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1 April, 2021
Faiza Khan MBE, Director of Engagement and Insight, reflects on the Fund’s recent conference: Communities Can Conference – a day of thought-provoking discussion to mark one year, since the UK went into lockdown. Read more -
18 March, 2021
John Rose, interim CEO of The National Lottery Community Fund, shares how the Communities Can Conference 2021 will bring the voluntary and charitable sectors together to celebrate achievements, reflect on challenges and share thoughts on how to rebuild post-pandemic. Read more -
Bringing People Together: a new funding programme
15 March, 2021
Today marks a year since the first announcement on 16 March 2020 that all ‘unnecessary social contact’ should stop across the UK due to COVID-19. Read more -
National Lottery Community Fund supporting Plunkett Foundation in 2020
11 March, 2021
Whilst it seems hard to think back to a time pre-Covid, the reality for the community-owned business sector was that they started 2020 in a relatively buoyant position. Read more -
The New Infrastructure Programme: the story so far
10 March, 2021
We set up the New Infrastructure Programme last year to give critical community infrastructure organisations the opportunity, space and time to plan for the future. Today we have announced funding to 14 vital and varied infrastructure organisations across the UK. Read more -
February 2021 Update from our Interim CEO John Rose
17 February, 2021
We are already over a month in to 2021 and it’s clear that the COVID rollercoaster and the ongoing impact on people, communities and the sector is not going to end anytime soon. In this context, we are being careful to keep one eye on the ‘here and now’ and the other focussed on the future. Read more -
Andy Haldane: Social capital is the glue that binds communities together
28 January, 2021
Past pandemics have tended to collapse the capital on which capitalism is built: physical capital, human capital and financial capital. Yet there is one capital that, historically and currently, has bucked these trends: social capital. Read more -
How community organisations can offer volunteering opportunities for people of all ages
20 November, 2020
The Centre for Ageing Better speaks about their guide for community organisations to help them make the most of the contributions of people of all ages. Read more -
Power of Youth: Everybody benefits when we empower young people
19 November, 2020
Inclusion, empowerment, making a difference: these are just some of what youth social action means to our recently formed #iwill Fund Advisory Panel. Read more -
