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.