Members Opportunities
This is a place where members can share exciting opportunities with each other and the wider cultural sector.
All Opportunities, Get Involved's, Jobs, Commissions, Funding, Training and Call Outs are submitted by CVF members. If you have any questions/queries about the opportunities featured, please contact the organiser directly.
If you have an opportunity to share, please head to our submissions page linked below

Journey's With Mai - Project Manager
Fee: £350 per day (up to 180 days in total)
Part time - Flexible days, to be agreed subject to the needs of the project
Remote working with some UK travel
Freelance contract until September 2026
The ‘Journeys with Mai’ Project Manager will oversee an ambitious national tour and engagement programme for the Portrait of Mai by Joshua Reynolds to 3 partner organisations in the UK.
This is a partnership project between the National Portrait Gallery, London; Bradford District Museums and Galleries; the Fitzwilliam Museum, in collaboration with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge; and The Box, Plymouth.
Deadline: Monday 17th February

Communities Innovating Yorkshire Fund launch
A key element of the Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (YPIP) project is this £800k funding pot to support additional exploration into innovative approaches to policy around inclusive growth and living sustainably in a greener economy where communities in their places sit at the heart of the decision making.
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Applicants will need to address one of the 5 YPIP project themes and is open to applicants in Yorkshire and the Humber within the 4 Mayoral Combined authority areas of York and North Yorkshire, Hull and East Riding, South and West Yorkshire.
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The fund has two pathways – seed corn projects can apply for up to £10k and larger projects can apply for up to £50k
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Online information sessions:
Tuesday 11th February, 4pm
Tuesday 4th March, 10am
Deadline: Sunday 23rd March

Small pots funding (up to £500)
Bradford Council’s Neighbourhoods and Communities Service has teamed up with BD25 to work with communities to help get creative and also dress the District to celebrate a year of culture. There are two exciting funds to help celebrate Bradford City of Culture to get local groups and people involved.
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£20,000 per area, a total of £100,000, is up for grabs in small grants of £500 across Bradford District through the Area Committees and Area Co-ordinators’ Offices.
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Culture is Cohesion Fund
Funding is available to support cultural projects that promote community cohesion across the District
Dress it Up Fund
Looking to fund ideas to dress places like local gateways, community meeting places, village and town centres, green spaces, high streets – the list is endless!
Deadline: Friday 21st February

'Untitled' Artist Development - Theatre in the Mill
Untitled focuses on giving artists time, space, resources, support, and £1000 of funding to develop a new idea in response to a provocation, over the course of a 3-month program culminating in a public facing sharing. 6 artists in total will be selected for this cohort.
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Deadline: Friday 28th February

Bradford 2025: Operations Assistant
Acting as the face of the company, you will be part of a team responsible for making the office a great place to work and visit. The successful applicant will be well organised, proactive, have excellent customer service experience, have worked with MS Office systems and be a real team player. Ideally, we are looking for someone who can start immediately.
Deadline: Friday 14th February

Open Call: Application Support for Arts Council England National Portfolio Programme
Whether you’re exploring the process for the first time, reapplying after a previously unsuccessful round. If you’re applying to the next round of ACE National Portfolio investment programme – tell BPH what support you need!
Expressions of interest deadline: Wednesday 12th February

Choreographer Call Out in partnership with Northern Ballet
Are you a choreographer with something on your mind? A piece you just can’t get out of your head? This could be for you! Northern Ballet are seeking a Bradford-based choreographer to create a piece with Northern Ballet dancers to be performed as part of their Sketches programme at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds in June 2025.
Deadline: Monday 17th February

Leeds Film Night
Leeds Film Night, funded by BFI Film Hub North, is seeking South Asian short films or works by crews from the Leeds City Region (including Bradford, Wakefield, York, Harrogate, Calderdale, Selby, Barnsley, Craven, Kirklees). Selected films will be showcased to a live audience, with opportunities for networking, workshops on film funding, and a film license fee.
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Deadline: Monday 17th February
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Writing Facilitators x4 - Beyond the Spectrum
Beyond the Spectrum are looking for a group of writers for their project commissioned by Bradford 2025. The team are looking for a Lead Writer and Shadow Writer for adults, and a Lead Writer and Shadow Writer for children and young people for a programme of online workshops.
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Deadline: Monday 17th February

The National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grants for Heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Heritage is not strictly defined; instead, applicants are encouraged to identify what they believe is important and worth preserving. From historic buildings, industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more – heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.
Their vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. The Heritage Fund wants to see community and voluntary organisations develop their own heritage projects, and they can fund projects from £10000 up to £10million. Exploring heritage can provide opportunities to unlock wider benefits for individuals and communities. It can ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration providing skill development opportunities and build pride in place and connection to the past.

