Announcing Neuk Collective Funding Season!
24th August - 2nd November 2025
We’re excited to announce Neuk Funding Season, a two-month programme of workshops, resources and support to help neurodivergent artists build strong funding applications.
At our last Neuk Assembly, members told that they wanted more support with funding, but also that one-off, generic workshops aren’t enough. So, we’re partnering with Truffle Pig to offer a new approach: sustained, layered support that gives artists multiple ways to engage.
Whether you’re totally new to fundraising or have a half-written Creative Scotland application sitting on your desktop, there’ll be something for you.
We have five strands of support to help you apply for a grant to support your work:
- August ND Artist Meetup – to brainstorm ideas for your next funding application
- Online Workshop – Get a Grant with Truffle Pig – to understand what makes a good application
- Online Grant Writing Toolkit – to help you plan and write your application
- Body doubling – to help you make time to work on your application
- In-person Edit Your Creative Scotland Bid workshops – to edit, hone and polish your application.
Find out more about each strand below...
1. August ND Artist Meetup
Sunday 24th August, 6 – 7.15pm
Who is it for? neurodivergent artists across the UK
Cost: free
Funding can feel overwhelming but it’s vital for most artists. This month we’re using the online ND Artist Meetup to create space to reflect on our experiences – what’s worked, what hasn’t – and brainstorm ideas for your next funding application.
Sign up for the link here: ND Artist Meetup – Funding
2. Online workshop – Get a Grant with Truffle Pig
Monday 1st September, 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Who is this for? Disabled and neurodivergent artists in Scotland
Cost: £5 for non-members, £3 for Neuk Collective members
If cost is a barrier, please contact us at neuk@doorinthewall.co.uk
Online workshop with funding expert, Phyllis Martin
What are the building blocks of a good grant application and what do the questions really mean?
A practical session looking at the application questions for Hugo Burge Foundation (a short form) and Creative Scotland (a total beast), how to apply for an Access Bursary from either organisation to get help writing your bid and how to identify your most fundable idea. All attendees get a question-by-question guide to the Creative Scotland Open Fund form.
Open to all disabled artists in Scotland, but particularly aimed at neurodivergent artists
Sign up on TicketSource: Get A Grant with Truffle Pig
3. Self-led online course “The Grant Writing Toolkit”: Two months of access to the Truffle Pig Grant Writing Toolkit
Monday 1st Sept to Sun 2nd November.
Who is this for? Neuk Collective members only
Cost: Free – but we ask you to commit
A chance to access the Truffle Pig Grant-Writing Toolkit for free! This amazing resource is normally £10 per month.
Online access to recorded modules talking you through specific exercises to build your grant application. Three modules with 8-10 short videos or transcripts each (Is It Fundable? Timelining and Budgeting) and one written module (How To Set Outcomes & Indicators). Each module takes around 60mins to complete and includes around 30mins of homework, with examples to follow. The Toolkit also includes the question-by-question guide to the Creative Scotland Open Fund, lots of editable template documents, successful bids and example answers to common questions. Limited places.
How to sign up:
Apply using this form: Toolkit application
If more than 30 members apply for the toolkit, we will randomly select 30 people to receive the codes.
This would be great paired with the Edit Your Creative Scotland Bid workshops below!
4. Bid-Drafting Body Doubling
Every Tuesday in August, September and October, 12 – 2pm
Who is this for? neurodivergent artists across the UK
Cost: free
Come to our regular weekly body-doubling group zoom calls to work on your Grant Writing Toolkit exercises or your draft.
Sign up for our body doubling sessions on humanitix – Neuk Body Doubling Group
5. In-person Workshops - Edit your Creative Scotland Bid, with Phyllis Martin of Truffle Pig
Glasgow – Saturday 18th October
Edinburgh – Sunday 25 October
both 11am to 1pm.
Who is this for? Neuk Collective members only
Cost: £10 – if cost is barrier, please contact us at neuk@doorinthewall.co.uk
This is the same workshop repeated – please only book one workshop
Get expert feedback on your draft, ask questions and work on your bid in a small group.
To take part in this workshop you should have a draft Creative Scotland funding bid that you want feedback on. Phyllis will help you edit and refine your bid to maximise your chances, and you will also be able to learn from other members writing their bids.
This would be great paired with the Grant-Writing Toolkit!
Each workshop is limited to 8 people, so if you book, we ask you to commit to coming.
Locations:
Glasgow workshop: Saturday 18th October, 11am – 1pm at PlutoQ, 42-44 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DN
Edinburgh workshop: Sunday 25th October, 11am – 1pm at Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9ER (please note new venue!).
Sign up for the Glasgow workshop: Glasgow workshop
Sign up for the Edinburgh workshop: Edinburgh workshop
About Phyllis Martin of Truffle Pig
Phyllis lives and works in Glasgow and was a circus producer, production manager, arts administrator, venue manager and tour manager while learning to fundraise. She has AuDHD and post-Lyme chronic fatigue, has been a grant-writing consultant for 12 yrs and delivered fundraising training for Articulation Arts, Education Scotland, American Youth Circus Educators, North East Scotland Climate Action Network, Articulate and 120+ freelancers and small organisations who have nice things to say about it.
“Phyllis was just fantastic, very knowledgeable and engaging.” NESCAN member
“Very informative and full of useful information with clear and concise direction.” Thomas, Hopscotch Theatre
“Wish I had done one of Phyllis’s courses 10 years ago!” Simon, Open Door
With 20yrs experience in the trenches of arts, youth and community sector producing and fundraising, Phyllis has written dozens of successful Creative Scotland and Arts Council England bids. She worked with an ex-Creative Scotland assessment panel member and ex-Creative Scotland staff member to put together practical, realistic guidance on writing successful bids. She also understands how frustrating, overwhelming and intimidating it can be. These sessions are designed to share knowledge and provide support.
Find out more at www.trufflepig.org.uk