Funding and Creative Opportunities in South Wales
If you're a creative practitioner, artist, or part of a cultural organisation, 2025 offers a wide range of funding opportunities to support artistic development, collaboration, and innovation. From small grants for community building to substantial funding for immersive technology or international partnerships, here’s a round-up of key funds currently available across Wales and the UK.
Wales-Québec Joint Call for Proposals - Welsh Government
Deadline: 17 August 2025 at 23:59
This cross-government initiative supports joint projects between organisations based in Wales and Québec. It encourages collaborations in the arts, culture, education, science, and innovation. Ideal for developing creative or research-based partnerships with an international scope.
Who it’s for: Welsh and Québec organisations working on collaborative projects.
https://www.gov.wales/funding-wales-quebec-joint-call-for-proposals-2025
Create - Arts Council of Wales
Large Create deadline: 20 August 2025 at 13:00
Small Create: rolling applications, no fixed deadline
The Create fund supports high-quality public-facing arts projects and aims to nurture creative talent, promote equality and diversity, and strengthen sector resilience across Wales.
Small Create is designed for early-stage or smaller-scale projects. It operates on a rolling basis with no fixed deadlines, but applicants must apply at least eight working weeks before their project starts.
Large Create supports more ambitious projects and has fixed deadlines, with the next application closing on 20 August 2025. Applicants must allow at least ten working weeks between the deadline and project start date.
Who it’s for: Individuals and organisations in Wales delivering public-facing creative projects at any scale.
https://celf.cymru/funding/create
Sharing Together - Arts Council of Wales
Deadline: 3 September 2025 at 12:00 noon
This fund provides up to £2,500 for building or strengthening creative networks. It's focused on promoting peer support, learning, and collaboration—particularly among underrepresented groups including Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, and ethnically diverse creatives.
Who it’s for: Artists and collectives looking to connect, collaborate and build inclusive networks.
https://arts.wales/news-jobs-opportunities/sharing-together-funding-encourage-creative-networks
Immersive Arts Funding
Deadline: 29 September 2025 at 14:00
Access support deadline: 1 September 2025
Immersive Arts offers three levels of funding for artists working with immersive technologies like virtual, augmented or extended reality. The funding tiers; Explore (£5k), Experiment (£20k), and Expand (£50k), are designed to support projects at various stages of development.
Who it’s for: UK-based artists and creative technologists experimenting with immersive media.
https://immersivearts.uk/funding/
Creative Steps for Individuals - Arts Council of Wales
Next deadline: 25th September at 12pm
Creative Steps provides support to individual creatives from underrepresented backgrounds, including those who are ethnically diverse, Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent. It can fund mentoring, training, testing ideas, or creating new work.
Who it’s for: Individual artists in Wales facing structural or access-related barriers.
https://arts.wales/funding/individuals/creative-steps-for-individuals
Support for Studios in Wales - Creative Wales
Deadline: 1 December 2025 at 12:00 noon
This targeted fund helps studios in Wales facing increased Non-Domestic Rating (NDR) liabilities due to the 2023 revaluation. It ensures eligible studios pay no more than 60% of their gross NDR liability by offsetting the excess via a grant.
Who it’s for: Wales-based film or TV studios that have seen an NDR increase of over 50% and operated since before April 2023
https://www.creative.wales/support-for-studios
BFI Industry Funding - UK Wide
Various deadlines (rolling and reopening)
The British Film Institute (BFI) offers several funding streams for short films, features, and documentaries. Opportunities focus on emerging talent and underrepresented voices. For example, the Doc Society Features Fund (for non-fiction films) is expected to reopen in July 2025, and others run throughout the year.
Who it’s for: UK filmmakers, storytellers, and production companies at any stage.
