Bow Skills workshop: bid writing and arts fundraising with Daniel Regan – an Arts Council England special!
Thursday 11th June 2026 , 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Join visual artist and arts fundraising expert Daniel Regan in this Arts Council England (ACE) project grants special, as they demystify the four investment principles, break down the application structure, and provide practical insights into how to build out a successful ACE bid.
After a broad overview of the different types of funding out there for artists, Daniel will take a deep dive into the specifics of ACE project grants and DYCP.
In an artist-centred approach, they will demystify the ACE investment principles and talk through how to deploy their grant writing technique as a tactile, practical blueprint to engage with these principles.
Daniel will then deconstruct what goes behind an ACE bid – pulling apart the application structure, drilling down into how to build out responses to individual questions, and running through example answers to tease out useful tips and tricks that you can apply to your own bids.
The workshop will end with a Q&A, where you are invited to ask your burning questions to Daniel including questions about ACE project grants you’re working on or arts fundraising in general.
All participants will get to take home a resource pack at the end, featuring everything you’ll have learnt in the session and some extra insights.
In this workshop, you will:
- Gain insights to develop ideas and write grant applications to support your practice
- Learn how to bring a project idea to life and support the grant writing process
- Master the updated guidelines of ACE project grants and DYCP to build out a successful bid
This event will take place at Media Space at the Lakeside Centre, Bazalgette Way, London, SE2 9AN.
About Daniel Regan
Daniel Regan is a visual artist & creative health consultant working across the sector. For over 20 years he has specialised in the exploration of complex emotional experiences through the arts. His work explores themes of disability, heritage, belonging & what it means to be human. His work is informed by his intersectional identities as a queer, disabled and neurodivergent person of mixed heritage. Daniel creates deeply personal artworks, devises & facilitates socially engaged creative projects and provides consultancy & more across the creative health sector.
In 2015 Daniel founded Arts & Health Hub, a not-for-profit organisation that supports artists and cultural producers that are exploring health, wellbeing and what it means to be human in their creative practice. Previously he worked in an NHS Arts leadership role as the Director of an integrated arts charity in primary care, leading on the development and programming of a large number of arts and health initiatives available to patients.
Daniel is represented by Bethlem Gallery in London and lives and has a studio in south east London. Over the last decade he has raised close to £1m in funding for his own practice, other individuals and organisations.
Daniel Regan — Visual Artist & Creative Health Consultant
About Bow Skills
Bow Arts seeks to support creative professionals at all stages of their careers. In 2015, Bow Arts launched Bow Skills in response to an artist survey which showed over 90% of practicing artists find it useful to receive further support outside formal education.
Bow Skills is a dynamic and relevant programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is informed by an artist steering group and open to all creative practitioners across London. The programme of talks, panel discussions, new skills labs and peer crits is open to all, with concession rates available to students, over 65s, under 18s, Bow Arts artists and key workers.
Access Information
The Bow Arts Trust office has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Opening hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Address: Bow Arts Trust, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.
