BRIGHTON Fringe is offering more than £7,000 in funding for those hoping to put on shows at next year’s event.

The annual arts festival will be held between May 1 and 31 and the deadline for applications is January 30, with the early bird discount ending on December 15.

For the second year running The Pebble Trust is offering three awards of £300 plus mentoring from performance artist, choreographer and filmmaker CiCi Blumstein and West End actor and drama tutor Craig Whiteley.

The grants are available to Brighton and Hove residents aged 25 and under and applications for the Pebble Trust fund must be made by December 1.

O2 Think Big is offering £300 grants to 13 to 25-year-olds as well as marketing support, advice and entry to one of the Fringe workshops. The company is also offering performers £2,500 from its O2 Think Bigger Fund.

There is also funding available through the Fringe’s official official crowdfunding partner Zequs.

They have pledged to give £500 to five Brighton Fringe participants who successfully raise £1000 through Zequs.com and £250 to ten performers who successfully raise £500.

For details, visit brighton fringe. org, pebbletrust.org, o2thinkbig.co.uk and zequs.com.