Deadline: 21-Aug-24
The National Lottery Community Fund has announced applications for the Cost of Living Support Fund to support individuals, families and communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of the cost-of-living increases.
They’ve all experienced the impact of rising cost-of-living but some individuals, families and communities have been disproportionately affected. They want to enable organisations to respond, especially those working with the most vulnerable. They want to support activity that provides dignified support to those most affected to deal with the immediate impacts of higher costs for food, energy, and transport, and helps people and communities to build resilience for the future.
Funding Information
- Grants from £20,001 to £75,000 for projects.
Outcomes
- They will fund activity that will achieve these three outcomes:
- People have more resilience and are more able to identify ways to deal with the impact of increased cost-of-living in their lives
- People are able to shape activity in their community to address the increased cost-of-living
- People have more access to support and services that will help them to deal with the increased cost-of-living
What you can apply for?
- You can apply for funding for up to 12 months to deliver or tailor existing services, or to develop new activity.
- Although they welcome applications with match funding, they can fund up to 100 per cent of the costs of activity including:
- staff
- training
- volunteer expenses
- equipment
- premises costs
- evaluation
- overheads
What they will not fund?
- they will not fund:
- they cannot fund individuals, only projects
- mainstream employability support such as job search/access
- anything you spend money on before you get a decision from them
- activities outside the UK
- Activities that actively promote religion.
Who can apply?
- Most organisations are eligible to apply but they’re particularly keen to see applications from smaller voluntary and community organisations who are working with those most vulnerable and disproportionately affected by the increased cost of living.
- Existing National Lottery Community Fund grant holders can apply but you can usually only have one Responding to increased cost-of-living pressures grant at a time.
For more information, visit TNL Community Fund.