Funding programmes
Funding, Funding programmes
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National Lottery Awards for All England
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000, for up to two years
- Application deadline
Ongoing. Apply at least 16 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any of the money.
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National Lottery Awards for All Wales
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing. Apply at least 12 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any of the money.
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Offers a larger amount of funding (over £20,001) for projects that last up to five years. We’re looking for projects that work with their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £20,001 or more, for up to 5 years
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Long-term funding for organisations in England dealing with the causes of inequality.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- voluntary and community organisations
- Funding size
- £1 million to £5 million in total, that you can spend over 5 to 10 years. We expect to fund around 10 organisations in the first year.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Our vision for funding in England
We’re setting out a bold new vision for how we’ll support communities across England.
- Area
- England
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National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment
We fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary, statutory or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000 for up to two years
- Application deadline
17 December 2025
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People and Places: medium grants
We want to help communities in Wales with the issues that matter most to them. We're funding projects that involve the community. And will build on their skills and experiences. This funding can pay for capital costs or help you plan land or building work.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary organisations, community organisations or public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £20,001 to £100,000, for up to five years
- Total available
- £20 million for 2024 - 2025
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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People and Places: large grants
We want to help communities in Wales with the issues that matter most to them. We're funding projects that involve the community. And will build on their skills and experiences.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary organisations, community organisations or public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £100,001 to £500,000, for up to five years
- Total available
- £20 million for 2024 - 2025
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Funding for communities in Scotland. We're looking for projects that will help people connect more with each other. We'll support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations that are led by a community.
- Funding size
- £20,001 to £250,000. For up to 5 years.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Funding for projects that support children, young people and families. Or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations.
- Funding size
- £20,001 to £500,000. For up to 5 years.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Helping young people aged eight to 24 to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £20,001 to £100,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Strengthening Communities is our funding for community led projects in Northern Ireland
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £20,001 to £500,000 for up to 5 years. Only smaller organisations can apply for less than £200,000.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Supporting urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £5000 to £1000000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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This funding is for projects that will reduce health inequalities for unpaid carers, through systems change.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary organisations, community organisations, public sector organisations or partnerships.
- Funding size
- £500,000 to £2 million. For 5 to 10 years. You can also apply for up to £50,000 in development funding. We expect to fund around 4 or 5 projects.
- Application deadline
28 August 2025
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Supporting Great Ideas awards grants to support innovative and strategically important project ideas that encourage positive social change in Wales.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary/community organisations and statutory bodies
- Funding size
- £20,001 and over
- Total available
- Up to £2 million in the current financial year
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Sustainable Steps Wales - Egin Grants
We want to help community groups in Wales who are starting to take action on climate change and want to live in a more sustainable way. This funding will help groups who are receiving support from the Egin mentoring programme, to kick start their ideas.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Groups which have received mentoring from Egin (the Sustainable Steps Wales - mentoring service) and have completed an action plan.
- Funding size
- £100 to £15000
- Total available
- £3.75 million over 5 years
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Climate Action Fund - Our Shared Future
With this funding we want to involve more people in climate action. And we want to inspire bold and exciting change.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Suitable for
- Formal partnerships, working across sectors and including community representation. This could include but is not limited to organisations in the community and voluntary sector, the public sector, the environment sector, or with expertise such as story-telling, learning and impact.
- Funding size
- The minimum you can ask for is £500,000. We expect the majority of projects to be between £1 and £1.5 million over a minimum of 3 to 5 years. We’ll also consider larger or longer-term projects. If you want to apply for more funding over a longer period you should give us more details in your application form.
- Application deadline
You will be able to apply until 17 December 2025.
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Larger amounts of funding for to expand on existing work. We’ll fund projects that help bring diverse communities together. We’ll also fund projects that help children and young people use their voice to influence change.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, statutory organisations
- Funding size
- £500,000 to £5 million. Funding is available for 2 to 10 years. We expect to fund around 20 projects a year.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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The UK Portfolio explores new and innovative approaches, and develops and tests new ways of building a stronger civil society.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Funding size
- Over £500,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Supporting the psychological wellbeing and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Other National Lottery Funders
If none of the current The National Lottery Community Fund programmes are suitable for your project, one of the other Lottery funders may be able to help.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations, Private sector organisations
- Application deadline
Check the other funder's websites
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Funding for organisations in Scotland that we currently fund. We'll support organisations to try new ways of working or improve their current work.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations.
- Funding size
- £300 to £50,000. For up to 2 years.
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Funding for voluntary, community or social enterprise (VSCE) organisations to be stronger and be able to deal with future challenges.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations.
- Funding size
- £300 to £20,000. For up to 2 years.
- Total available
- £4 million
- Application deadline
We expect to take applications until 2027.
