Deadline: 6-Jun-25
The Theatres Trust’s Small Grants Programme is supported by The Linbury Trust to fund small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences.
Funding Information
- This scheme provides grants of up to £7,500 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future.
What they hope to fund?
- This scheme will prioritise improvements to theatre buildings to protect live performance use and remove barriers to participation and attendance. Priority will also be given to projects where the grant is the sole external funder and/or achievable within the total fund awarded. The fund is intended to support:
- improvements and repairs to building fabric
- purchase of key plant and machinery
- purchase of capital items that improve physical access and the audience/participant experience
- purchase of equipment to improve digital access.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply to the scheme, applicants must demonstrate that they:
- own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than five years on buildings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- run a year-round programme of live performance, of no less than 30 performances a year
- have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide certified or audited accounts for at least two years
- To be eligible, venues must:
- Be a not-for-profit organisation. This can include local authorities or Town and Borough Councils that own and/or operate a venue.
- Present at least 30 performances of live public performance (theatre, dance, comedy, musicals) each year.
- Have the permission of the property owner to do the work required.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They cannot fund:
- Venues that are primarily cinemas or music venues.
- Works that have already started or are due to start before a decision about the funding is made.
- Revenue costs, including loss of earnings, staff time and training costs.
- Loss of income related to project installation.
- The cost of building surveys or reports.
For more information, visit Theatres Trust.
