MICRO GRANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL FOLK ARTISTS
Thanks to a donation from Conrad and Jennifer Bailey we are delighted to announce a third year of the Micro Grants Programme for Professional Folk Artists who live and work in England. Please see below for the 2023 awards.
Six grants of £500 have offered to folk artists to support anything that will help their professional career development.
This could be:
- Time to develop creative projects
- Support for the production of new albums
- Instrument purchase
- Technical equipment purchase (eg portable sound equipment
- Other training and development activities (including courses)
This list is not exhaustive
Applicants are at any stage of their career but must be working as a professional artist in the folk arts (eg music and/or dance). Applications were accepted from individuals and groups of artists. The maximum award to each successful application is £500, regardless of the number of artists involved in the application.
For queries, please contact
Micro Grants for 2023 have been awarded to:

Mishra & Deepa Nair Rasiya
Nat Brookes

Georgie Buchanan

Johnny Campbell

Madame Ceski

Archie Churchill-Moss
Please see the news page for more infomation.
Previous Award Recipients
2022
- Christina Alden and Alex Patterson
- Germa Adan
- Lambrego
- Finn Collinson
- Miranda Rutter
- Simon Roth
- Richard O’Neill & George Hoyle
- Mike Ruff
Please see the news page for more infomation.
2021
- Kate Griffin
- Jim Ghedi
- Amy Hollinrake
- Harbottle and Jonas
- Matthew Boulter
- Granny’s Attic
- Hazel Askew
- Oliver Cross
- Heather Ferrier
Please see the news page for more infomation.