Culture Grants Small

Small grants support up to £1,500. They are open to applications from constituted community groups, charities, CICs, and other VCSE organisations to run small creative, cultural and heritage projects and activities. Individuals and businesses are not eligible to apply.

Small grant application deadlines are:

• Round 1 – Monday 30 March 2026
• Round 2 – Monday 11 May 2026
• Round 3 – Monday 13 July 2026
• Round 4 – Monday 14 September 2026
• Round 5 – Monday 9 November 2026

All eligible applications will be assessed at a decision panel. Decisions will be announced within 8 weeks after each deadline, followed then by a 2-week period for contracting and finance arrangements. Please note that this could mean up to 10 weeks between application and a project beginning.

How to apply

Please review our application guidance before applying.

Applications will only be accepted via the application form for the relevant grant strand (word document or e-form). We do not accept supplementary documents or files alongside your application form.

If you need to apply via video or audio file due to access needs, please contact us at culturegrants@wakefield.gov.uk to discuss how this can be sent to us.

To apply to Culture Grants Small, please complete the:

• application form (Word) (E-Form)
• equalities monitoring form (Word) (E-Form)

We would be grateful if you could complete our Equalities Monitoring Form. While it is optional, the form is anonymous and helps us better understand and support our applicants.

Project reporting

All supported Culture Grants Small projects will need to complete an evaluation document, like this example:

• evaluation form (Word) (E-Form)

This will be submitted at the end of a project.