Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Community Fund has launched the National Lottery Awards for All England.
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
- They offer funding from £300 to £20,000. And can support your project for up to two years.
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:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charity
- charitable incorporated organisation (CIO)
- not-for-profit company
- community interest company (CIC) limited by guarantee
- community interest company (CIC) limited by shares (you must follow the Regulator of Community Interest Companies’ guidance on the sharing of profits)
- school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
- community benefit society.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They cannot accept applications from:
- individuals or sole traders
- organisations based outside the UK
- companies that can pay profits to directors, shareholders, or members, including companies limited by shares
- organisations who have already received £20,000 from Awards for All England in the past 12 months
- organisations with an open application for funding from one programme cannot apply to another programme for the same project during the same period
For more information, visit Community Fund.
