FAQs

General Documents

National Development Strategy For Culture and the Arts
2026 Meeting Dates
What We Don't Fund
Isle of Man Arts Council Brand Guidelines

Documentation Samples

Creative Portfolio
Marketing Plan
Cost Breakdown of Project
Pitch Document

Creative Industries

Creative Industries Guidelines
Creative Industries Profit / Loss Template
Business Plan Template

Short Film Fund

Short Film Fund Guidelines

Domestic Travel Grant

Domestic Travel Grant Guidelines

Community Participation Fund

Community Participation Grants Guidance Notes

No, the Council do not fund projects retrospectively. It is best to ensure that you apply well before the deadline.

If your project relates to the arts in any way and if you or your project links to the Isle of Man in any way then you are eligible for funding.

To find out what kind of funding is right for you see our Apply for Funding pages.

You can also read our Joint National Strategy for Culture and the Arts to find out what ways your project can help us meet our goals.

If you need help to promote your arts related project or event then there are a few ways that we could help.

We can include a link to your event in the What's On Guide which goes out in our fortnightly CROO newsletter.

You can join our Facebook community group, IOM Arts Council - What's On Where to post pictures, posters and information about your event.

If you can write us a press release and provide us with high quality images then we can publish your article on our website and potentially share a post via our social media @artscounciliom

To send or find out information about all of these things, please contact iomartscouncil@gov.im

Meeting Dates 2026

You need to gather all the relevant information you need to make an application. Do this before starting the application process as it will make things much easier for you when you come to fill in an application and submit online.

Without the following attachments you will not be able to complete (and therefore submit) your application:

• Evidence of all costings that are being requested (Screen shots or copy of quotes are fine)
• Marketing Plan (Document stating how people will find out about your project or event e.g social media, posters, newspaper articles)
• CV/History of your event society or CV of individual applying
• Two independent referees (not compulsory but recommended)
• Copy of latest available accounts (Only relevant for societies, clubs and registered companies)
• Pitch Your Project (compulsory) - Please explain fully your project, your motivations for applying, your outcome aspirations and any information that you feel the members of the Arts Council should know about your project

The application won’t submit until all the fields and attachments required are added. It won’t let you proceed without completing every box or adding attachments. If you have all the documents ready and complete the application all in one go it will upload everything and will tell you at the top of the form what percentage of the application is complete. Once reached 100% it will submit.

1. activities that happen or start before funding is confirmed
2. any costs incurred when putting together an application
3. any expenditure incurred or committed before funding is confirmed (including deposits)
4. day-to-day running costs of an organisation (for example, utility bills, rates, rent, insurance, websites, marketing and advertising); apart from a nominal amount to help start a project
5. endowments (to provide a source of income)
6. land, building, refurbishment, landscaping or property projects
7. projects or events where the ownership, lease or planning permission is not yet in place
8. loans or interest payments
9. ongoing staff costs (including salaries of permanent or fixed term staff); apart from a small amount to help start the project (by exception)
10. projects that promote a specific religious or political belief
11. projects or activities that the government has a legal obligation to provide
12. projects that cannot be maintained because of high ongoing costs or the need for specialist skills and which continue to make a financial loss
13. projects that cannot be completed within 12 months of the date of the letter confirming the grant unless with agreement with the IOM Arts Council
14. purchase of alcohol and refreshments
15. routine repairs and maintenance
16. VAT that can be recovered
17. subsistence which you may include in the costs of your event eg food and fuel
18. projects or events considered to be a risk to the reputation of the IOM Arts Council

All Isle of Man Arts Council decisions are discretionary and final.  There is no right of appeal

As well as the Isle of Man Arts Council funding, did you know there are lots of other streams of funding available to the Arts?

Download alternative sources of funding document.