National Lottery grants of up to £75,000 available for arts groups

6 May 2026

Applications are open for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s National Lottery Project Funding programme.

Grants of £10,001 – £75,000 are available for one-year arts projects which contribute to the growth of arts in the community for new and existing audiences, and which reflect the diversity of Northern Ireland’s society and culture.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon, 1 June 2026.

The funding will support activities which benefit the people of Northern Ireland or that help arts organisations based in Northern Ireland to carry out their work.

In addition, the National Lottery Project Funding programme will support projects which:

• encourage the involvement of children and young people, older people, or people with disabilities with organisations and artists of the very highest professional standards across the disciplines
• encourage proposals which will deliver high quality programming in rural areas
• encourage the involvement of, and applications with a focus on minority ethnic artists, D/deaf, neurodiverse and disabled artists, emerging artists, working-class artists, and LGBTQIA artists
• promote innovative, original work by Northern Ireland artists across all artforms.