Tameside
Aims/priorities: Arts Council England has launched the Incentivising Touring scheme to support mid-large scale theatre and dance productions in touring across England. Designed to mitigate the financial risks associated with such tours, the scheme aims to demonstrate the potential for productions to generate a financial return with investment. Currently in its pilot phase, the scheme is running across two funding rounds.
Scheme objectives:
Aims/priorities: The funding is for BES members to deliver independent outreach, public engagement and science communication activities that engage public audiences with the excitement, importance and relevance of ecological science or enhance the experience and skills of others to communicate ecology with public audiences.
The grant will support diverse formats that reach and engage public audiences in innovative, creative and impactful ways, whether through in-person events, digital formats, or physical resources.
Aims/priorities: The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects run by community groups and voluntary organisations that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees.
The Programme supports community projects that will:
Aims/priorities: The IMPACT Awards recognise and reward small to medium-sized charities in the UK that are doing excellent work to improve people's health and wellbeing.
Who can apply? Charities that are located and registered in the UK are eligible to apply.
Charities must:
Aims/priorities: The funding is aimed at very small charities working in their communities to address health inequalities and who find it hard to access unrestricted funding and support for their leaders. This is particularly true for organisations led by and supporting the most disadvantaged communities – such as those supporting ethnic minority communities, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQ+ community and others.
Aims/priorities: The aim for the 2025 funding round is to support work and research that focuses on educational transitions, ensuring that blind and partially sighted people gain the skills, confidence, and experiences they need to move forward in education, training, and employment.
Who can apply? UK registered organisations with a minimum of 12 months of audited annual accounts can apply, including:
Aims/priorities: The funding is for formal partnership working across sectors, led by community and voluntary organisations or public sector organisations for projects that reach more people by either:
Aims/priorities: The scheme supports charitable theatre operators in the UK to carry out capital projects to improve their theatre buildings. Projects must fall within a specific theme each year.
The current theme for the fund is Improving Environmental Sustainability as this is an urgent priority for the sector.
Who can apply? To be eligible, applicants must meet the following requirements: