Funding programmes
Community Buildings
Funding that gave communities the chance to improve their quality of life by financing buildings that were economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
Community Libraries
Funding to recognise and develop the important relationship between libraries and their surrounding communities.
Community Wildlife
Funding for projects that brought local people together to discover, enjoy or protect the wildlife in their local area.
Renewable Energy
A joint programme with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Environment funded wind and biomass energy projects across the UK.
Research programme
The programme funded projects related to social, medical and socio-medical research.The original £25 million budget was increased to £29.5million in view of demand.
Rethink Good Health
Rethink Good Health aimed to influence and inform policy and practice UK-wide in preventing alcohol misuse amongst older people, specifically those aged 50 and over.
Rethinking Parks
Rethinking Parks was a joint initiative inviting pioneers to develop new, sustainable ways to use and fund the UK’s public parks for the 21st century.
Change makers
Funding that supports community leaders who are making change in and for their communities.
The Step Forward Fund
Funding for grassroots organisations from Global Majority and racially minoritised communities to help them grow.