The funding is intended for projects and organisations operating in the UK and that are focused on skills and training in particular in the creative industries.
The inaugural funding round aims to:
- Build capacity and resources for technical and vocational skills development in creative industries, especially within historically underfunded communities.
- Explore the role that skills development, and creative people, makers and designers can play in addressing issues of social justice.
- Create the infrastructure for a more equitable creative industry sector.
This round is focused on organisations working in the one or more of following areas:
- Craft.
- Design.
- Art.
- Architecture.
The Foundation offers two different grants:
- Regular Grants (inaugural grants) of between £30,000 and £50,000 available throughout the year.
- Landmark grants of £100,000 per year are available once every three to four years.
There is £500,000 available for the inaugural grant funding round. It is anticipated that a maximum of 10 grants will be awarded. There will be another, larger, funding round later in the year.
The size of the grant will be determined by the size of the applicant organisation.
There will be funding rounds throughout the year with deadlines published on the Foundation's website.
The first deadline for applications is 5 May 2025 (10am).