RE:Purpose capital grants programme NOW OPEN

RE:Purpose empowers businesses and organisations to transform underutilised spaces into vibrant cultural hubs, improving access and fostering sustainable, purpose-driven business models. In this round, we will also invite applications for improvements that improve sustainability and climate resilience, and that support the night-time economy.

You can apply for up to £25,000.

This programme aims to improve:

• Tourism, cultural or heritage assets in the borough.
• Spaces where creative industries businesses operate in the borough.

By making improvements that:

• Improve accessibility
• Increase potential for hires
• Increase digital functionality
• Support culture and the visitor economy after 6 pm
• Make sustainability adaptations and improvements

The fund is now open for applications, and the deadline is Monday, 8 September 2025, at 12 pm

Please read the guidance document carefully, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email culture@lambeth.gov.uk

To apply for a grant, please complete the online application form using the link below.

• Please note that all capital works must be delivered, and the project must be able to evidence achievement of the required outcomes, by 27 February 2026.

What we have funded so far 

In the first round of the programme, we invested £291.952.95 of capital funding into 12 projects to improve their facilities, with grants of up to £25,000 being awarded to the following organisations: 

• VAULT Creative Arts, to transform their basement and old office at The Glitch into an enhanced and bigger performance space.   

• Studio Voltaire, to upgrade their Events Studio to facilitate more photo shoots and corporate away days.   

• The Boury Academy, to enhance two of their studio spaces and user common room area, and also invest in fit-for-purpose demountable staging.   

• Portico Gallery, to upgrade their Main Hall and Photographic Studio to industry-standard specifications to accommodate more professional groups.   

• Photofusion, to enhance their studio teaching spaces with more advanced digital printing and processing equipment.   

• Build Studios, to upgrade co-working spaces for their users and invest in sound-proof meeting pods.  

• Beaconsfield, to build ‘Beaconsfield Electronic Music Studio plus Visuals’, which will combine analogue and digital technology in a currently disused space.  

• South London Theatre, to upgrade their Grade II-listed building to ensure better soundproofing and insulation between different spaces in the venue.   

• Gasworks, to install external high-definition digital poster screens and overhaul their internal signage to be more accessible and inclusive.   

• Whippersnappers, to turn their old office into a digital media suite and upgrade their performing arts space in Brockwell Lido.   

• Block336, to build a fully accessible training room and new accessible toilet as part of their AccessPlus programme.   

• The Cinema Museum, to install a new lift to make the venue fully accessible to wheelchair users and visitors with limited mobility.