Heritage Open Days: Micro-grants for New Organisers (UK)

Deadline: 30-Jun-2025

Applications are now open for the second round of Heritage Open Days: Micro-grants for New Organisers to support organisers new to the festival.

Funding Information

• £350 to deliver an event for the 2025 festival.

Eligible Activities

• It can be spent on areas such as:
  • Marketing and publicity.
  • Services and product hire to facilitate your event.
  • Staff time for delivering your event, paying people to work on your project, volunteer expenses, supplementary training that is essential for the delivery of your event.

Ineligible Activities

• It cannot be used to:
  • Facilitate personal gain.
  • Cover core costs such as rent or utility bills.
  • Cover work that has already taken place.

Eligibility Criteria

• You must be new to the festival community.
• You must be planning an event highlighting an under-represented history.
• They will prioritise applications from:
  • individuals from a Global Majority background,
  • individuals aged 18 – 30,
  • organisations/groups that are led by anyone from these backgrounds (CEO/director/leader or more than 50% of staff/volunteers),
  • individuals/organisations co-creating with anyone from the above backgrounds.

For more information, visit Heritage Open Days.