, this includes many different things from the past that they value and want to pass on to future generations. For example: memories and experiences, history of communities, cultural traditions, historic buildings and streets, archaeological sites, landscapes, wildlife and places linked to industrial, maritime or transport.

Current programmes are:

• Heritage Grants (Grants above £50,000)
• Your Heritage (£3000 to £50,000)
• Young Roots (£3000 to 25,000)
• Townscape Heritage Initiative (£500,000 to £2,000,000)
• Parks for People (£250,000 to £5million)
• Landscape Partnerships (£250,000 to £2million)
• Repair Grants for Places of Worship (From £10,000 to £250,000)

For more information visit www.hlf.org.uk

Heritage Funding Directory 
The Heritage Funding Directory is a comprehensive guide to sources of financial support (and more) for anyone seeking to undertake creative projects connected with the UK’s heritage.  Please click here to access

Golsoncott Foundation
The Foundation aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music, including providing access to the arts for young people and developing new audiences.
Applications should include the following: a clear and concise statement of the project; whether the award sought will be for the whole project or a component part; whether the applicant organisation is of charitable status; evidence that there is a clear benefit to the public; the amount requested should be specified; whether this is the only source of funding being sought (if not, all other sources of funding should be indicated, including those that have refused funding).
Grants vary but are unlikely to exceed £5,000. All applications for awards should be sent by post by the end of the month preceding the month of the Trustees meeting (February, May, August and November).
Further information: Golsoncott Foundation, 53 St Leonards Road, Exeter EX2 4LS; Tel: 01392 252855.

Frognal Trust
Provides funding to support small registered charities that work in the following areas: Culture and heritage; Conservation projects; Community services; Parks; Hospices and nursing homes and Ophthalmological research.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Further information: Frognal Trust c/o Charities Aid Foundation, King's Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA Tel: 01732 520 083

The Foyle Foundation
Distributes grants to charities whose core work is in in Learning, the Arts and Health.
They also have a small grants scheme which supports smaller charities working at grass roots and local community levels with one year grants of £1,000 - £10,000.
For further information visit www.foylefoundation.org.uk

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Trusthouse gives grants for running costs or one-off capital costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations. They accept applications which address the following issues:
Rural community projects, urban deprivation, community support, drugs and alcohol rehabilitation, elderly support and respite for carers, ex-offender projects, young people - life skills and employment, physical and mental disability, palliative care, arts projects, education and heritage.
For more information and how to apply visit www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk

The Lankelly Chase Foundation
The LankellyChase Foundation support work that has a recognisable charitable purpose and which falls within the programme areas agreed by their Trustees. They will support service delivery but also seek to help third sector agencies prove the impact of what they do and develop an influence with policy makers.
They concentrate on small charities but may consider applications from large national charities.
Visit www.lankellychase.org.uk for more information or click here to download a guide for grants 2009-2014

Garfield Weston Foundation
The foundation is delighted to support a wide range of organisations but will only consider applications from UK registered charities.
It will not fund one off events or make a commitment to fund over several years. Grants made are typically for a single year. For more information click here...

The Wakeham Trust
The Trust provides grants to help people rebuild their communities. They are particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. Read more….

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Esmée Fairbairn foundations main fund prioritises work that:

• Addresses a significant gap in provision
• Develops or strengthens good practice
• Challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult issue
• Tests out new ideas or practices
• Takes an enterprising approach to achieving its aims
• Sets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely

To download the guidance for applications please click here... or visit www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk for further information