Raise the Bar’s 2026 writing retreats are now open for applications until the end of May, with priority for poets in South West England. An opportunity to refresh, meet other creatives, create new work, enjoy world-class tutoring and learn key career skills to take your practice to the next level.
⚠️ Application deadline: 9pm on Sunday 31st May ⚠️
Are you passionate about culture, heritage and leisure, and the role they play in helping communities thrive? The Cheltenham Trust is seeking new Trustees to help shape our future as we launch an ambitious new five year strategy focused on wellbeing, reducing inequality and strengthening belonging.
Closing date: Friday 29 May 2026
Interviews: will be held in June 2026 by a recruitment panel
Cheltenham
The Music Works is seeking an ambitious and enthusiastic Marketing Officer!
Deadline:Wednesday 3rd June 2026, at midnight
Gloucester
OFF GRID is a new series of free monthly workshops for young people who love art, creativity and trying new things. Each session introduces a different artistic practice – from animation and photography to drawing, performance, sewing and wood carving – led by a different resident artist from The Wilson.
Various Dates 🕕 6–8pm 🎟 Free to attend
The Wilson, Cheltenham
Cotswold Canals Connected are inviting two artists to create original mural or murals that are visually striking and accessible to a wide audience and have a strong design and community relevance for this part of the canal corridor.
Application Deadline: Sunday, 7th June 2026, 12pm
Selection & Notification: Monday 29th June, 2026
Painting Period: 10th, 11th, 12th July 2026
Stroud
Write and submit your funding bid with support, strategy & cheerleading with Christina Poulton
Funding Bids: Make It Happen Week | 11 - 15 May 2026 // £95
Online
Got a bold idea for something young people ( 18-30) would love? Gloucester Guildhall's Youth Advisory Board, in partnership with CHISPA, has launched a new commissioning pot to bring fresh, creative activities into our youth programme.
Deadline: Mon 4 May 2026 12pm
Gloucester Guildhall
Voices Gloucester Board wishes to appoint an Admin & Events Assistant to support the team with essential administrative tasks and provide logistical, administrative, and onsite support to our Director, ensuring that events run smoothly.
Closing date: 9am Friday 15th May 2026
Overview Gloucester Guildhall invites proposals from artists, designers and creative collectives to create joyful, high‑impact interactive installations and activities for Lost In Music, our annual five‑day family festival in August. The programme forms part of the city‑wide Summer of Sound and coincides with Gloucester’s popular Retro Festival. The installation should be open‑access, with additional ticketed engagement activities, transforming the Guildhall into a playful, immersive environment for families and intergenerational audiences.
Deadline: 14.05.26 @ 9am
Gloucester Guildhall
Creative Career evenings for students and young people to meet and chat with 5 local creatives about their careers. All questions welcome! At Many Hands Reading Room in Nailsworth in May.
An opportunity for local community arts and crafts groups to promote themselves and their work for free in our established Guild gallery in Nailsworth.
The gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10-4.
You would be given full training to staff the gallery - which is very easy!
We’re looking for a motivated, proactive and reliable Caretaker to join our friendly team at St Laurence. You’ll be at the heart of our busy town centre venues - St Laurence Church and Shambles Hall.
Closing Date - 7th May 2026
Interviews - 4th June 2026
Stroud
Free Creative Workshops for Young People! Incl. youth dance workshops, film, photography and vinyl workshops in Stroud; drumming, singing, contemporary dance and painting large-scale backdrops in Dursley; creating props, costumes and masks from waste materials in Gloucester.
Various Dates
For 16 to 25 year olds who love Hip Hop culture, whether music, dance, lyrics or graffiti, and care about the environment. Open to asylum seekers, refugees and young people of global majority or migrant backgrounds.
17th April - 29th May - only 15 spaces!
Fair Shares allotment @fairshares
Cheltenham Teens! (Youth Theatre for 14–18s ) Develop acting, movement & stage skills, collaborate with peers, and perform in a professional theatre space. Led by a Bristol Old Vic–trained practitioner. Limited funded places!
FREE - starts April
Hesters Way Community Resource Centre.
O’Driscoll Collective are looking for two Gloucester based dance artists to work with them on their new project 'Choose Your Sound' this summer.
🔥 Dates: May – July 2026
🔥 Fee: 8 days @ £100 per day
🔥 Deadline for applications: Wednesday 22 April 2026
Gloucester
We are recruiting for three trustees to provide Hawkwood with leadership and ensure it is governed appropriately. We are looking for individuals who will share Hawkwood's commitment to education, the environment, and the arts. The role of a Trustee at Hawkwood requires a commitment of time and engagement with the activities of Hawkwood. Prior trustee experience is not required.
Deadline for applications will be the 13th April 2026
Hawkwood, Stroud
Our Artisan Studios category aims to showcase the work of artists, crafters, and designers from the Southwest. Unlike a typical Tradestand space, this space at the show would be free of charge, with a bespoke summerhouse provided by Malvern Garden Buildings to demonstrate your craft and interact with show visitors. One of our central themes at this new RHS show is celebrating heritage craft and design, and we would love to have a strong Gloucestershire presence at the show.
Deadline for proposals 8 April 2026
Badminton Estate
This May sees the return of Studio 18’s Open Photography exhibition, welcoming open submissions for the upcoming photography exhibition “Spaces Places Faces”.
Deadline to apply is 8th April 2026
The Company Producer will collaborate closely with the Ad Infinitum team and provide administrative, comms and operational support for our productions, programmes and studio space. They will lead on the creation and delivery of our day-to-day marketing content as well as the delivery of our Learning and Engagement programme. They will be the main contact for Studio hires and support with managing the space.
The deadline for applications is Monday 13 April 2026 at 09:00
Based in the office in Bristol
A free online session exploring making opportunities for Disabled Artists.
🗓 Wednesday 18 March ⏰ 1pm – 2pm 🎟 Free (but booking required)
📍 Online (via zoom)
Mindsong is looking for a new Chief Exec to take our thriving organisation into the future.
Deadline for applications: 5pm Friday 1st May
Mindsong, Gloucestershire
Are you an unpublished writer? Would time and space to work transform your project? The Ravenshill Project wants to hear from you. We award four retreats annually at our wildly remote Gloucestershire farm, and support you with travel expenses, optional mentoring and a stipend.
Apply by 31 May for our 2026 retreat!
Gloucestershire
Art Shape are running a portrait photography class and are looking for volunteers to model for the class.
14 April 12:30-1:30 / 21 April 10:30 - 12pm / 5&6 May 10:30 - 12pm
Brockworth
Free training opportunity for South West based performing arts practitioners with Open Theatre.
Saturday 21 March // 10:30am - 2pm // Free
Ed Shed, Gloucester
We are looking for stall holders who sell local and ethically made products for our May Day Festival
Cost: £50 per stall, Set up timing TBA
Festival date is Monday 4th May, 10am - 5pm
Hawkwood, Stroud
Know you should be doing something about data protection but don't know where to begin? This workshop is your starter kit for tackling it!
Wed 25th March 2026, 10.30am @ £35 (90 min workshop)
via Zoom
Have a weird idea worth sharing? Get get in touch!
Dates for 2026 starting in March in read more…
Location - Gloucester Brewery Fox's Kiln West Quay, Gloucester GL1 2LG
As part of Meanwhile in Gloucester, GASP! are able to offer two artist studio spaces, funded through UKSPF, Arts Council England and Gloucester Culture Trust. We are looking for two emerging artists who want to develop their work and feel that their creative practice would be well suited to working in a busy shopping centre.
Deadline for applications, Monday 9th March, 12pm
Gloucester
