National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery Community Fund
What they fund
Projects that bring people together to build strong relationships and improve communities. Funding supports starting new activities or continuing existing ones, helping organisations adapt to challenges, improving community spaces, supporting people to reach their potential, and assisting communities facing cost-of-living pressures.
Who can apply
- Charities, CIOs, community groups, not-for-profit companies, community benefit societies and CICs in England
- CICs can be limited by guarantee or by shares
- A CIC limited by shares must follow the CIC Regulator's guidance on sharing profits
- You need at least two board or committee members (or directors, for a company) who are not related
- Organisations with smaller incomes are prioritised
- Companies that can pay profits to directors, shareholders or members, including companies limited by shares, rather than reinvesting them for charitable purposes
- Individuals or sole traders
- Organisations based outside the UK
- Organisations applying on behalf of another organisation
Show all 7 exclusions
- Organisations with a National Lottery Awards for All England grant that has not finished
- Applications written by private businesses, consultants or bid writers
- Environment projects should apply to National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment
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Grant details
England only.
Projects that bring people together to build strong relationships; improvement of places and spaces that matter to communities; supporting people at the earliest possible stage to reach their potential; addressing cost-of-living crisis impacts on people, communities and organisations.
£300 to £20,000 per grant for projects lasting up to 2 years.
A decision will be made within 16 weeks of application.
Apply online through the National Lottery Community Fund's application portal.
Applications demonstrating clear community benefit, evidence of bringing people together across divides, tangible improvements to community spaces or people's wellbeing, and alignment with cost-of-living support priorities are likely to perform well.
If your project has an environmental focus, apply to the dedicated Environment stream instead. Sign up for the funder's monthly newsletter for hints, tips, and stories about funded organisations.