🏛️ Grants & public contracts

Win the public work you never knew existed.

Councils and authorities quietly procure photography, video, creative and event work through frameworks worth tens of thousands — on portals nobody checks. Add grants and funding, and there’s a steady stream of opportunity hiding in plain sight. Commission surfaces it, filtered to your sector and area — all from open government data.

For: creative freelancers & small studiosSource: open gov dataLegal risk: low
Real finds

The kind of thing Commission surfaces.

Regional authority photography framework

Framework£99k · 2+2 yr

A combined authority appointing a small panel of photographers for two years — open to freelancers via procurement.

Find a Tender (open data)

Arts project grant — visual arts

Grant£1k–£100k

A national lottery arts fund, open on a rolling basis, covering photography and visual-arts projects for individuals.

Arts Council (open data)

Council marketing & comms framework

Frameworkincl. photo & video

A public-body framework spanning campaign creative, content, photography and video — a route onto a supplier roster.

Contracts Finder (open data)

Local growth-hub business grant

Grant£500–£25k

A regionally-administered small-business grant for equipment, skills or digital adoption — smaller, less competitive.

Growth Hub / UKSPF

Anonymised examples of real opportunities surfaced by the radar — details generalised. Illustrative, not testimonials.