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More funding information can be found on the following subportals:

Deadlines - for EU and UK funding programmes in the next 9 months
Foundations - including UK Foundations (in development)
Sponsorship - including sponsorship in the UK (in development)
EU Funds - listing EU funding programmes relevant to the cultural sector
Culture Programme 2007-2013
UK Media Desk

This page provides a selection of links to sources of funding, advice and guidance in the UK

General

General advice and guidance about seeking funding is also available on the funding.culture.info portal.

Charities and non-profit organisations

All About Giving - tax-effective giving

Association of Arts Fundraisers

Association of Charitable Foundations - support for grant-making trusts and foundations

Businesses & Charities - helping charities get more from business

Caritas: Data on Charities - financial information on charities

Charities Aid Foundation - services to charities

Charities Direct - database of over 10,000 charities

Charities Choice- encyclopaedia of charities

Charity Commission - regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales

Charity Net - support for charities

Corporate Community Investment - CCInet - helping companies & communities work together

Directory of Social Change - DSC - websites & publications to help fundraising

e-fundraising - how to raise funds online

Just Giving - "fundraising made easy"

National Council for Voluntary Organisations - help for voluntary organisations

UK Fundraising - information and resources for fundraisers

Private businesses (e.g. in the creative and cultural industries)

Law Society - Solicitors

UK - All

General

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Awards for All - Lottery grants for local communities

Big Lottery Fund - charities, the voluntary sector, health, education, the environment, regeneration

Creative Partnerships - focus on schools

Department for Culture, Media and Sport - UK government department responsible for culture

Lottery Funding Overview - database of where the money has been spent

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: NESTA

Arts

Design Council

National Foundation for Youth Music

Museums & Archives

Archive Lottery Service - supporting archive services to make applications for lottery funding

Art Fund - National Art Collections Fund

PRISM Fund - preservation of industrial and scientific material

Heritage

Architectural Heritage Fund

Heritage Lottery Fund

National Heritage Memorial Fund

National Manuscripts Conservation Trust

Media

Film Council

First Light Movies

Creative Industries

National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts (NESTA)

Creative (& other) Industries

Angel Investment Network - wealthy individuals who invest in new and growing businesses in return for a share of the equity

Bridges Community Development Fund - venture capital funding to firms which are in the 25 per cent most deprived areas of England

British Business Angels Association

British Venture Capital Association

Career Development Loans - help pay for vocational learning or education courses

Community Development Finance Assoc

Innovative Idea & Research and Development Grants - support for new and improved, added-value, products and services that enable a business to achieve higher margins and thus profits to re-invest in the business

Princes Trust

Regional Development Agencies:
Shell LiveWIRE - helps 16-30 year olds start and develop their business

Small Business Service

Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme - guarantees loans from the banks and other financial institutions for small firms that have viable business proposals but who have tried and failed to obtain a conventional loan because of a lack of security.

UK Trade & Investment - helping UK businesses trade abroad

Banks

National Westminster Bank plc

Royal Bank of Scotland

Ulster Bank

England - All

General

Futurebuilders - helping the voluntary and community sector deliver better public services

Arts

Arts Council England

Crafts Council

Museums

Museums, Archives and Libraries Council (MLA)

Heritage

English Heritage

Funds for Historic Buildings - directory of sources for England and Wales

Local Heritage Initiative

Media

British Film Institute

Sport

Sport England

Creative (& other) Industries

Business Link - advice on financial support and advice available to you in your local area in England

Learning and Skills Council

Local Investment Fund - loans to social and community enterprises

Selective Finance for Investment in England (SFI) - for businesses that are looking at the possibility of investing in an Assisted Area, but need financial help to go ahead

England - East Of England

General

Arts

Covered by Arts Council England

Museums

East of England Museums, Libraries & Archives Council: EEMLAC

Heritage

Covered by English Heritage

Media

Screen East

Sport

Sport England East

Creative (& other) Industries

East of England Development Agency

Full Circle Fund - business start-up for women in selected areas of Norfolk

Government Office for the East of England

Regional Venture Capital Fund - venture capital

England - East Midlands

General

Arts

Covered by Arts Council England

Museums

East Midlands Museums, Libraries & Archives Council: EMMLAC

Heritage

Covered by English Heritage

Media

EM Media

Sport

Sport England East Midlands

Creative (& other) Industries

East Midlands Development Agency

Government Office for the East Midlands

Regional Venture Capital Fund - venture capital

England - London

General

Arts

Covered by Arts Council England

Museums

ALM London

Heritage

Covered by English Heritage

Media

Film London

Sport

Sport England London

Creative Industries

Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA)

Music Business Angels

Creative (& other) Industries

Association of London Government: Grants Scheme

Capital Fund - venture capital

HBV Enterprise (HBV) - financing start up, micro and small enterprise

London Development Agency

London Rebuilding Society - flexible and innovative finance for London's social economy

Trust for London

England - North East

General

Arts

Covered by Arts Council England

Museums

North East Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (NEMLAC)

Heritage

Covered by English Heritage

Media

Northern Film & Media

Sport

Sport England North East

Creative Industries

Princes Trust Cultural Youth Business Venture - grant & loan fund for people aged 18-30 with the potential to establish a creative enterprise e-mail: elainemc@princestrust.org.uk

Creative (& other) Industries

Government Office for the North East

One North East - Regional Development Agency

Innovation Action Fund - part finances business projects within SMEs to helpaccelerate the creation, acquisition and application of knowledge, skills and new technology in the North East - contact your local business link
New Product Programme - for new products within the consumer products sector - contact your local business link

Street UK - structured business loans to micro entrepreneurs in Birmingham or Tyne & Wear