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Theatres Trust's Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, funds small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences.

This scheme will prioritise improvements to theatre buildings to protect live performance use and remove barriers to participation and attendance. Priority will also be given to projects where the grant is the sole external funder and/or achievable within the total fund awarded. The fund is intended to support:

• improvements and repairs to building fabric
• purchase of key plant and machinery
• purchase of capital items that improve physical access and the audience/participant experience
• purchase of equipment to improve digital access.

Previous awards have been issued to venues to improve access and mobility, and building energy efficiency.

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Geographical areas funded: UK

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital

Fund award sizes

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Who can apply

To be eligible, venues must:

• Be a not-for-profit organisation. This can include local authorities or Town and Borough Councils that own and/or operate a venue, and volunteer-run venues.
• Present at least 30 performances of live public performance (theatre, dance, comedy, musicals) each year.
• Have a lease with at least five years left to run.
• Have the permission of the property owner to do the work required.

When to apply

Apply now. Deadline for this round is 5pm on Friday 6 June 2025.

The next round will have a deadline in January 2026 (date tbc).

Next deadline: 6 Jun 2025

How to apply

Apply online via the Trust's website. They welcome pre-application discussions.

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Activites funded: Arts and culture Heritage and building preservation

Beneficiaries funded: General public

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