{"id":63216,"date":"2025-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/?p=63216"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:57:08","slug":"grand-plan-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/opportunities\/grand-plan-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Plan Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5f079da5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0.4rem;padding-bottom:0.4rem\"><strong>Grand Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e406bfd8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e406bfd8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-126f5e1c870e3fedff1e8857629bdcbe has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4e74fbfd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:6px;background-color:#48ae34;padding-top:0.3rem;padding-right:0.5rem;padding-bottom:0.3rem;padding-left:0.5rem\">\n<p>Free to apply<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-5-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-5-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:0.6rem;margin-bottom:0.6rem\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-35904e51 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-17124a9a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"opp_deadline has-small-font-size\">Closing: <strong><strong><strong><strong>Rolling Deadline<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a31,000 grants for people of colour (aged 18+) based in the UK for any creative project where \u00a31,000 would make a significant difference. Open to individuals, duos, groups, or collectives of colour (not registered companies or charities) at any career stage. The fund supports creativity in all forms including poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, photographs, workshops, events, and more. Grants cover equipment, courses, time, materials, travel, and project needs. The fund won&#8217;t part-fund projects where \u00a31,000 doesn&#8217;t cover the majority of costs, or where company running costs, marketing, or university projects are a large proportion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple three-stage application: five quick eligibility questions, questions about you and your project (with rough budget breakdown showing how \u00a31,000 will be spent), and voluntary anonymous monitoring. Applications assessed by independent judges reviewing approximately 900-1,100 submissions per round, awarding around 20 grants per round (1 in 50 chance). Judges prioritise a clear sense of who you are and why you&#8217;re doing this, realistic budget, and projects unlikely to get funding elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Successful applicants asked to complete project within 6 months, share realised work (no fixed deadlines), and credit Grand Plan publicly. Rolling deadlines &#8211; Apply by 4th December &#8217;25 for 22nd December result; applications after 4th December receive results on 20th March &#8217;26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b03bdb05 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandplanfund.co.uk\/apply?utm_source=zealous.co&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=opportunities_blogroll\">Apply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Plan offers \u00a31,000 grants to people of colour (18+) in UK for creative projects. Supports all art forms from poetry to workshops. Simple application, no-fuss process. Rolling deadlines with decisions 22nd December or 20th March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-post-opportunity","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}