About
The Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation was established to honour the life and work of photographer and artist Richard Coward. The Foundation offers grants of up to £1,500 to promote the use of analogue photography and support the provision of community photography to improve the health and well-being of children and young people under 25. Since 2018, the Foundation has issued grants to individuals and small organizations supporting a wide range of photographic projects. Richard Coward's photographic work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.
Funding Opportunities
Grants for Community Photography
The Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation offers grants of between £500 and £1,500 to support participatory photography projects that seek to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under 25. The scheme funds organized activities that allow participants hands-on experience of photographic techniques, with the ultimate aim of achieving a beneficial therapeutic effect on their physical and/or mental health and wellbeing. Projects can use either digital or analogue photography and might include activities such as outings with a photographer to learn picture-taking, darkroom experiences, creating images using techniques like cyanotype or pinhole cameras, and learning printing techniques using a range of media. Projects might be a single workshop or event, or a programme of linked activities involving participants working solo or in groups. A project for which a grant is sought should not have already started, though it may be a phase of a longer-term programme or part of a wider project. Projects are normally expected to last no longer than one year and be implementable within the year of the grant being awarded. The next round of grants will open for applications on 16th June 2026, with a closing date of 30th September 2026.
Grants for Analogue Photography
The Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation offers grants of £500 - £1,500 to support photographers in projects where analogue techniques are central to implementation. The scheme funds projects which promote, preserve, develop or practise the art and techniques of analogue photography and support learning in analogue photographic techniques. Analogue photography is defined as predominantly film-based processes used before digital photography, including 35mm and medium format film, wet plate collodion, polaroid, tintype, slide transparency, pinhole camera photography and camera-less processes like photogram or cyanotype. The Foundation welcomes applications from photographers at all career stages, including individuals, partnerships, or groups coming together for project duration. Projects must take place in the UK and normally be expected to last up to one year's duration. The Foundation gives preference to projects which explore, expand and experiment with analogue techniques, push boundaries, and demonstrate creativity and imagination. Successful projects typically preserve or revitalise traditional analogue photographic techniques, develop analogue techniques in creative or innovative ways, share learning and skills in analogue photography practice, and raise public awareness of analogue photography as an art-form. The Foundation can fund up to 100% of costs but normally expects its contribution to be matched by other funding or in-kind contributions.
At a Glance
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- Source Domain
- cowardphotography.org
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