A grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries. With grants of up to £2,500, beneficiaries will be able to work with a consultant to build meaningful connections and create opportunities for business growth. The grants can be used to subsidise the cost of working with an expert to support companies’ specific goals including business planning and strategy as well as offering other specialist expertise, knowledge or contacts.

The Arts & Culture Impact Fund offers secured and unsecured finance between £150,000 and £1,000,000 with repayment term available until May 2032 and interest rates ranging between 3% and 8.5%. That can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams.

You may be an emerging creative and cultural practitioner all the way up to an international touring company. Your project may be creating new work, reaching new audiences, research and development, a tour or something totally different. Projects can range from creating and delivering creative and cultural activity to projects which have a longer term positive impact, such as organisational development, research and development, and sector support activity. We can make grants between £1,000 and £100,000+. For projects up to three years in length

A grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries. With grants of up to £2,500, beneficiaries will be able to work with a consultant to build meaningful connections and create opportunities for business growth. We will consider companies working with on screen content that tells a story in order to entertain an audience. This includes those working in film, TV, animation, games and immersive media, tech platforms with a narrative focus; and where the content is consumed on screen.

Supporting R&D invested creative businesses explore European markets, partnerships, funding & showcasing opportunities. Funded trip to Laval Virtual 2026 to showcase your innovation, showcase development support, curated introductions to European funders, investors and R&D networks.

Innovate UK programme designed to help growth-oriented start-ups from seed to Series A. This Innovate UK Growth Catalyst competition combines grant funding, aligned private investment and structured support services to help innovators progress through key growth milestones. Growth Catalyst offers a tailored package of funding and support to help you accelerate your journey to scale by: Progressing your innovation toward market readiness. Securing aligned private investment. Strengthening your business model, operations, and investment readiness. Your project must fall into one of the following categories: 1) Feasibility studies. Total project costs: £50,000 to £300,000.Duration: 6 to 12 months. Grant funding: up to 70% of costs. 2) Industrial research. Total project costs: £100,000 to £1million. Duration: 6 to 24 months. Grant funding: up to 70% of costs

Women founders or co-founders of UK registered SMEs can apply for a package of support that includes a grant of up to £75,000 and bespoke business support, to further their ambitious growth plans. Your total project costs will be eligible for up to 100% funding subject to MFA subsidy rules. Your total grant funding request must not exceed £75,000. A proportion of highly commended applicants who have not been awarded grant funding in this competition will be offered bespoke business support for 12 months. Sectors: Agrifood, Biotech, Digital, Electronics, Energy, Health, Manufacturing, Materials, Quantum, Robotics & AI, Sustainability, Transport. Whose innovation aligns with one of the following high growth sectors defined in the UK’s Industrial Strategy; Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Technologies and Life Sciences.

Research and Development (R&D) projects are typically where a person develops a new idea or explores a new way of working. We know that an R&D project can have a significant, positive effect on an individual’s work, which in turn helps to create a world class cultural sector.

DCMS has announced continued support for the UK Games Fund as part of a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors. This funding will offer £50,000 – £150,000 commercial games-for-entertainment content grants. Funding being required to support a mix of existing and/or new employees, alongside a lesser proportion of contracting, and a clear explanation of the development approach in terms of the planned physical location/s of work in the UK and access to talent. Prototype in place, IP owned by the applicant or licensed on terms that are aligned with the project’s long- term requirements. Your project must not include gambling elements or mechanisms which could be perceived as such.

Attendance at an eligible showcase/festival event with an interactive/immersive/XR project for XR creatives. Grants will contribute towards travel and accommodation costs and for selected set-up costs related to XR works. Priority given to filmmakers/creatives and projects who have not previously received a British Council Travel Grant. There is no deadline for Travel Grant funding applications - they can be made on a rolling basis. Applicants will be required to complete an online application form and provide evidence of an invitation to the Event.

We are evaluating projects of all types across Roblox, Fortnite, and other UGC Gaming platforms! What we are looking for is a strong POV on why your game idea will delight audiences and how it will offer the community something new and amazing that can last for years to come! We are interested in funding projects from concepts all the way to games currently live.