Applications and Opportunities
If you require further advice in the application process, please contact :
andrea.oliver@northumberland.gov.uk – Berwick CCZ Project Manager
darren.holleywell@northumberland.gov.uk – Berwick CCZ Project Officer
Create Your Future - Youth Training Fund 2026
- £5,000 exc VAT
- Young people’s work placement, training or mentorship project
- Deadline for proposals: 1st May 2026
Create Berwick is offering grants of up to £5,000 to support paid work placements, provide training and creative opportunities for young people aged 16–25 who live in Berwick (an English TD15 postcode).
Applicants must be a creative or cultural business or enterprise based in Berwick or North Northumberland. They are wanting to build capacity within their business and in a position to manage a temporary paid work placement.
85% of funding will be allocated towards the work placement and 15% costs go towards administration at the host creative or cultural business. The investment will support a placement in 2026, helping young people develop skills, confidence, and pathways into creative careers.
Image: Amber Eden, Create Your Future trainee, photographed by Pictorial Photography, Berwick.
Creative Capacity Building Fund
- £5k to a maximum of £10k
- To improve business performance; expand market opportunities; increase resilience
- Deadline for proposals: Friday 05 June 2026
To support new and established small creative and cultural businesses in Berwick-upon-Tweed to explore capacity building and business development, Create Berwick has launched a new funding opportunity.
The Creative Capacity Building Fund is designed to equip creative and cultural businesses with the practical tools, knowledge and networks to:
- improve business .performance
- expand market opportunities
- increase resilience in a rapidly evolving creative economy.
