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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.
From November 2025 the grants listed relate to our current strategy for 2025 to 2030.
Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.
Glasgow Life
| Core costs including a Collections Curator position for the People's Palace redevelopment |
Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£101, 544
Duration
2 years
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice
Towards the core costs of delivering their national policy work
Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
2 years
Just for Kids Law
| Core cost funding towards costs of youth participation and engagement work |
Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
Manchester Museums Partnership
| Towards ‘Ubuntu’, a two-year project focusing on their collection of objects from Africa |
Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£98,484
Duration
2 years
Marine Conservation Society
| Funding towards UK Overseas Territories project staff, in territory capacity building and training |
Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£149,960
Duration
3 years
Music Theatre Wales
| Core cost funding towards their programme from June 2025 – May 2028, aiming to reimagine contemporary opera |
Category
Arts
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
MySociety
| Core cost funding including salaries to deliver project encouraging councils to create sustainable communities |
Category
Environment
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
National Coal Mining Museum for England
| Towards costs of Collections Care Assistant post and budget for moving large industrial items |
Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£87,233
Duration
3 years
Not1More
| Funding to support staffing and other core costs |
Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2025
Grant size
£80,000
Duration
2 years
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