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London Growth Hub
Find support for your business from free workshops and webinars to advice on how to grow your business.
The Economic Resilience Fund
The first round of the Economic Resilience Fund has closed but a second round of the grant will open in 2021. Sign-up to updates on the Lambeth website to find out first when the applications open.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021
The New Contemporaries 2021 Programme includes the opportunity to exhibit as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021 at First Site Colchester and the South London Gallery; participating in our Bridget Riley Artists’ Professional Development Programme; contributing to our Digital Programme; and become part of the alumni network.⠀
Creative Lives in Progress
Check out Creative Lives in Progress (formerly lecture in progress) for helpful information, tools and recommendations, from inspiring podcasts and documentaries to the latest funding schemes to apply to.
Age UK Lambeth and Integrate have partnered to provide a VCSE offer for the Kickstart Scheme
Could you offer a young person a six month paid work experience, through the Government's Kickstart programme? The Kickstart scheme is designed to help young people (16-24) who are currently on universal credit to develop the skills and experience they need to find work, through valuable 6 month job placements. Through the scheme, the Government is funding 100% of every placement and offering grants of £1,500 per role to cover the cost of training and employability support. Age UK Lambeth and Integrate have partnered to be a Kickstart gateway for the programme and propose to coordinate a bid on behalf of local organisations who are able to offer fewer than 30 placements. They are inviting employers with the potential to offer high quality, six month work placement(s) to apply to them.
National Lottery Project Grants
The open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects from the National Lottery is available to Individual artists and practitioners, community and cultural organisations, museums and libraries. You can apply for projects that engage people in England with creativity and culture.
RE–SET–GO
RE–SET–GO training programme for young architects – 1-to-1 mentoring sessions and CV surgeries available to book now.
Powered by We Made That, a series of 80 free, regular and bookable slots with London Practice Forum architecture practices are on offer between now and June 2021 and can be easily booked through eventbrite.
TalentPath by LDN Apprenticeships
Start a rewarding career in a high potential industry. TalentPath offers completely free Salesforce training for South Londoners. Whether you are looking for a new opportunity, or just starting out on your career journey, our aim is to help you to start a rewarding and successful career in the Salesforce ecosystem.
Our intensive two-week boot camp will introduce you to the world of Salesforce.com. We will help you to understand the platform, its potential and what it takes to secure employment in the rapidly growing Salesforce ecosystem. Our experienced and engaging Salesforce Trainers will help you to prepare for and pass the Salesforce Certified Administrator exam. This is the gateway to work in the Salesforce ecosystem and a highly sought after qualification for Salesforce employers.
Creative Debuts - Black Artists Grant
This Creative Debut grant is a monthly £1,500 given out to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.
Creative Industries Federation
The Creative Industries Federation is a membership body that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries. Through their network of member organisations, they take on influential policy and advocacy work and have a UK-wide events programme, bringing together the many sectors that make up the creative industries.
Youth Opportunities Fund
Lambeth have launched a new 'Youth Opportunities' Fund, a collective fund that will sit at arms length from the council and focus on raising funds for the youth sector and organisations working with young people in Lambeth. They are currently collecting donations for the fund.
Brixton BID
Brixton BID is the local business improvement district. The bid share up-to-date information for businesses and local business news. They also offer events and training for bid members.
The London Community Response Fund
London’s funders are working together to provide coordinated funding to support groups responding to the needs of communities in the capital affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy
Arts fundraising and philanthropy have a rolling collection of training courses, events and funding opportunities.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation have small grants between £2,000 and £10,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must have a focus on Community Support, with a preference for front line organisations working directly with people in need.
AD-Cademy
The AD-Cademy trains under-represented talent for the media and advertising industries. They have a new 8 week online course for 18-25 year olds opening in February 2021. The academy offers under-represented talent a way of breaking into the Advertising, Marketing, Creative and Tech Industries, through the free online course, young people will develop all the relevant skills needed in order to boost employability, and take on the wonderful world of advertising.
