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We are here and ready to help you through COVID-19.

When people are in the lead, communities thrive

The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery

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Our funding during COVID-19

We have an exciting update.

As well as our own National Lottery funding available across all four nations of the UK, we’re delighted that we are distributing funding on behalf of the Government to support communities in England through COVID-19.

The National Lottery Community Fund: crisis funding update

3 July, 2020

In total, since lockdown began, we have successfully distributed £200 million in funding to over 7,100 small and medium-sized organisations across the UK to help communities respond to the impact of COVID-19.
National Lottery funding supporting victims of domestic violence, and improving mental health.

2 July, 2020

The National Lottery Community Fund is today announcing £2.4 million of grants to over one hundred projects across Wales that are helping communities to tackle issues including domestic violence and isolation, which have risen as a result of the lockdown. In Wales, charities have reported an increase of calls reporting domestic abuse to help lines since March*. The National Lottery has today announced its support for six organisations working with families suffering from this issue with grants totalling £171,766.
National Lottery Community Fund Chair appointments

30 June, 2020

The National Lottery Community Fund the UK’s largest funder of community activity in the UK, has today announced the appointment of new Chairs of its England and Scotland Committees.