As a national charity, we rely on fundraising to continue our mission of supporting rural communities across the UK in accessing arts and culture. Through generous donations from trusts, foundations, businesses, and individuals our work can continue to thrive.

Our donations support our vital work across the UK. Our plans for 2024 – 2025 include a conference for the rural touring sector, providing bursaries for artists and voluntary promoters, upskilling our network members, and providing opportunities to upskill and share the joy of rural touring with new volunteers across the country including young people.

Whilst we are fortunate to benefit from annual Arts Council England funding, NRTF still need to raise additional funds in order to strengthen the impact of our offer to the rural touring sector and the communities they serve through our additional projects and programmes.

Image copyright RolandTarr

Photography copyright: Roland Tarr 

Make a regular donation:

Regular donations are a great way to offer continued support to our charitable aims and be kept up to date with what we’re up to as an organisation and the impact your donation is making.

You can donate from as little as £1 a month, each donation is gratefully received and put to good use.

Regular donors receive recognition on our website and quarterly updates about the impact your donation is making.

Regular donations via PayPal

Make a one-off donation:

It’s quick and simple to support us and all gifts large or small have an impact:

  • £5 funds for artist refreshments at in-person meet up
  • £10 funds the time to provide advice for an artist or voluntary promoter on a specific query
  • £25 funds tickets for our ‘Go & See’ bursaries for members to visit other venues/performances and deepen their understanding of rural touring
  • £50 funds meeting one on one with members around an area of need such as marketing, fundraising and press.
  • £100 funds additional time to make our ‘easy read’ resources to help our content be more accessible
One-off donations via PayPal

If you have something specific in mind that you would like your donation to go towards, simply email us at finance@nrtf.org.uk to discuss this further.

Photography credit: Anand Chhabra

Photographer Credit: Anand Chhabra

Credit Robert Day

Photography credit: Robert Day

Becoming a Corporate Partner or Sponsor:

There are lots of ways that a business can support the work we do at NRTF, including sponsoring an element of our annual conference, contributing towards a project which aligns with your business, sponsoring an bursary or publication and much more. In return we can:

  • Help you to reach your corporate responsibility goals
  • Attract new clients or customers to your business
  • Support your efforts towards environmental responsibility
  • Shout about your support through our Rural Press agency and social channels

Please download our Corporate Sponsorship Pack below and email projects@nrtf.org.uk to learn more about how we can work together.

Corporate Sponsorship Pack - PDF Download

We would like to extend our thanks to Arts Council England and all our members who continue to support our organisation.