16 youth led projects share £1.1 million of Young Start funding
Projects helping thousands of young Scots get the experience they need to shape a brighter future are today (WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER) sharing in £1,134,534 of Young Start funding.
A £500,000 grant from the Dormant Accounts Fund NI has been awarded to the charity Arts & Business NI, to support its Blueprint, a ground-breaking five-year partnership programme which will support small and medium sized arts and cultural organisations to become more sustainable in the long-term.
The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in Wales today announced the appointment of two new members to join its Wales Committee.
A range of community projects including those supporting stroke survivors and a group helping people with disabilities to surf have received more than £2.6 million from The National Lottery Community Fund.
A new £2.5million National Lottery-funded programme to support communities across the UK take action on climate change, opens for applications today [1 September 2021], ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow this November.
A new report published today by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, reveals the huge difference made to people’s lives by improving the accessibility of vital community spaces.
Blondel Cluff CBE visited several National Lottery funded projects in Wales this week, a few months after being appointed Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund UK Board.
Over £2.2m of National Lottery funding is today (THURSDAY 26 AUGUST) being shared by 103 community groups across Scotland. Many of the charities and voluntary organisations receiving awards will provide vital support and activities for people as they begin to meet up with others again post pandemic.
The Macular Society successfully bid for a grant of £300,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund in Wales to let them carry on helping over 2,500 people losing their sight in Wales.
Today it was announced that The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded almost £100 million to 1,355 community organisations involving young people across England over the last year.
