Other Funding Sources

Leeds City Council Community Committees - https://www.leeds.gov.uk/consultations-and-feedback/community-committees

Funding Leeds - https://funding.idoxopen4community.co.uk/lcc

Leeds Community Foundation - www.leedscf.org.uk

Arts Council England - www.artscouncil.org.uk

National Lottery Heritage Fund - www.heritagefund.org.uk

Music:Leeds - www.musicleeds.com

PRS Foundation - www.prsfoundation.com

Youth Music - www.youthmusic.org.uk/ 

Music For All - www.musicforall.org.uk/apply-for-funding/community-project-funding/

Ad:Venture - AD:VENTURE Help to start & grow your business - www.ad-venture.org.uk

Business and IP Centre Leeds - www.leeds.gov.uk/bipcleeds

Opportunities:

International open call for visual artists: ARToulu art area for Oulu2026: As part of the European Capital of Culture 2026, the Finnish city of Oulu introduces the new ARToulu art area, where art will pop up in unexpected places. Dozens of installed artworks will change the face of the Oulujoki estuary’s seven city neighborhoods, turning them into interesting and distinctive art areas. Applications from all fields of visual art are welcome. Read more information and find instructions here. [Deadline 29th November 2024]

Centre for Plastic and Visual Arts, Lille, France:  Leeds’s twin city Lille, France is launching an exciting call for Leeds artists to take part in a funded artistic residence in April or May 2025. Application and information [Deadline 31st December 2024]

UK based funds

Arts Council England's Develop Your Creative Practice Fund: Individual artists and/or creative practitioners can apply for a £2,000–£10,000 grant to build new networks, create new work or pursue research and development opportunities – including overseas: Developing your Creative Practice | Arts Council England

British Council International Funds: Arts Opportunities | British Council

Cultural Bridge programme 2025-2026: Cultural Bridge supports arts and cultural organisations across the UK and Germany to develop partnerships that explore social arts practice.  By enabling new and existing connections, the programme supports a growing network of organisations committed to sharing expertise and skills, exchanging ideas and collaborating on artistic practices and projects that explore themes and issues faced by communities across both countries.  Cultural Bridge Funding Page

The 2025-2026 Cultural Bridge programme application portal will be open from Tuesday 15th October to Tuesday 26th November 2024.

Four Nations International Fund:  The Four Nations International Fund supports those working in the arts and creative industries across the UK nations, together with their counterparts in Europe and beyond: Four Nations International Fund | Creative Scotland

PRS for Music Foundation International fund: International Showcase Fund - PRS for Music Foundation (prsfoundation.com)

Transartists: Funding for residence programmes worldwide Funding (transartists.org)

International based funds open to UK artists

Creative Industries Fund NL Subsidy overview  | Stimuleringsfonds

Mondriaan: Dutch visual arts and cultural heritage sector grants, including UK based artists: Homepage - Mondriaan Fund (mondriaanfonds.nl)

Performing Arts Fund NL: The Performing Arts Fund NL is the national fund for professional music, (music) theatre, dance and festivals in the Netherlands. Includes UK artists and organisations. Performing Arts Fund NL (fondspodiumkunsten.nl)

Support for cultural activity in Ukraine with UK involvement: The British Council is offering grants of up to £6,000 to support the inclusion of UK content and expertise in public-facing programmes in various formats to take place in Ukraine.  Support for Ukraine

Useful information

Arts Infopoint UK - Supporting creative visits to and from the UK. Arts Infopoint UK - Supporting creative visits to and from the UK | Arts Infopoint UK | Gwybodfan Celf y DU

IETM: one of the oldest and largest international cultural networks, representing the voice of over 500 member organisations and individual professionals working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide. Home | IETM

Mobility Funding Guide to the UK: Mobility Funding Guide to the United Kingdom | On the Move (on-the-move.org)

Leeds City Council is a member of Culture Next, an international network that works towards achieving wider European acknowledgement and recognition of culture as sustainable development and towards extending the existing European cultural cooperation frameworks. The network also contributes to the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) programme legacy, by facilitating the implementation of more ECoC programmes in Europe.  To find out more, click here.

Over the next few months, Culture Next will share these opportunities amongst the 34 member cities, across 19 countries.  We will share any European opportunities and events below.  

If you are a Leeds based creative and have any open calls, events or opportunities that you would like to promote on an international level, please send these to us, with the following details: culturalgrants@leeds.gov.uk.

• Title / Name of the event or programme
• Explanatory text with a maximum of 400 characters
• Weblink(s)
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October updates

No updates due to Culture Next conference.

September updates

Programme announcement for Chemnitz 2025, (Germany) 25th October

On October 25, 2024, the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 will launch the first edition of its programme. Well over 100 local project partners are shaping the Capital of Culture year with their activities. The big opening ceremony will take place on January 18, 2025. "C the unseen" is the motto: the people of Chemnitz will showcase themselves, the city and the region and invite their European guests on a diverse journey of discovery to Saxony in Germany.

August updates

European Peace Ride  (Germany) 13th - 15th September

Chemnitz 2025 is well connected to other European Capitals of Culture. From September 13 to 15, 200 cyclists dressed in Chemnitz 2025 jerseys will be on the road together in Europe. They are taking part in the European Peace Ride, a cycling event, that was created during the application process for the title of Capital of Culture and is already in its fourth edition this year. The European Peace Ride starts in the current European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024. The international participants will be riding over a distance of 570 km and 6000 meters of altitude with stops in Lipno nad Vlatavou and Plzeň. They are not competing with each other, their are creating an event together that connects Europe.

Arts of Democracy (Norway) 10th - 14th September

The European Capital of Culture Bodø 2024 will host the “Arts of Democracy” conference from 10 to 14 September, which sociologist Dr. Ulf Bohmann from Chemnitz University of Technology will open with a keynote speech. The theme of the symposium is the question on how arts and democracy intersect and interact in present-day Europe.

The European Creative Rooftop Network (Portugal) 3rd - 4th October

The European Creative Rooftop Network will organize a congress in Faro where, in addition to addressing inspiring topics about the use of rooftops from a cultural and creative point of view, it will discuss partnership opportunities for potential transnational collaboration.