Below is a list of alternative funding sources for your projects
www.art-works.org.uk
Artworks is an awards scheme, funded by the Clore Duffield Foundation, that rewards exciting teaching in art and design. It is also a resource to support and inspire all teachers and pupils to engage with art, whether you enter the Artworks Awards, or not.
www.creative-partnerships.com
Creative Partnerships, a pioneering £40 million initiative, will give thousands of school children in deprived areas throughout England the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and participate in cultural activities.
www.cultureonline.gov.uk
Culture Online was awarded £13m in June for the next two years to commission up to 30 innovative projects for adults and children, using the resources of cultural organisations, to enhance learning and develop new audiences.
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in the UK. Two of its key programme areas are the arts and education.
www.gulbenkian.org.uk
The UK branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian supports programmes in the Arts, social welfare and education. It also initiates projects and commissions research and publications.
www.hlf.org.uk
The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money from the National Lottery to award grants to support a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.
www.jerwood.org.uk
The Jerwood Foundation is dedicated to imaginative and responsible funding and sponsorship of the arts, education, design, conservation, medicine, engineering, science and other areas of human endeavour and excellence.
www.nadfas.org.uk
The National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies funds arts events and opportunities for young people. The charity sponsors artists in residence in schools, provides bursaries and awards for arts students and craft apprentices, organises art competitions/exhibitions for local schools, and helps purchase specialist arts equipment.
www.phf.org.uk
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is another key funder of arts and education. One of its priorities is to support projects that address inequality of access and lack of opportunity to experience and enjoy the arts, particularly for young people.
www.wellcome.ac.uk/pulse
Pulse is a new funding scheme set up by the Wellcome Trust to encourage perorming arts compnies to come up with new ways of exploring science and engaging young people
www.youthmusic.org.uk
The National Foundation for Youth Music provides and funds music-making opportunities for children and young people up to the age of 18 who mainly live in areas of social and economic need.