Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development

The Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development is now closed. The National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations is an updated version of this fund.

As part of our ongoing work to reshape our funding approach, we have launched a refreshed National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations, and a new time-limited National Lottery Extended Programme Fund.

You can read more about this transition in our latest update on Open Funding for Organisations.

About the fund

The Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development aimed to enable organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances. The overall budget for this fund in the financial year 2021/22 was £7 million.

Learn more about the fund

Open Fund for Organisations Guidance

View and download the guide in pdf format.

Risk Assessment Guidance and Form - Over 15k

Download the Risk Assessment Guidance and Form in .docx format.

Risk Assessment Guidance and Form - Under 15k

Download the Risk Assessment Guidance and Form in .docx format.

Open Fund FAQs

Download the Open Fund FAQs in PDF format