Freelance Marketing & Communications Manager - South Square Centre
South Square Centre are looking for a Freelance Marketing & Communications Manager to support their existing team in the marketing and promotion of events, outreach, and exhibition programme. The successful candidate will help maximise and diversify their audience numbers, reflect the brand and personality online, raise its profile through and beyond the district, and implement an existing marketing strategy with the support of in-house teams.
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Fee: £200 per day
Hours: 1.5 days per week
Contract length: 9 months with possible extension beyond.
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Deadline: Wednesday 19th February
Informal Interviews: W/c 25 February
Start date: March 2025

Volunteer Committee Member (Safeguarding) - Bradford Cathedral
Bradford Cathedral is looking for a Committee Member with an interest in / experience of the provision of safeguarding at a strategic level. As a Committee member, you’ll be expected to attend six meetings per year.
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Deadline: Friday 21st February

Host your event at The Beacon
The Beacon is a temporary performance space that will be travelling the district during our year as UK City of Culture. This super-versatile venue has been designed to host a huge variety of different events – and you are invited to present your own community event in it.
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The Beacon will be a true hub for each neighbourhood it visits in 2025. It will be temporary home-from-home for everyone who uses it, with a programme of events that really reflects the brilliant communities of Bradford District. Join us in The Beacon and be part of the UK’s biggest cultural celebration.

Bradford 2025: Aerial performance training opportunity
Bradford 2025 is looking for up to 14 passionate individuals to take part in an aerial training programme. This exciting opportunity will allow participants to develop aerial performance skills and take part in a major outdoor event as part of Bradford’s UK City of Culture celebrations in September 2025. Participants must be over 18 years of age.
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Deadline: Friday 14th February

Join The Leap Consortium
The Leap Consortium is looking for up to three new members to join us on our exciting journey to bring about change through community led arts and culture. Whilst these roles are voluntary positions, you will have the satisfaction of joining a dynamic, innovative organisation.
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Deadline: Friday 14th February 2025

PROPEL Bradford
PROPEL is a 40-day paid work placement programme for early-career creatives working in producing, production and programming. PROPEL has connected emerging talent with top festivals, theatres, and performance companies across the North for over two years. For 2025, Bradford Producing Hub has partnered with some exciting new hosts in Bradford and West Yorkshire, offering five hands-on paid placements in production, producing, and programming.
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Common Wealth Theatre - Production Design Assistant
Deadline: Monday 10th February
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Join the conversation about the value of Bradford’s City of Culture!
Bradford 2025’s UK City of Culture is about more than just 2025 – it’s about celebrating and communicating the lasting value it brings to our city and its people. We believe arts and culture have the power to connect and inspire communities, and we’re inviting you to share your experiences and help us understand what this value means for Bradford.
In partnership with Making Impact Matter, Bradford 2025 are launching a research project to learn about the social value that arts and culture bring to Bradford. This research isn’t about shaping the City of Culture programme itself – it’s about capturing the value it creates for people like you.

1-2-1 Support Sessions with Visual Arts Instigator - Alison McIntyre
Each month, Visual Arts Instigator, Alison McIntyre hosts Visual Arts Support Sessions both in-person at Assembly Bradford and online. These session can provide creative advice and signpost to funding, support and networking opportunities for people working in the Bradford visual arts scene.
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These sessions are open to all visual artists and arts professionals living or working in Bradford.

1-2-1 Music Support Sessions with Bradford Music Lead - Sinead Campbell
Each month, Bradford Music Lead, Sinead Campbell hosts 1-2-1 Music Support Sessions at Assembly Bradford. These session can provide creative advice and signpost to funding, support and networking opportunities. These sessions are open to artists and professionals working in the Bradford music scene.

1-2-1 Playwriting and Theatre-Making Support Sessions with Creative Instigator - Nicole Joseph
Each month, Creative Instigator, Nicole Joseph hosts 1-2-1 Support Sessions on Playwriting and Theatre-Making at Assembly Bradford and online. These sessions are open to all artists and arts professionals living or working in Bradford. Whether you need a listening ear, a critical friend, or just some advice on where to take your work or creative practice next – these sessions are for you!

50 Things To Do
50 Things To Do Ages 5 to 11 is eager to see what a skill-based, playful, diverse and thoroughly resourced curriculum would look like in supporting those children that, by choice or circumstance, want or need to approach education differently. We’d love to have insight from those in the creative sector as we talk through these ideas. What do you wish children knew about the creative process? How would you want your art and community represented? Did you have any barriers to becoming a creative that you’d love to help others overcome? You don’t have to have experience working with children, just a willingness to share your opinions by email or in a group online session.
If you’d like to be involved please email Rachel at Rachel.Cambell@stedmundsbradford.org.uk
It's On In Bradford
It's On In Bradford is a What’s On platform dedicated to engaging audiences with arts and culture activity across the district. Whether you're an artist, event organiser, or venue, you can share your events for free. And if you're looking for something to do, feel free to check out what's going on!
