The Somerset Arts and Heritage Fund
We created The Somerset Arts and Heritage Fund to raise vital funds and increase access to arts and heritage for people in Somerset, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. By supporting this Collective Giving Fund, you’ll join others to make a greater impact with your giving.
Together, we can provide more opportunities for local people to experience our heritage, explore creative talents and improve wellbeing.
Our funding priorities
Our Fund is guided by research and shaped by listening to people working across arts and heritage in Somerset.
As a result, we’re committed to these 3 priorities:
- Caring for our local heritage and helping people understand their place in Somerset’s rich history.
- Increasing opportunities for people to explore their creative talents across the arts.
- Ensuring communities enjoy a rich cultural life that can be experienced by all, particularly for communities that have been underserved in the past.
Why we need your help
Somerset is a creative county rich in history. But funding cuts mean local arts organisations are battling to survive. Without change, we risk talented young people failing to connect with the kind of culture and heritage that nurtures opportunity and changes lives.
Here in Somerset:
- Arts funding has dropped by 74% in just 3 years.
- We get less than half the arts funding per person compared to England.
- Heritage funding is 29% lower than in England.
Talk to us about the Somerset Arts and Heritage Fund
If you’d like to know more about The Somerset Arts and Heritage Fund and how you, your company or charitable trust could support the Fund, get in touch. We’d be delighted to tell you more.
Arts funding has dropped by 74% in just 3 years.
We’ve received several grants from SCF that helped us bring people together to share ideas and create their own work. We want people to understand that creativity doesn’t have to be the preserve of a particular group, but is open to everyone.
Sasha
Artistic Director, Bluebirds Theatre Company
