Opportunities Board
We keep this page updated to share external opportunities available for members relating to: funding, grants, bursaries, events, courses, development programmes, artists calls, residencies and jobs.
Head to our National Funding Bodies and Trusts resource to find out more about large funding pots and rolling national funds.
If you have an opportunity to share, please contact: [email protected].
Promoters: Opportunities
Theatres Trust: Small Grants programme (Deadline 26 June)
The Theatres Trust’s Small Grants programme provides grants of up to £7,500 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future. Find out more.
Theatres Trust: Theatre Improvement Scheme (Deadline September)
The Theatres Trust has a Theatre Improvement Scheme. Find out more.
Performers: Opportunities
EPAD Supported Residencies (Deadline 4 May)
The aim of this programme is to make it easier for Edinburgh’s performing artists to develop their work locally and to create a meaningful connection to the city’s venues. Find out more.
Cove Park: Creative residencies for carers (Deadline 8 May)
Cove Park, the international residency in Argyll, currently a call for creative residencies for carers. Find out more.
Classical EDI Development Programme (Deadline 11 May)
The initiative is designed to support individuals to develop ideas, methods, and connections that foster EDI (Equalities, Diversity, and Inclusion) within Scotland’s classical music sector. Find out more.
Birds of Paradise Young Artists – Theatre Makers (Deadline 17 May)
BOP Young Artists (Theatre-Makers) will see up to 12 D/deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent young creatives aged 18-25 work together (with support from highly experienced BOP staff) to devise, create and stage an exciting new piece of theatre with accessibility creatively embedded into the production. Find out more.
SMHAF Regional Participatory Arts Fund (Deadline 29 May)
Small grants scheme to support participatory arts projects taking place as part of our Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2026 programme. This year, our grants will be awarded to applicants in Perth, Stirling, and towns and rural areas across Scotland. Find out more.
anam creative: (in)dustry project (Deadline 3 June)
(in)dustry is a nine-month remote project from anam creative that will support five young creatives aged 18-25 (or up to 30 if d/Deaf, neurodivergent or Disabled) from underrepresented backgrounds, based in Scotland but living outside of the central belt (Glasgow & Edinburgh). This project will support participants to develop sustainable businesses and freelance practices within the music industries. This can include, but is not limited to, areas such as design, videography, photography, music management, promotion, events, booking, running a record label, live sound, and not-for-profit work. Find out more.
Manipulate Arts Creative Fund (Deadline 4 June)
Supports Scotland‑based artists developing new work in visual performance, puppetry and object theatre. It offers seed funding, rehearsal space and mentorship to help artists explore early‑stage ideas and take a meaningful step forward in their practice. Find out more.
Cove Park: Open residencies (Rolling)
Cove Park’s Open Residencies (known formerly as Independently-Funded Residencies) provide opportunities for those with their own funding to take part in Cove Park’s annual programme. Find out more.
Promoters and Performers: Opportunities
Traditional Arts and Culture Fund (Deadline for round 2: 11 May)
Applications to the Traditional Arts and Culture Fund are welcome from both organisations and individuals. The fund is designed to support traditional artists and organisations to create, perform, tour, and showcase work, as well as to develop professional skills and learning opportunities. The fund offers small grants of up to £1,200. Find out more.
Imaginate Go and See Fund (Rolling)
The Go & See Fund is open all year, covering the costs of show tickets for freelancers based in Scotland working in the young audiences sector. The Go & See Fund is open to all freelancers involved in making things happen in the theatre and dance for young audiences sector in Scotland including performance makers, production staff, composers, designers and producers. Find out more.
Jobs and Board Vacancies
Got a job or board vacancy to share? Let us know! Contact: [email protected].
Events and Courses
The Standards PLUS course: Excelling at being inclusive: Starts 5 May
Run by the Family Arts Campaign, this is a new family-friendly and age-friendly online training course. The course is designed to support you to excel at meeting the national accreditations for family-friendliness and age-friendliness in arts provisions. You can take both modules, or choose to focus on excelling at being family-friendly or age-friendly. Course begins on 5 May. Find out more.
Creating community: village halls and community spaces: 27 May
This one-day conference in Glasgow will allow people running village and community halls across Scotland to connect, share ideas, and inspire each other. Find out more.