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Projects that work across many regions

In April 2025, we updated Reaching Communities to better align with the priorities and ambitions set out in our Strategy.

Since then, we have found that:

  • projects working across the whole of England, or across multiple regions, no longer align well with our Reaching Communities priorities

  • there’s an increase in local demand, which is making funding increasingly competitive

To manage this, and make sure organisations do not spend time on applications that are unlikely to be successful, we have decided to:

  • stop accepting applications for national or multi-region projects from Monday 1 June 2026

  • only accept applications for projects in one region

If your work covers more than one region, pick the region that will be most suitable for your project.

Then, follow our guidance about making sure to submit one application per project.

Contact us if you need more help or information.

If you’ve already applied and are waiting on a decision

If you’ve already made an application in for a national or multi-region project, it will continue through the normal process. This change affects new applications.