The projects we fund
People and Places: Medium grants offers funding for projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most.
We want to fund projects that are:
- supporting organisations to adapt or diversify to respond to new and future challenges
- supporting communities adversely affected by COVID-19
- supporting communities and organisations to become more resilient to help them to respond better to future crises.
Successful applications must be:
Involve your community
We believe that people understand what's needed in their communities better than anyone. So it’s important to us that you involve your community in the design, development and delivery of the activities you’re planning.
You might want to ask yourself:
- Have I spoken to the people in my community?
- Have the people in my community told me what they need and what’s important to them?
- Have I listened to them and used what they’ve said to create my project?
Strengths-based
We’d like to support people and communities to build on the knowledge, skills and experience they already have, to make the changes they want.
You might want to ask yourself:
- What’s already working in my community?
- How will my project add to these positive things that are already working?
- How will my project make the most of any resources that are already helping my community?
We’ve developed StrengthChecker, a free tool to help third sector organisations to prioritise the strengths they need to build on most for their development and growth. Please use this tool to help identify any organisational development costs
Connected
We want to know that you’ve a good understanding of other activities and services in your community. We’d like to see how you’ll compliment these. So you can add value to what’s already there.
You might want to ask yourself:
- Have I spoken to other groups in the area that are doing something similar to my project?
- Have I thought about how we can all help each other?
Delivering your project in Welsh
When you receive funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for a project in Wales, you'll need to deliver it in Welsh as well as English and make sure all your activities are available to your community in both languages. For further information read our guidance on managing your project bilingually or contact the Welsh Language Team at welshlanguage.advice@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Make sure you include costs of delivering your project bilingually, such as translation costs, in your budget.
There is also support available from these organisations:
Promotion Team, Welsh Language Commissioner: The Promotion Team (Tîm Hybu) supports charities and businesses to plan their Welsh language Services. Contact them hybu@cyg-wlc.cymru to hear more about their: One to one support based on needs; Regular charity and business networking meetings to share experiences and good practice; Simple guidance on every aspect of developing Welsh language services; Online system to self evaluate your services; Proof reading service – up to 1,000 words a year.
Helo Blod: Helo Blod is a fast and friendly free service which is here to support businesses to use the Welsh language with confidence. Contact Helo Blod today on 0300 25 88 88 or e-mail heloblod@llyw.cymru for more information.
What can you spend the money on?
People and Places can fund capital and revenue costs up to £100,000, such as equipment, staff costs and refurbishments. We can fund projects for up to five years.
We can’t fund:
alcohol
profit-making/fundraising activities
recoverable VAT
statutory activities
political or religious activities
paying someone else to write your application.
