Funding programmes
Funding, Funding programmes
For now we’re prioritising funding projects and organisations supporting communities through COVID-19.
In order to prioritise COVID-19, we won't be able to process non-COVID applications in some areas for now – this will differ depending on where an organisation is based.
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National Lottery COVID-19 Fund – up to £10,000
Supporting organisations to continue delivering services to people and communities affected by COVID-19
- 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
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £10,000.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £300 to £10,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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How to apply to our existing funds for your COVID-19 response
Find out how communities and organisations in Scotland can apply to our current funds to help them respond to COVID-19.
- Area
- Scotland
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National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding 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
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding 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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National Lottery COVID-19 Fund – over £10,000
Supporting organisations to continue delivering services to people and communities affected by COVID-19
- Area
- England
- Funding size
- £10,001 to £100,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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National Lottery COVID-19 Fund – over £10,000 for partnerships
Supporting organisations working in partnership to continue delivering services to people and communities affected by COVID-19
- Area
- England
- Funding size
- £10,001 to £100,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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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
- £10001 to £100000
- Total available
- Up to £19 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
- £100001 to £500000
- Total available
- Up to £19 million each year through both strands of the People and Places programme
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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The Welsh Government 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 Six will be open for the submission of project Ideas between 16 June and noon of 2 October 2020.
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People and Communities
A larger amount of funding (between £10,001 and £500,000) for projects working with your community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Funding size
- £10001 to £500000
- Total available
- £57 million
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Empowering Young People
A larger amount of funding (between £10,001 and £500,000) for projects that work with young people (between the ages of 8 and 25) to face and overcome challenges.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations
- Funding size
- £10001 to £500000
- 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
- £10001 to £150000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Grants for improving lives
Grants from £10,001 to £200,000 to help people facing challenging circumstances
- Area
- Scotland
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, Public sector organisations
- Funding size
- £10001 to £200000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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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
- £10,001 to £100,000
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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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
- £10001 to £1000000
- Application deadline
The current funding round closed to stage 2 applications in August 2020. The fund is still open to stage 1 applications - see below for more information.
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Supporting great ideas
Through our Supporting great ideas funding we make 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
- £10,001 and over
- Application deadline
Ongoing
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Helping End Homelessness
£10 million to redesign and improve services for people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.
- Area
- Wales
- Suitable for
- Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations and private sector organisations working in partnerships
- Funding size
- No maximum grant amount
- Total available
- £10 million
- Application deadline
Expression of Interest by 12:00pm on 21 January 2021. Please get in touch as soon as possible if you’re thinking about applying.
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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
- 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, 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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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
- Funding size
- Over £10,000
- Application deadline
Applications currently paused
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Great Ideas
Great Ideas is designed to support great ideas that don’t necessarily involve people at every stage but if implemented would contribute to putting people in the lead.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
- Funding size
- £10001 to £500000
- Application deadline
Paused
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Dormant Accounts Fund
The Dormant Accounts Fund will be used to increase capacity, resilience and sustainability in the Northern Ireland Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector.
- Area
- Northern Ireland
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COVID-19 Community-led Organisations Recovery Scheme
To help us distribute funding quickly and efficiently, some of our COVID-19 response funding is being awarded through a carefully selected range of specialist partners.
- Area
- England
- Application deadline
Ongoing