FUNDING

Want to make creative and cultural things happen in Gloucester? Together Gloucester has pots of funding to empower communities to put on activities and events that matter to them.


Up to £1,000 to explore ideas for events, groups and activities or to add that “dream thing” to something you’re already doing.

£1,001 – £12,000 to create or develop significant events, projects or programmes that enable residents and visitors to Gloucester take part in and experience relevant cultural activity.


PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN ROUND 3, APRIL 2025 

Animate: Explore (up to £1,000)  

  • Over 60s Bollywood Club   
  • Roots Acoustic Cafe – Second Thursday of each month  
  • Tredworth Street Party   
  • Westgate Art for Wellbeing 

Animate: Grow (£1,001 – £12,000)  

  • Arts Diverse-City CIC: Changes in Waves: Windrush   
  • Chispa – Gloucester Skate Park Project    
  • GL4 – Outdoor Summer Circus Event  
  • Gloucester Civic Trust: Exploring Textiles at The Folk  
  • GlosJam – Jamaica Independence & Family Day Celebrations  
  • Polish Association Gloucestershire – Polish Heritage Day 2025  
  • Pride in Gloucestershire  
  • The Music Works – Gloucester Young Producers  
  • The Venture Community Hub – Cultural Connections  
  • Your Next Move – What’s Your Style? 

Previously supported projects include:

  • Pride in Gloucestershire 2024 
  • GAWP! 2024 – G.A.S.P. (Gloucestershire Arts and Social Projects) 
  • Barton & Tredworth Cultural Fayre 
  • Matson Music & Food Festival 
  • Skate Festival Summer Jam 
  • Mini Cultural Arts Festival – Blackbridge Charitable Community benefit Society 
  • Storytelling Café 
  • Beyond the Platform – Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership 
  • Gloucester Open 2024 – Gloucestershire Contemporary Artists  
  • Creating through Grief – GL4 CIC 
  • Allotment Gallery – Fairshares Gloucester 
  • Voices Gloucester 
  • Bar Park Opening Event – Chispa CIC  
  • She Spoke Shayri