Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Nominations are now open for the National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why they support amazing community-led projects.
You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.
Funding Information and Duration
- Funding for community-led projects: They offer funding from £300 to £20,000. And can support your project for up to 2 years.
- Funding for arts and sports projects: They offer funding from £300 to £10,000. And can support your project for up to 12 months.
Eligible Projects
- They can fund projects that’ll do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
- support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply if your organisation is a:
- voluntary or community organisation
- registered charity
- constituted group or club
- not-for-profit company or Community Interest Company
- school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory body (including town, parish and community council).
Ineligibility Criteria
- Who they cannot accept applications from:
- individuals
- sole traders
- companies that can pay profits to directors, shareholders or members (including Companies Limited by Shares)
- organisations based outside the UK
- organisations that have already sent a National Lottery Awards for All Scotland application and are waiting for a decision
- one organisation applying on behalf of another
For more information, visit Community Fund.