Funding programmes
Funding, Funding programmes
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National Lottery Awards for All England
A quick and simple way to get small National Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £10,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery Awards for All Wales
National Lottery Awards for All offers funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £10,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
A quick and more straightforward way to get small National Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £10,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland
Giving groups a quick and easy way to get small National Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £10,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Reaching Communities England
Flexible funding over £10,000 for up to five years to organisations in England who want to take action on the issues that matter to people and communities.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Total available
- £190m this financial year
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Partnerships
Through our Partnerships funding, we make grants over £10,000 for organisations which work together with a shared set of goals and values.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Total available
- £40m this financial year
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Digital Fund
The Digital Fund is a new UK wide £15 million funding programme to support charities and community organisations. It is about helping the charity and voluntary sector to use digital tools and approaches to support people and communities to thrive.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Application deadline
Applications initially open on 22nd October 2018 and close on 3rd December 2018. There will be further opportunities to apply in 2019
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The People’s Projects
A UK-wide public vote, which gives National Lottery players and the public a say in where National Lottery funding goes. It is a chance for organisations across the UK to receive further National Lottery funding.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Funding size
- up to £50,000
- Total available
- £3 million
- Application deadline
Invite only
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Young Start
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
- £10,000 to £100,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Youth Capacity Fund
The Government has directed The National Lottery Community Fund to invest up to £1.2 million from dormant bank and building society accounts in England, to develop the capacity of local, frontline grassroots organisations who help young people facing barriers to work.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Small voluntary or community / grassroots groups
- Funding size
- Up to £50,000 for groups in Birmingham, Bradford, Barking & Dagenham
- Total available
- £1.2 million
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Leaders with Lived Experience Pilot Programme
Leaders with Lived Experience is a pilot programme providing National Lottery grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 to support lived experience leadership. A lived experience leader is someone who uses their first-hand experience of a social issue to create positive change for, and with, communities and people they share those experiences with. At this stage we expect to award between 15-20 grants.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations set up or run by leaders with lived experience
- Funding size
- £20,000 to £50,000
- Application deadline
5pm, 25th February 2019
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Safeguarding Training Fund - Phase 1
The Safeguarding Training Fund is a joint funded programme between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund. It will provide funding over two phases until 2022.
- Area
- England
- Suitable for
- Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations
- Funding size
- Phase 1 applications invited up to £570,000
- Application deadline
Phase 1 Monday 14 January at 12.00pm
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Awards from the UK Portfolio
The UK Portfolio supports UK-wide ideas and projects. It tests and grows bold ideas that put people in the lead to address long-term social issues and to improve the quality of life across the UK and internationally.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Application deadline
See programme details
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People and Places: Medium grants
Funding capital and revenue community projects from £10,001 to £100,000.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £10,001 to £100,000
- Total available
- Up to £15 million each year through both strands of the People and Places programmes
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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People and Places: Large grants
Funding capital and revenue community projects from £100,001 to £500,000.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £100,001 to £500,000
- Total available
- Up to £15 million each year through both strands of the People and Places programme
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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People and Communities
Supporting positive change in the community. The People and Communities programme is designed to support you to work with local people to bring about positive changes in your community. A community could be a geographical area or a community of interest.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £500,000
- Total available
- £57 million
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Empowering Young People
Empowering Young People is a grants programme designed to support projects in Northern Ireland that give young people aged 8 to 25 the ability to overcome the challenges they face.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £500,000
- Application deadline
31 March 2021
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Coastal Communities Fund
Promoting sustainable economic growth and jobs in coastal communities.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations, Private sector organisations
- Funding size
- £50,000 to £300,000
- Application deadline
Round 5 is now closed.
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Rural Programme
The Rural Programme (round two) funds projects that create positive change for those living in poverty in rural Wales.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Social enterprises, Statutory organisations
- Funding size
- Up to £500,000 (revenue & capital)
- Total available
- £4 million
- Application deadline
12:00pm noon on 1 October 2019*
*round one has closed
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Community Assets
Grants from £10,000 to £1 million to create strong and resilient communities through assets.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £1,000,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Grants for community-led activity
Medium grants for community-led activity.
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £150,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Grants for improving lives
Grants from £10,000 to £500,000 to help people facing challenging circumstances
- Area
- Scotland
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £500,000
- Total available
- £500,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Forces in Mind
Supporting the psychological wellbeing and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life.
- Area
- UK-wide
- Total available
- £35 million
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Our Place
Helping communities in Scotland come together to find and develop ways in which they can make a difference.
- Area
- Scotland
- Funding size
- £10,000 to £1,000,000
- Total available
- £12 million
- Application deadline
Ongoing up to summer 2018
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Scottish Land Fund
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
- £10,000 to £1,000,000
- Total available
- £10 million in 2017-18
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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#iwill Fund
The #iwill Fund will enable more young people to take part in social action through high quality opportunities which create lifelong habits.
- Area
- England
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Other National Lottery Funders
If none of the current The National Lottery Community Fund programmes are suitable for your project, these 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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Mayor’s Community Weekend
- Area
- England