Renfrewshire Council – Cultural Organisations Fund
Closing date 20 May 2025
The Cultural Organisations Fund (COF) supports established local organisations to undertake programmes of creative and cultural activity that delivers public benefit and aligns with the council’s strategic aims for culture.
The objectives of the fund are to:
- enable cultural organisations to deliver long-term engagement with the arts, culture, and heritage through engaging and innovative programming
- strengthen organisational sustainability that continues to raise cultural ambition in Renfrewshire
- support organisations which have an ongoing commitment to diversifying and expanding cultural participation.
Funding can be used to undertake programmes of creative and culture activity including:
- promoting local culture and history from across the region
- improving the wellbeing of communities through engagement in cultural activity
- producing innovative cultural experiences in Renfrewshire for residents and visitors
- revitalising civic spaces in Renfrewshire’s town centres through cultural production
- offering employment opportunities that demonstrate Renfrewshire’s cultural sector as a positive place to work.
The funding period is from 17 July 2025 to 14 March 2028, and the fund can be used across 3 financial years.
Apply online via the Council website.
renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/14530/Cultural-Organisations-Fund-COF