Culture Grants Medium
Medium grants support up to £5,000. They are open to applications from individuals, charities, CICs, and other organisations to support medium-scale creative, cultural and heritage activities. Constituted community groups are not eligible to apply.
Applications must respond to one of the three Culture Grants 2026 themes – Creative Wellbeing, Creativity and Nature, and New Creative Work. These themes are outlined fully in the application guidance.
These grants can support as match funding towards a larger grant application to a local, regional, or national funder.
Medium grant application deadlines are:
- Round 1 – Monday 13 April 2026
- Round 2 - Monday 13 July 2026
Decisions will be announced 8 weeks after each deadline, followed by a 2-week period for contracting and finance arrangements. Please note that this could mean up to 10 weeks between application and a project beginning.
How to apply
Please review our application guidance before applying.
Applications will only be accepted via the application form for the relevant grant strand (word document or e-form). We do not accept supplementary documents or files alongside your application form.
If you need to apply via video or audio file due to access needs, please contact us at culturegrants@wakefield.gov.uk to discuss how this can be sent to us.
To apply to Culture Grants Medium, please complete the:
We would be grateful if you could complete our Equalities Monitoring Form. While it is optional, the form is anonymous and helps us better understand and support our applicants.
Project reporting
All supported Culture Grants Medium projects will need to complete an interim report 30% of the way through. They will also submit an evaluation form at the end of the project.
The following forms are examples of the reporting required: