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Arts, Culture & Heritage Grants in South East

Browse 23 funders supporting arts, culture & heritage charities in South East.

South East charities working in arts, culture & heritage can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 23 funders currently listed, South East has strong coverage for arts, culture & heritage projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Arts, Culture & Heritage grants directory and the South East regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to arts, culture & heritage funders
Arts and culture funders look for applications that articulate both artistic quality and social impact. Describe the creative excellence of your work — the artistic vision, calibre of practitioners, and cultural significance — alongside the social outcomes it delivers. Avoid reducing arts to a mere tool for social change; instead show how high-quality cultural experiences create transformative engagement. Detail your participatory methods, explaining how communities actively shape creative processes rather than simply attending performances or exhibitions. Demonstrate diversity and inclusion in your programming, governance, and workforce, showing concrete steps you are taking rather than aspirational statements. Present your audience development strategy, particularly how you reach people who do not currently engage with arts and culture, including evidence of barriers and how you address them. If your project involves cultural heritage, articulate its significance using frameworks such as heritage values or cultural asset mapping. Include evidence from previous work — audience feedback, participant testimonials, evaluation reports, or critical reviews — that demonstrates both artistic merit and meaningful engagement. Strong applications show a clear connection between creative ambition and community benefit, with realistic budgets that fairly compensate artists and creative practitioners.

Arts, Culture & Heritage Funders in South East

23 funders found

Anthony (Tony) Lane Foundation

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The Anthony (Tony) Lane Foundation, established in 2016 from Tony Lane's bequest after his death, is a grant-making charity dedicated to perpetuating ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Beeching Trust

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The Beeching Trust is an Oxfordshire-based grant-making charity with a mission to enrich society through support for arts and heritage, education, env...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Boltini Trust

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The Boltini Trust is a family charitable trust founded by Anthony Bolton, a former investment fund manager, and registered in England and Wales (chari...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust

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Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust was established in 1957 with a founding mission to safeguard historic religious buildings as irreplaceable com...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Celia Blakey Charitable Trust

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The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust, established in 1971 by philanthropist Celia Sainsbury (later Blakey) and registered in 1972, is a discretionary gra...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Chapman Charitable Trust

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The Chapman Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Marjorie Chapman and her family—who continue as trustees—supports UK-registered charities tacklin...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust

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The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust perpetuates Lady Charlotte's philanthropic legacy through targeted grantmaking advancing arts, cultural p...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Dischma Charitable Trust

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The Dischma Charitable Trust is a private, family-founded discretionary grantmaking charity registered in England and Wales since 1999, governed by se...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

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The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT), established in 1963 by Ernest and Joan Kleinwort, is a family-led grant-making foundation dedicated to m...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust

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The Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust, established in 1987, harnesses surplus income from active farm management at Bould Farm to sustain environment...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust

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The Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust advances public education in music and appreciation of its art and science, rooted in founder Humphrey...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £12,000

Independent Cinema Office

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The Independent Cinema Office, established in 2003, champions universal access to life-changing independent cinema across the UK, nurturing sustainabl...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £7,500

Lawson Trust CIO

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The Lawson Trust CIO is a grant-making charity rooted in Kent and Sussex, evolving from the Raymond and Blanche Lawson Charitable Trust established in...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Lovington Foundation

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The Lovington Foundation is a family charitable trust established in 2013 by James Lupton CBE (charity number 1151072), governed by Lord and Lady Lupt...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

M J Camp Charitable Foundation

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The M J Camp Charitable Foundation, established by Trust Deed on 21 December 2000 and registered in England and Wales (charity number 1085654), is a g...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £250,000

Mobbs Memorial Trust Limited

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The Mobbs Memorial Trust Limited, established in 1956 by Sir Noel Mobbs using family endowment funds, is a family-governed grantmaker dedicated to pre...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Ofenheim Charitable Trust

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The Ofenheim Charitable Trust, established in 1983, pursues a mission to advance health, save lives, support people with disabilities, provide accommo...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (2016)

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The Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT), established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2016 while continuing the mission of the 1964...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust

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The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, founded in 1982 by local stakeholders, is dedicated to preserving the long-term fabric, curtilage, and essen...

Grant Range
£500 - £26,000

Rothschild Foundation

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The Rothschild Foundation, an independent UK charity established in 2010 by Lord (Jacob) Rothschild, consolidates longstanding family philanthropic tr...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Sussex Historic Churches Trust

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The Sussex Historic Churches Trust is a heritage preservation body founded in 1956 to safeguard architecturally and historically significant places of...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Syder Foundation

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The Syder Foundation is a family-run grant-making trust established in 2007 by the Syder family in Berkshire, UK, dedicated to advancing general chari...

Grant Range
Contact funder

William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust

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The William and Edith Oldham Charitable Trust, established in 1995 by Paul Oldham in memory of his parents from Barming, Maidstone, Kent, is a family-...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

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Arts, Culture & Heritage Grants in South East: FAQ

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