Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support creativity across the UK. There are three focus areas:
- Creative Education - supporting projects that provide young people (ages 0-29) with opportunities to engage in creative activities. This includes funding for workshops in schools, field trips to cultural sites, and the purchase of materials for student engagement.
- Creative Communities - aiding organisations, festivals, fairs and community groups that develop and deliver cultural and creative arts initiatives within their local areas.
- Creative Individuals - providing individual artists, including those in visual and expressive arts, writers and craftspeople, with funding to support their artistic projects.
Who can apply? The grants programme is open to a broad range of applicants across the UK:
- Creative Education - schools, local authorities, community groups, charities, museum/gallery spaces, educational institutions and arts organisations, and more.
- Creative Communities - festivals, charities, arts organisations and community groups.
- Creative Individuals - artists who are over 18 and may be practitioners in all creative disciplines.
Grant amount: For the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands, the maximum award is £15,000. For Creative Individuals, the maximum award is £5,000.
Application process: Guidance notes and the online application portal can be accessed from the Hugo Burge Foundation website.
Deadline: Friday, 31 July 2026.
Contact information: Email: enquiries@hugoburgefoundation.org
Website: The Hugo Burge Foundation