Funding programmes
Millennium Now
Developed together with Channel 4, public involvement was at the forefront of this programme. Five charities received £25000 for their project idea.
Delivering Financial Inclusion
This fund matched funds from the European Social Fund to support services across Scotland to tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.
Digitisation
This fund funded the digitisation of learning resources of libraries, archives, museums, galleries, colleges and universities.
2014 Communities
2014 Communities offered grants of between £300 and £2,000 to encourage more people to take part in physical activity.
Digital Fund
This programme awarded funds to help organisations introduce or scale-up digital practices and ways of working.
Together for Our Planet
We offered £1,000 to £10,000 of National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change.
East Africa Disability Fund
This fund was set up in 2017. It aimed to help people with disabilities in Tanzania and Uganda to improve their livelihoods.
#CelebrateNationalLottery25
To mark The National Lottery’s 25th birthday, we offered people and communities with great ideas the chance to receive a grant between £100 and £1,000.
Dynamic Inclusive Communities
This fund was a £20 million commitment to help build and strengthen the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Scotland by investing in its infrastructure.
Coronary Heart Disease Stroke Cancer Scotland
This fund helped schemes that improve access to services for the diagnosis and treatment of CHD, cancer and stroke.