Together on Culture: Local Cultural Improvement Fund (Birmingham)
Funding
Up to £10,000
Deadline
6 November 2026
Location
Birmingham
Applications
Deadline: 6 November 2026
Overview
This Birmingham City Council fund offers up to £10,000 for creative projects that make arts and culture more visible in local neighbourhoods. Your project should build on an existing local cultural plan, placemaking plan or ward plan. Murals, light installations, art trails and community cultural activity are all good examples. You need to be a constituted organisation working in Birmingham. No match funding is needed, and all spend must be finished by 19 March 2027. Applications close at 1pm on 6 November 2026. Official source: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50050/culture_arts_and_heritage/3176/culture_funding_and_opportunities/3. Last checked by GrantMatch on 21 October 2026.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Up to £10,000 revenue grant.
- Constituted organisations in Birmingham.
- Must deliver against an existing local cultural plan or strategy.
- Spend complete by 19 March 2027.
- Closes 1pm, 6 November 2026.
Constituted organisations in Birmingham delivering arts and culture against an existing local cultural plan, placemaking plan or ward plan. Any earlier Cultural Action Area grant must be fully closed.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
Birmingham arts and community organisations working to local cultural plans.
Regions
Full details from Birmingham City Council
Revenue grants of up to £10,000 for constituted organisations delivering arts and culture against an existing local cultural plan or strategy in Birmingham, such as a Cultural Action Area plan, a Cultural Placemaking Plan, or a Ward Plan that includes arts and culture. Projects should make arts and culture more visible in local neighbourhoods, for example murals, sound and light installations, art trails, wayfinding and community cultural activity. Together on Culture is Birmingham City Council's new arts and culture funding programme for 2026 to 2027, part of its strategic framework for culture. All spend must be completed by 19 March 2027 and all activity by 24 September 2027. Applicants register for a BRUM account and a Grant Applicant Profile, then complete the online form with milestone, budget and outcome templates. There is £100,000 in this strand, with at least ten awards planned, and no match funding is required. Applications for all three strands close at 1pm on Friday 6 November 2026, and late submissions will not be considered. Decisions are due in December 2026.
Read the Together on Culture applicant information and guidance on the Birmingham City Council culture funding page, register for a BRUM account and Grant Applicant Profile, then submit the online form with the milestones, budget and outcomes templates by 1pm on 6 November 2026.
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