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Amazon’s Annual Regional Creatives Fund Accepting UK Applications

For a second year in a row, Amazon is providing grant funding to help widen access to creative industry careers for people in underserved communities across the UK.

The funding is aimed at small-to-medium-size single charities, CICs, CIOs and regional consortiums that already run established creative upskilling activity and want to grow, maintain or reimagine existing delivery. Applicants are expected to show measurable impact to date and provide clear plans for how the money will improve or extend work already underway, rather than create a new project.

The following grant tiers are available this year:

  • Boost grants range from £1,000 to £5,000
  • Sustain grants from £5,001 to £12,000
  • Strengthen grants from £12,001 to £20,000
  • Scale grants from £20,001 to £30,000. 
  • Consortium grants of up to £100,000.

Eligible applicants must be UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations or Community Interest Companies with a physical operation in the UK. They must have an annual income below £5 million, or in a consortium, below £5 million per organisation.

The Regional Creatives Fund welcomes applications from organisations working across the creative industries, including:

  • Music — performance, production, artist development, sound engineering, music business.
  • Performing Arts and Live Events — theatre, live performance, events production, stage management, technical production.
  • Screen and Audio — film, TV, animation, podcasting, radio, audio production.
  • Digital and Interactive — gaming, XR, AI-enabled creative tools, digital design, social media production.
  • Publishing and Communications — books, journalism, copywriting, PR, advertising, podcasting.
  • Fashion, Craft and Visual Arts — fashion, textiles, fine art, illustration, photography, graphic design.
  • Comedy — stand-up, sketch, sitcom, comedy writing, character comedy.
  • Cross-disciplinary — projects that genuinely span two or more of the above.
  • Other — creative industries where a strong fit is demonstrated.

In addition to financial support, recipients may be offered pro bono upskilling from Amazon professionals, which may include mentoring, work experience, placement opportunities or legal advice.

The deadline for applications is 2 August 2026 (midnight).

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