Gloucester Culture Trust

Registered charity 1177489 · since 2018gloucesterculture.org.uk·Gloucester·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Trust's Together Gloucester funding suits local artists and community groups whose work celebrates Gloucester's culture and identity, brings people together in shared creative experiences, or builds community pride, health and well-being.
Its stated bands are up to £1,000 for exploring ideas for events, groups and activities, and £1,001 to £12,000 for creating or developing significant events, projects or programmes, so a modest request fits the first band.
Gloucester is the stated priority, so an organisation working elsewhere should check with the Trust before applying.
No application process is published, so make contact using the contact the Trust shows for getting in touch before preparing a proposal.
No deadlines or decision timings are given, and neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive funding is.

Overview

Gloucester Culture Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1177489).

Gloucester Culture Trust exists to promote, improve and advance public appreciation of the arts, culture and heritage in the City of Gloucester and the surrounding area. It was born when Gloucester City Council agreed to devolve strategic decision-making power for culture to an independent body. Its Together Gloucester funding offers up to £1,000 and £1,001–£12,000, and its programmes include Animate Funding, Kings Square Commissions and Active Gloucestershire – We Can Move.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust’s Together Gloucester funding supports creative and cultural activity that matters to communities in Gloucester. It helps people explore ideas for events, groups and activities, or add something new to existing activity, and also supports the creation or development of significant events, projects and programmes. The latter are intended to enable residents and visitors to Gloucester to take part in relevant cultural activity. Local artists and community groups are invited to apply. The Trust’s stated ambitions are to celebrate Gloucester’s distinctive culture and identity, bring people together through shared creative experiences, and strengthen community pride, health and well-being. Its wider approach puts communities at the heart of cultural decision-making and aims to build a diverse, community-based cultural offer.

Themes

Cultural activities

Geographic Focus

Priority: Gloucester.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Trust looks for ideas that celebrate and amplify Gloucester’s unique culture and identity.
The Trust favours ideas that bring people together in fun shared creative experiences.
The Trust favours ideas that boost community pride, health, and well-being.
The Trust seeks ideas that help make Gloucester a more vibrant and creative place to live, work, and visit.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Gloucester

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Gloucester Culture Trust.

Gloucestershire Gateway TrustRolling Active GloucestershireNo public process Barnwood TrustInvitation onlyGave £5.1M Peter Lang Children’s TrustFixed deadlinesGave £375k The Pople Charitable TrustNo public processGave £229k The Glastonbury TrustRollingGave £17,318 Gloucestershire Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £391k The Bransford TrustFixed deadlinesGave £440k The Winstone Charitable TrustInvitation only Gloucester Rugby Charitable FoundationRolling

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£493,465	£391,220	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£450,371	£402,403	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£114,776	£214,188	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£231,520	£234,111	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£501,842	£301,621	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.