Uplift Earned Income

Uplift Earned Income, a programme from AFP in partnership with the Association for Cultural Enterprises and Baker Richards, has returned for 2025. The programme will help organisations to advance their earned income strategy and approach income generation in new ways.

Funding streams for arts and culture organisations are under pressure like never before.  Whether an organisation is looking for new approaches to plug a funding gap or seeking to grow its earned income to match its future ambitions, Uplift Earned Income will help it to approach income generation in new ways.

Uplift Earned Income has been created for organisations which are keen to embrace entrepreneurship. Growing earned income can be an exciting opportunity, at the heart of your mission.

 

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The OAE conducted by Masaaki Suzuki (Jessica Cale: soprano, Hugh Cutting: countertenor, Guy Cutting: tenor Florian Störtz: bass-baritone) perform ‘Bach Christmas Oratorio’ in the Southbank Centre’s QEH on Saturday 2 Dec. 2023 Photo by Mark Allan

We receive a considerable number of applications for Uplift Earned Income 2025 and are thrilled to welcome the next cohort of participants.

A huge congratulations to:

– Creative Barking & Dagenham
– V&A Dundee
– Shoemakers Museum
– Cambridge Junction
– JW3
– Leeds Heritage Theatres
– Opera Holland Park
– Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
– Thackray Museum of Medicine
– The Albany
– The Old Vic
– Theatr Brycheiniog
– Trestle Theatre Company
– Warwick Arts Centre
– Wiltshire Creative

Representatives from each organisation will take part in a two-day residential at the University of Warwick. The programme will include expert-led sessions on audiences, income strategy, revenue models, and developing an actionable change they can take back to their organisation.

The cohort will continue their journey together through a series of online sessions, providing space to share progress, challenges and insights.

Participants will also receive a year’s access to the Cultural Enterprises Academy, which is packed with resources to support their learning and development long after the programme ends.

Find out more about the Uplift Earned Income programme
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The Path to Happiness, Studio of Sanctuary, Mohammad Barrangi Fashtami. Photo: Daniel Johnson.

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