GRANT FUNDING FOR CREATIVES
Identify grant funds for your creative practice. Plan a grant application for your creative work, and a year of funding, in one session.
Led by expert grant writer and previous DYCP awardee Alex Finberg, maker, published author and founder of Woodcrafters CIC.
Date: Thursday 4th February 2027
Time: 09:30am – 12:30 UK time
Price: £35 (subsidised by grant funds from School of Social Entrepreneurs)
LIVE online & recorded (recordings sent out after the workshop to all who book on)
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Most creatives who try grant funding start with a blank application form and become completely overwhelmed by the whole process (and understandably so!). We read three pages of guidance, write the whole application in the last week, and if the answer is no, we rarely find out why.
In two and a half hours you will learn how to check that a funder fits your project, describe the project clearly, answer the questions in a way which will score highly with an assessor, and build a budget and timeline they can follow. You will turn it all into a Funding Plan, and a blueprint you can use time and again
The workshop is practical from start to finish. Each section teaches one core idea, shows real examples of successful application and gives you the resources to apply this guidance to your own grant applications
Can't make it live? The full recording is shared with everyone who books.
WHAT WE COVER
1. Where you are now
Finding the Right Grant Funds for You, What a grant fund can offer, a quick health check of your creative business, so you know where to focus first.
2. Is a grant right, and which funder
What grants pay for and what they do not, the main kinds of funder for creatives in England, including Arts Council England's two main routes for individuals, and a four-question check for whether a funder fits your project.
3. Your project
Turning an idea into an activity a funder can assess: the need or opportunity, who benefits, what you will make or deliver, and what will change. You will write your project in one paragraph.
4. Writing the application
How to answer the questions in the right language, how an assessor scores your application, and how to turn the funder's criteria into a checklist. A weak and a strong answer, side by side.
5. Your budget and timeline
A realistic budget that pays you fairly, includes access costs and shows the working, and a timeline that shows you can deliver.
6. Making it happen: a funding year, and after the decision
A funding calendar, a bank of reusable text, relationships with funders, what to do after a no and after a yes, and how grants fit alongside the income you earn.
7. Bringing it together
Where grants meet the law (grant agreements, restricted money, tax, safeguarding, data and acknowledging the funder) and who to ask, plus your first steps for the week after.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
• A completed Funding Plan
• One funder checked for fit, and a shortlist for later projects
• Your project in one paragraph, with outputs and outcomes
• A checklist from the funder's criteria, and a first draft of one answer
• A project budget and timeline, and a twelve-month funding calendar
WHAT YOU GET
• The live workshop, with time for questions
• The full recording, to watch again or catch up
• The workbook (PDF), where you write your plan as we go
• The training manual (PDF), an easy-read guide to every key idea, to keep and come back to
• The Project Timeline and Budget spreadsheet, with a funder shortlist, a budget that adds itself up, a timeline chart, a funding calendar and worked examples
WHO IT'S FOR
• Potters, illustrators, photographers, musicians, writers, jewellers, makers and any other creative thinking about a grant for their work
• Small creative organisations and community groups
• People who have never applied, and people who have applied and want a better chance next time
• Anyone in the UK
You do not need a project ready. An idea is enough to start.
ABOUT ALEX FINBERG
Alex is a professional grant writer and a previous Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice awardee. He has sat on both sides of the process: as an applicant who has been funded, and as a practitioner who helps others get there. He is an award-winning wood carver, published author and founder of Woodcrafters CIC, and MAKE Southwest member based in South Devon.
Alex teaches grant writing the way he teaches carving: one clear step at a time, with real examples and no jargon.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
• Format: Online via Google Meet, link sent on booking
• Recording: Full recording shared with everyone who books
• Resources: Workbook, training manual and spreadsheet shared after the session
PART OF THE WOODCRAFTERS BUSINESS SCHOOL
4 core workshops: (available for £125)
1. Marketing for Creatives
2. Pricing and Income for Creatives
3. Running Workshops for Creatives
4. Grant Funding for Creatives
You can buy all 4 courses in a bundle and save £15!
QUESTIONS
Will this get me a grant?
No workshop can promise that. Funders receive more good applications than they can fund. What this workshop does is help you apply to the right funder, with a clear project and an application an assessor can score.
Is this only about Arts Council England?
No. We cover Arts Council England, community foundations, local councils, trusts and foundations, and crowdfunding with match funding. Funder details are checked before each workshop, but always read the funder's current guidance.
Can a community group or small organisation come?
Yes. One of the worked examples is a community repair group applying to a local fund.
What if I can't attend live?
Book anyway. You will receive the recording and all the resources, and you can work through the plan in your own time.
Is there any homework?
Allow about 30 minutes after the session to finish your plan. After that, about an hour a month keeps your funding calendar and text bank up to date.
Do you give tax or legal advice?
No. We show you where grants meet tax and the law, and who to ask.
