Support Us

We have to turn away hundreds of suitable applicants — we need your support to continue and expand our work

Since 2021, we’ve received more than 7,000 applications for the 150+ grants we’ve awarded

We’re a small charity, co-founded and led by artists, awarding grants with minimal bureaucracy

Our grantees are a rare breadth of poets, writers, theatre-makers, musicians, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, archivists and more! Over the coming years, we want to significantly increase the number of artists we can support. If you care about what we’re doing, and think you might be in a position to help, please email info@grandplanfund.co.uk

Grand Plan wouldn’t exist without the continued generosity of a community of individuals, trusts and organisations.

We’re thankful to those who have made Grand Plan possible.

In memory of Daisy Jones

The artist and filmmaker Daisy Jones received a grant from us in 2021. You can read and find out more about her work at both https://daisy-jones.co.uk and http://2023.rca.ac.uk/students/daisy-jones.

We learned from Daisy's family that, tragically, she died earlier this year. Since then, we have received donations from a number of people in her memory, including: Yvette Campbell, Nicky and Tony Defries, Gary Keogh, Karen Mason, Mike Fielding Jones, Roisin Jones, the Prince Charles Cinema, and some who wished to remain anonymous. We're deeply grateful to Daisy's friends and family for their support. 

Daisy used to work at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, and in September 2025 the cinema organised a tribute screening and fundraiser (all proceeds from ticket sales were donated to Grand Plan). At that event, they shared a 15-minute edit of some of Daisy’s work, which you can view here.

Supporters

Major supporters (who have donated more than £5,000)

  • Marina Diamandis, musician

  • Emily King, design historian and curator

  • Carolyn Pearce, infrastructure manager

  • Freelands Foundation, art education charity

  • hosting.com, website hosting company

  • Tom Rosenthal, musician 

  • Matthew Slotover, restaurateur

  • Sigrid Rausing Trust

  • The Soho Agency, literary and theatrical agents 

Supporters

  • Kenneth Branagh, actor and director 

  • Max Brodie, musician 

  • Andrea Cornwall, academic

  • Richard Curtis, producer and screenwriter

  • Will Darbyshire, filmmaker 

  • Dodie, writer, musician and filmmaker

  • Philip Edgar-Jones, television executive  

  • James Flannigan, songwriter 

  • Emma Freud, producer and broadcaster

  • Dicle Guntas, developer

  • Good Humans, graphic designers

  • Jack Harries, filmmaker

  • Kristin Hjellegjerde, gallerist

  • Nicholas Hytner, theatre director

  • Lydia Larson, actor

  • Elizabeth Louis, art curator

  • Billie Marten, musician

  • Eleanor McDowall, audio artist 

  • Lucy Musgrave, urbanist 

  • Tom Odell, musician 

  • Arden Rose, actress, producer and comedian 

  • David Russell, artist manager

  • Zad Rogers, producer

  • Philippa Milnes-Smith, literary agent

  • Matthew Taylor, shoe designer

  • Shamil Thakrar, restaurateur

  • Jasmine Thompson, musician 

  • Jean Tomlin OBE, international businesswoman and CEO

And those who wished to remain anonymous