Thinking of applying for funding?

We award money raised by National Lottery players to fund great ideas that help communities to thrive.

Groups can apply to us for funding under £20,000, or over £20,001, depending on what they want to do.

Within this section, you can find information on:

types of projects we fund
who can apply for funding
what makes a good application
how much money can we offer and for how long
costs we can and can’t fund
what your organisations needs in place to apply
where you can get help setting up an organisation
what types of organisation can apply
who we can’t accept applications from.

The projects we fund
Who can apply

Our funding is public money. This means that it cannot be used to give organisations an unlawful advantage. You can find out more about the subsidy rules.