Any other questions? Email info@woodcrafters.uk
GRANT FUNDING FOR CREATIVES
Identify grant funds for your creative practice. Plan a grant application for your creative work, and a year of funding, in one session.
Led by expert grant writer and previous DYCP awardee Alex Finberg, maker, published author and founder of Woodcrafters CIC.
Date: Thursday 4th February 2027
Time: 09:30am – 12:30 UK time
Price: £35 (subsidised by grant funds from School of Social Entrepreneurs)
LIVE online & recorded (recordings sent out after the workshop to all who book on)
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Most creatives who try grant funding start with a blank application form and become completely overwhelmed by the whole process (and understandably so!). We read three pages of guidance, write the whole application in the last week, and if the answer is no, we rarely find out why.
In two and a half hours you will learn how to check that a funder fits your project, describe the project clearly, answer the questions in a way which will score highly with an assessor, and build a budget and timeline they can follow. You will turn it all into a Funding Plan, and a blueprint you can use time and again
The workshop is practical from start to finish. Each section teaches one core idea, shows real examples of successful application and gives you the resources to apply this guidance to your own grant applications
Can't make it live? The full recording is shared with everyone who books.
WHAT WE COVER
1. Where you are now
Finding the Right Grant Funds for You, What a grant fund can offer, a quick health check of your creative business, so you know where to focus first.
2. Is a grant right, and which funder
What grants pay for and what they do not, the main kinds of funder for creatives in England, including Arts Council England's two main routes for individuals, and a four-question check for whether a funder fits your project.
3. Your project
Turning an idea into an activity a funder can assess: the need or opportunity, who benefits, what you will make or deliver, and what will change. You will write your project in one paragraph.
4. Writing the application
How to answer the questions in the right language, how an assessor scores your application, and how to turn the funder's criteria into a checklist. A weak and a strong answer, side by side.
5. Your budget and timeline
A realistic budget that pays you fairly, includes access costs and shows the working, and a timeline that shows you can deliver.
6. Making it happen: a funding year, and after the decision
A funding calendar, a bank of reusable text, relationships with funders, what to do after a no and after a yes, and how grants fit alongside the income you earn.
7. Bringing it together
Where grants meet the law (grant agreements, restricted money, tax, safeguarding, data and acknowledging the funder) and who to ask, plus your first steps for the week after.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
• A completed Funding Plan
• One funder checked for fit, and a shortlist for later projects
• Your project in one paragraph, with outputs and outcomes
• A checklist from the funder's criteria, and a first draft of one answer
• A project budget and timeline, and a twelve-month funding calendar
WHAT YOU GET
• The live workshop, with time for questions
• The full recording, to watch again or catch up
• The workbook (PDF), where you write your plan as we go
• The training manual (PDF), an easy-read guide to every key idea, to keep and come back to
• The Project Timeline and Budget spreadsheet, with a funder shortlist, a budget that adds itself up, a timeline chart, a funding calendar and worked examples
WHO IT'S FOR
• Potters, illustrators, photographers, musicians, writers, jewellers, makers and any other creative thinking about a grant for their work
• Small creative organisations and community groups
• People who have never applied, and people who have applied and want a better chance next time
• Anyone in the UK
You do not need a project ready. An idea is enough to start.
ABOUT ALEX FINBERG
Alex is a professional grant writer and a previous Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice awardee. He has sat on both sides of the process: as an applicant who has been funded, and as a practitioner who helps others get there. He is an award-winning wood carver, published author and founder of Woodcrafters CIC, and MAKE Southwest member based in South Devon.
Alex teaches grant writing the way he teaches carving: one clear step at a time, with real examples and no jargon.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
• Format: Online via Google Meet, link sent on booking
• Recording: Full recording shared with everyone who books
• Resources: Workbook, training manual and spreadsheet shared after the session
PART OF THE WOODCRAFTERS BUSINESS SCHOOL
4 core workshops: (available for £125)
1. Marketing for Creatives
2. Pricing and Income for Creatives
3. Running Workshops for Creatives
4. Grant Funding for Creatives
You can buy all 4 courses in a bundle and save £15!
QUESTIONS
Will this get me a grant?
No workshop can promise that. Funders receive more good applications than they can fund. What this workshop does is help you apply to the right funder, with a clear project and an application an assessor can score.
Is this only about Arts Council England?
No. We cover Arts Council England, community foundations, local councils, trusts and foundations, and crowdfunding with match funding. Funder details are checked before each workshop, but always read the funder's current guidance.
Can a community group or small organisation come?
Yes. One of the worked examples is a community repair group applying to a local fund.
What if I can't attend live?
Book anyway. You will receive the recording and all the resources, and you can work through the plan in your own time.
Is there any homework?
Allow about 30 minutes after the session to finish your plan. After that, about an hour a month keeps your funding calendar and text bank up to date.
Do you give tax or legal advice?
No. We show you where grants meet tax and the law, and who to ask.
Any other questions? Email info@woodcrafters.uk
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