Culture Grants Medium are open to applications from individual creatives, charities, CICs and other organisations. The grants support medium-scale creative, cultural and heritage activities.

Culture Grants Medium application deadlines are:
  • Round 1 – Monday 13 April 2026
  • Round 2 - Monday 13 July 2026
All eligible applications will be assessed at a decision panel. Decisions will be announced 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.

Please review our application guidance on our webpages before applying.
Confirmation of Eligibility

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* 1. Culture Grants Medium can only fund certain individuals, groups and activities. Please review our full Eligibility Criteria which can be found on the application guidance page.

Do you agree to the terms and conditions of the grant funding? Please sign below to confirm that you have reviewed our Eligibility Criteria and are eligible to apply for and receive Culture Grants funding:

Please Note: If an applicant is not eligible, the application should not continue and / or any data subsequently collected will be deleted.
Applicant Information

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* 2. Individual / Organisation's Name

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* 3. Charity Number / Company Number (if applicable)

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* 4. Public Liability Insurance Number

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* 5. Main Contact's Name

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* 6. Individual / Organisation's Address

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* 7. Wakefield District Ward. Please use Wakefield Council's online tool 'Where I Live' to check your ward if you are unsure: wakefield.gov.uk/site/where-i-live

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* 8. Telephone Number

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* 9. Email Address

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* 10. Website/Social Media Accounts

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* 11. Tell us briefly about yourself if you are an individual creative, or about your organisation: What are your main aims and activities? Do you have experience delivering similar projects?

Please write below up to 1000 characters.

Project Information

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* 12. How much are you applying to Culture Grants for? (Grant amount available: £1,500 to £5,000)

Project Timeline

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* 13. Project start date

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* 14. Project end date
(Projects must be completed and evaluated by 28 February 2027)

Project Milestones

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* 15. Provide your project timeline / dates proposed for your project i.e. exhibition dates, workshop dates etc.

Project Details

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* 16. Name of project

Name of your project, or working title

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* 17. Which of the three Culture Grants 2026 Themes does your project relate to?
  • Creative Wellbeing
  • Creativity and Nature
  • New Creative Work
Full details of each theme can be found in our Application Guidance.

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* 18. How does your project align with the chosen Culture Grants 2026 Theme?

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* 19. What are you planning to do, and what will people experience?

Provide a clear description of the activities and the project’s overall goals, and how you will make it happen? How many workshop sessions, or exhibition days etc.?

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 20. Please describe who your project is for, and how will it benefit them?

Will you engage with an audience, participants and / or creatives? Are they targeted with a specific age range or location etc? What impact will be made?


Please write below up to 2500 characters

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* 21. Who is involved in delivering your project?

Do you have any partners? What is their relevant recent experience?

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 22. How will you ensure your project is inclusive and accessible?

Please write below up to 2500 characters.

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* 23. How many people of the following types do you predict will benefit from your proposed project?

Creatives

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* 24. Volunteers

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* 25. Participants

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* 26. Audience

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* 27. Online Reach

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* 28. Which Ward(s) will your activity take place in?

e.g. Airedale and Ferry Fryston, Featherstone, Knottingley, South Elmsall and South Kirkby etc.

Please use Wakefield Council’s online tool ‘Where I Live’ to check your activity ward(s) if you are unsure: www.wakefield.gov.uk/site/where-i-live

Match Funding
If you are applying for our grant to be match funding for an application to a national funder, please complete the following section. If not, please go to the next section.

Please provide us with your full application form to the national funder and evidence of their receipt via email to: culturegrants@wakefield.gov.uk

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* 29. How much are you applying for, and from which national funder?

i.e. £15k from Arts Council England.

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* 30. Please outline what our support will make happen as part of the overall project.

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* 31. What is your application timeline for the national funder, and when do you estimate you will know the outcome?

Budget
Project Costs

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* 32. Please provide details of individual costs for the delivery of the project e.g. creative fees, materials, access costs, equipment, project management and support etc.

We cannot support more than 10% of your overall ask for equipment hire or purchase, or for food and refreshments.

Please list the budget items below.

e.g. Creative Fee - 2 days at £150 per day = £300

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* 33. Project Costs Total

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* 34. Additional income / in-kind support

If our grant does not cover 100% of your costs, how will you fund the remainder? Include other grants, fundraising, commercial income, or in-kind contributions.

Please list the additional income / in-kind items below.
e.g. Room hire in-kind - £20 per day x 10 days = £200

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* 35. Overall Project Total

Data Protection Statement

Wakefield Council will use this information to process your application to Culture Grants. The information you share will be assessed to see if you are eligible to apply, and for us to get in contact with you regarding your application process. Your personal information will be held securely on a third-party platform for 6 years if successful, and 1 year if unsuccessful and will not be shared unless provided for by law.

The Council may also share your personal information for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection, or prosecution of criminal offences, but will not share your personal information, or use it for another purpose unless provided for by law.

More detailed information about the Council’s handling of your personal data can be found in its privacy policy, available online at www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureGrants or on request.

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* 36. Please confirm that you agree with the following statement:
'The information I have provided is correct and I understand that my data will be used as described in the fair usage statement.’

Note: where a respondent disagrees with the fair usage statement, the application should not continue and / or any data subsequently collected will be deleted.

Thank you for completing this application form.

Alongside this form, please submit the following to culturegrants@wakefield.gov.uk
  • Signed and dated constitution or governing document (if applicable)
  • Completed Equalities Monitoring Form (optional)
  • Application to national funder (if applying for match funding)
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