Find funding for your project
The National Lottery is funding projects in the arts, sport, heritage, charity, voluntary, health, education and environmental sectors.
Every project makes a real difference to lives and communities across the UK. Different types of grants fund different types of projects – take a look below or refine your search by using the tabs to the right.
5 grants available to your project Refine your search
Grant | Location/Distributor | Funding Amount |
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Reaching Communities
The Reaching Communities programme offers flexible funding over £10,000 for up to five years to organisations in England who want to take action on the issues that matter to people and communities. It supports organisations with great ideas that enable communities to thrive. The grants are awarded to voluntary and community organisations or social enterprises for up to five years. It can fund project activities, operating costs, organisational development and capital costs. |
England |
£10,000+ |
Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants
English National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations with projects that focus on: Combined Arts including festivals and carnivals, Dance, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, Theatre or Visual Arts. |
England |
£1,000 - £100,000 |
Partnerships
This programme offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences. |
England |
£10,000 - £ x,000 plus |
National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery Awards for All offers funding from £300 to £20,000 to support what matters to people and communities. |
England |
£300 - £20,000 |
Movement Fund
We aim to support projects that get more people active and enhance sport and physical activity participation across England. The Movement Fund supports a variety of formally constituted not-for-profit organisation types, including sports clubs, charities, local authorities, schools, Community Benefit Societies and not-for-profit companies. To receive funding, you must have at least three non-related trustees or directors who don't live together. And you need to ensure decision making and voting rights are equally distributed between your trustees or directors. |
England |
£300 - 15,000 |
Some projects we’ve funded
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Professor Teresa Anderson MBE
Professor Teresa Anderson, MBE, is Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, which is co-located with Jodrell Bank Observatory, one of the world's foremost radio astronomy observatories.
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Scottish Sports Futures
An inspiring organisation that helps exceptional young people experiencing challenges reach their full potential through the power of sport.
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Damian Kennedy
Damian Kennedy has been instrumental in transforming boxing in Northern Ireland, with Irish boxing punching well above its weight thanks to his leadership.