Creative Funding Toolkit: Funding Guidance for Real Humans Working in Creative Chaos
Built for artists, freelancers, and creative teams navigating the chaos of UK funding, this no-fluff digital toolkit gives you the templates, strategy, and emotional support to finally get funded — without losing the plot.
This isn’t theory. It’s a grounded, brutally honest system shaped by 20+ real funding bids — wins, rejections, and all — written by someone who's lived through it.
🧠 What You Get
✅ A bold, ADHD-friendly eBook (PDF)
✅ Real-world advice, examples + funder insights
✅ Templates for budgets, answer banks, planning, and tracking
✅ Cheat sheets on audience engagement + funder red flags
✅ Access to a full GDrive folder of editable, plug-and-play tools
Whether you're applying to ACE, Jerwood, BFI, or something niche — this toolkit helps you stress less, write better, and pitch with confidence.
“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
Built for artists, freelancers, and creative teams navigating the chaos of UK funding, this no-fluff digital toolkit gives you the templates, strategy, and emotional support to finally get funded — without losing the plot.
This isn’t theory. It’s a grounded, brutally honest system shaped by 20+ real funding bids — wins, rejections, and all — written by someone who's lived through it.
🧠 What You Get
✅ A bold, ADHD-friendly eBook (PDF)
✅ Real-world advice, examples + funder insights
✅ Templates for budgets, answer banks, planning, and tracking
✅ Cheat sheets on audience engagement + funder red flags
✅ Access to a full GDrive folder of editable, plug-and-play tools
Whether you're applying to ACE, Jerwood, BFI, or something niche — this toolkit helps you stress less, write better, and pitch with confidence.
“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
Built for artists, freelancers, and creative teams navigating the chaos of UK funding, this no-fluff digital toolkit gives you the templates, strategy, and emotional support to finally get funded — without losing the plot.
This isn’t theory. It’s a grounded, brutally honest system shaped by 20+ real funding bids — wins, rejections, and all — written by someone who's lived through it.
🧠 What You Get
✅ A bold, ADHD-friendly eBook (PDF)
✅ Real-world advice, examples + funder insights
✅ Templates for budgets, answer banks, planning, and tracking
✅ Cheat sheets on audience engagement + funder red flags
✅ Access to a full GDrive folder of editable, plug-and-play tools
Whether you're applying to ACE, Jerwood, BFI, or something niche — this toolkit helps you stress less, write better, and pitch with confidence.
“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
🎨 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+ real 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.
📘 What’s Inside
🧠 A beautifully designed PDF (ADHD-friendly layout, real talk tone)
📑 Templates for budgets, boilerplate answers, and bid tracking
📂 Editable GDrive folder with all tools + future-ready structure
💬 Funder insights based on real relationship manager feedback
🧡 Emotional support to survive the rejection spiral
🔁 A reusable system to build your funding practice
🔗 GDrive Download Pack Includes:
📄 Funding Application Planning Worksheet
📑 Boilerplate Answer Bank
📊 ACE-style Budget Template
📈 ACE-Friendly Cashflow Template (via ACE Relationship Manager)
📌 Funder Fit Tracker
📉 Rejection Log Template
📝 Audience Engagement Cheat Sheet
🤫 Funders’ Unwritten Rules Appendix
📂 Suggested GDrive Folder Structure
🗂️ Plug & Play 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)
💬 Got Questions?
Funding still feel like a maze? You’re not alone.
For 1:1 advice, you can book a session directly with Tanya by emailing:
📧 vitalculture@gmail.com
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