Funding for Organisations
We are the main support for artists and arts organisations, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through our Exchequer and National Lottery funds.

This funding helps organisations to develop ideas, projects and new work, and deliver activity with partners.
Art Therapy and Art Psychotherapy
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland provides development opportunities and support to artists and organisations through public funding initiatives, including some Arts and Health related initiatives. For example, we may fund arts activities that directly engage with individuals within healthcare, community and arts-based settings, where the aim is to promote the well-being and mental health of participants through the inherent value of the creative process.
We do not fund Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy which has a clinical focus or sets a therapeutic goal against a specific co-developed treatment plan centred on psychotherapeutic theory.
Please note the titles Art Therapist and Art Psychotherapist are protected by law and to use either of these titles it is a legal requirement to be registered as such with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). All UK Art Therapists must be registered with the HCPC.
Recently Closed Programmes
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Closed National Lottery Arts and Older People Programme
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Closed Small Capital Grants Programme
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Closed Musical Instruments for Bands
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Closed Musical Instruments for professional and non-professional performing groups
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Closed Artists' International Development Fund (SIAP)
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Closed National Lottery Rural Engagement Arts Programme
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Closed National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards
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Closed National Lottery Project Funding 2024-2025
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Closed National Lottery Small Grants Programme
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Closed National Lottery Commissioning Programme
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Closed National Lottery Young People & Wellbeing Arts Programme
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Closed Health and Safety Capital Programme
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Closed Covid Recovery Programme for Arts Organisations
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Closed Creative Industries Seed Programme III for Organisations
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Closed Four Nations International Fund for Organisations
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Closed Stability and Renewal Programme for Organisations
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Closed Organisations Emergency Programme
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Closed Organisations Emergency Programme - First Round