Micro-grants for Podcasters Programme

Jan 27th

***Applications are now closed***

If you’d like to find out about more grant opportunities then please complete the form below.

We’re super excited to help aspiring and existing podcasters fulfil their goals with our micro-grants programme. The grants’ purpose is to support creators that might otherwise find it difficult to create their podcast. You can use this grant to pay for artwork, editors, equipment, music, pilots, actors, producers, social media support, advertising, etc. as long as you can demonstrate that it helps your podcast you can apply.

Each successful podcaster will be awarded a micro-grant of either £250, £500, or £1000 as a one-off contribution to their proposed podcast project. In addition to the grant, Content is Queen will be offering up to 6 hours of production support to grantees if they need it.

We hope that access to the grants inspires ideas, innovation and creativity.

Who can apply: 

  • UK-based individuals only
  • New or existing podcasters
  • Disabled people
  • Racialised people/persons
  • Anyone that identifies as LGBTQIA
  • Those from low-income backgrounds
  • Must be aged over 18

Who can’t apply for a grant:

  • Registered businesses, organisations, schools or charities –talk to us.

Additional Terms

  1. Successful applicants will need to produce a summary budget of how the grant was spent.
  2. Successful applicants will need to produce evidence of how the grant supported the podcast by 18:00 31st August 2021 (evidence includes, an audio file of the episode, artwork, social media ad reports, a recorded pilot, equipment receipts etc.)
  3. Successful applicants must be able to supply a UK Bank account in the applicants name.

Applications close on Sunday 21st February 2021, 23:59 GMT.

Successful applicants will be notified by Sunday  31st March 2021 

***Applications are now closed***

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