Creative Funding Toolkit

£7.99 £13.99

Built for artists, freelancers, and creative teams applying to UK funders — especially those looking for arts funding support, help with DYCP applications, or guidance on how to write an ACE project grant.

This isn’t theory. It’s a grounded, brutally honest system shaped by 20+ years of funding experience — across successful bids, tough rejections, and everything in between.

✅ What You Get:

A bold, ADHD-friendly PDF + editable GDrive pack with templates, funder tips, and emotional support to help you stress less, write better, and get funded.


“This is so useful — practical, honest, and not overwhelming. The inclusion of tools, links, and pay guidance is incredibly valuable. You've managed to reflect real-world application challenges without making it funder-specific, which is smart and supportive.”
— Relationship Manager, UK Funding Body

✅ Designed for freelancers, producers, and cultural leaders
✅ Includes templates, tips, and planning tools for UK arts funding
✅ Instant digital download — get started today


ℹ️ How to Access Your Toolkit

Your purchase includes a downloadable PDF + a link to our editable Google Drive folder of templates and tools.

🗂️ What to do:

  1. Open the file you receive at checkout or via email.

  2. Inside, you’ll find a link to a view-only Google Drive folder.

  3. To use the tools, simply click on each file and select:
    File > Make a Copy (this saves your own editable version).

  4. No need to request access — everything is ready for you to copy and personalise.

💬 Questions or issues? Email: vitalcultureuk@gmail.com

Built for artists, freelancers, and creative teams applying to UK funders — especially those looking for arts funding support, help with DYCP applications, or guidance on how to write an ACE project grant.

This isn’t theory. It’s a grounded, brutally honest system shaped by 20+ years of funding experience — across successful bids, tough rejections, and everything in between.

✅ What You Get:

A bold, ADHD-friendly PDF + editable GDrive pack with templates, funder tips, and emotional support to help you stress less, write better, and get funded.


“This is so useful — practical, honest, and not overwhelming. The inclusion of tools, links, and pay guidance is incredibly valuable. You've managed to reflect real-world application challenges without making it funder-specific, which is smart and supportive.”
— Relationship Manager, UK Funding Body

✅ Designed for freelancers, producers, and cultural leaders
✅ Includes templates, tips, and planning tools for UK arts funding
✅ Instant digital download — get started today


ℹ️ How to Access Your Toolkit

Your purchase includes a downloadable PDF + a link to our editable Google Drive folder of templates and tools.

🗂️ What to do:

  1. Open the file you receive at checkout or via email.

  2. Inside, you’ll find a link to a view-only Google Drive folder.

  3. To use the tools, simply click on each file and select:
    File > Make a Copy (this saves your own editable version).

  4. No need to request access — everything is ready for you to copy and personalise.

💬 Questions or issues? Email: vitalcultureuk@gmail.com

🎨 What Is It?

The Creative Funding Toolkit is your go-to guide for making sense of UK funding applications. Whether it’s your first ACE Project Grant or your tenth rejection in a row — this resource helps you go from “What do they even want?” to “Done and submitted.”

Built by Tanya Vital, an award-winning creative producer with 20+ years of bids under her belt (wins, rejections, weird ghostings included), this toolkit meets you where you’re at — burned out, brilliant, and just trying to get funded.

👀 Want a Sneak Peek?

Explore a preview of the Toolkit below — flick through the intro and sample pages before you buy.

📦 What’s Included

🧠 Inside the Toolkit PDF

  • Real-world advice, templates, and strategy for UK funders

  • Funder feedback & emotional support for when you’re spiralling

  • Designed for ADHD/overwhelm (zero waffle, zero gatekeeping)

📂 GDrive Download Pack

  • Funding Application Planning Worksheet

  • Boilerplate Answer Bank

  • ACE-Style Budget & Cashflow Templates

  • Funder Fit Tracker & Rejection Log

  • Audience Engagement Cheat Sheet

  • Funders’ Unwritten Rules Appendix

  • Suggested GDrive Structure + Filing System Index

🧡 Who It’s For

  • ✔️ Creatives who feel blocked, confused, or burnt out by the process

  • ✔️ Freelancers & small orgs needing structure and clarity

  • ✔️ Neurodivergent artists who want a funding system that doesn’t suck

  • ✔️ Anyone who’s ever been told “You’re not strategic enough” (you are)


🎁 Get Your Free Download

Want a sneak peek at what funders actually want?

We’re giving away the Audience Engagement Cheat Sheet — a one-page guide that helps you move from vague “we’ll post it online” promises to real, fundable engagement.

✅ Based on real funder feedback
✅ Quick, clear examples of active vs passive formats
✅ Loved by artists applying to ACE, Jerwood, and more

💡 Created for creatives who hate the admin but want to get funded.

👉 Enter your email below to grab your free copy.

💬 Got Questions?

Funding still feel like a maze? You’re not alone.
For 1:1 advice, book a session with Tanya directly:
📧 vitalcultureuk@gmail.com


💸 Pricing

🚨 Launch Offer: £7.99 (first 7 days only)
⬆️ Standard Price: £13.99 after 25th June 2025