Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Arts Council of Wales
Award
Amount not published
Deadline
Rolling — apply any time
Where
Wales
Summary
The current funding round is now open for applications and will close at 1pm on Wednesday 23 September 2026.
Full details
The current funding round is now open for applications and will close at 1pm on Wednesday 23 September 2026. After this, the fund will open again on Monday 16 November 2026 and will close at 1pm on Wednesday 20 January 2027. You’ll find full details on the programme in the Arts, Health & Wellbeing Guidelines. Please also refer to the National Lottery Funding Guidelines in the Frequently Asked Questions section below. Who can apply? The Arts Health and Wellbeing Fund is open to partnership bids from across the arts, health, social care, nature, environmental and third sectors. Projects that address one or more of the following health challenges and priorities are eligible to apply: • Mental health - including tackling loneliness, social isolation and social prescribing schemes that aim to build resilience and support better mental health; • Health inequalities - Arts projects designed to address health inequalities by bringing health and wellbeing benefits to people from more diverse and under-represented backgrounds; • Physical health and wellbeing – arts projects that support improved physical health or keep people physically active; • Staff wellbeing - within the healthcare and/or arts workforce. • Nature - projects that aim to improve people’s health and wellbeing by increasing their connection with nature through the arts. Applications should be developed by a partnership/consortium of organisations and artists and must include both a health and arts partner (as well as a nature partner if your project focuses on Arts, Health & Nature). One of the partners will need to assume the lead, submitting the application and acting as the accountable body. When can I apply? The current funding round is now open for applications and will close at 1pm on Wednesday 23 September 2026. After this, the fund will open again on Monday 16 November 2026 and will close at 1pm on Wednesday 20 January 2027. If you’re applying for £50,000 or under (including additional access costs), we’ll try and get a decision to you within 8 weeks from the deadline date. Applications requesting over £50,000 (including additional access costs) will receive a decision within 12 weeks from the deadline. Please ensure that you have registered on the portal at your earliest convenience, as it can take up to 5 working days for your account to be ready.