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Wakefield Council’s Culture Grants 2026 are open, and this year’s grants are here to help communities and VCSE organisations bring creative ideas to life across our district.
Three grant strands are available:
The grants support groups to co-produce creative and heritage projects by Wakefield communities. Do you dream of running an inspiring sculpture workshop in your neighbourhood park? Creating a new exhibition of work to celebrate local heritage? Activities to boost health and wellbeing through music, performance, or creative writing? This is your chance to make it happen in your community.
Culture Grants 2026 are supported by the West Yorkshire’s Combined Authority’s ‘Seasons of Culture -Nature 2026’. Applications to Culture Grants Medium and Large must respond to one of three themes – Creative Wellbeing, Creativity and Nature, and New Creative Work. These themes are outlined in full within the application guidance found on the Culture Grants website.
Application deadlines for Culture Grants Small are:
Application deadlines for Culture Grants Medium and Large are:
For more information on how to apply, and to find helpful guidance, click 'more information' below.
History in the Making is a grant that enables underrepresented young people (aged 13-25) to discover, engage, and connect with their local stories and ensure the history that matters to them is not forgotten.
Grants for registered charities and social enterprises to support women aged 18+ in, and at risk of escalating within, the criminal justice system.
Funding for user-led organisations to support training for individual employers (with respect to adult social care) and their personal assistants. Examples are mental health awareness, dementia training and first aid.
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