Our response to COVID-19 pandemic
The current circumstances surrounding COVID-19 have had a widespread impact on everyone, and we appreciate that arts and cultural organisations will be particularly affected in the...
Introducing arts and culture organisations to finance that supports creative ambition, resilience and doing good in society
We support arts and cultural organisations that benefit the lives of individuals, communities and society through their work and use our investments to help organisations to become more sustainable and resilient.
More about Arts and Culture Finance >The world’s biggest impact investment fund for the creative arts
Introducing the Arts & Culture Impact Fund Nesta’s Arts & Culture Finance team is launching a new £20 million impact investment fund for the UK’s arts,...
Arts, culture and young people: our latest investments
We’re delighted to announce our latest investment cohort – three creative arts organisations benefiting from £650,000 of social investment. They are: The Colchester Mercury Theatre, which...
5 tips for social investment application success
In the four years since we began offering dedicated social finance for the arts and cultural sector, we’ve received 333 enquiries about our offer, taken forward...
£1m in new investments – the exciting business of arts & culture
We are pleased to announce our latest round of investments – social finance of nearly £1m across five creative enterprises. Read our Nesta blog post to...
Get to know: Melissa Wong, Impact Manager for the Cultural Impact Development Fund
How did you first get started in the arts? I started out as a classical pianist, taking lessons and graded exams from the age of 5...