A new grant programme, Strengthening Communities, will provide multi-year funding of up to £500,000 for projects which make communities stronger, healthier and more inclusive.
The annual budget for this new programme will be near £20 million, and it opened to applications from voluntary and community sector organisations in October 2024 (with no current closing date).
The Scheme is administered by the National Lottery’s Community Fund.
The Lottery’s strategy, ‘It starts with community’, puts equity and fairness at the heart of their funding. In Strengthening Communities, they will invest most where the need is greatest, ensuring that those who experience poverty, discrimination and disadvantage – adults, children and young people alike – have the same opportunity to fulfil their potential, participate in their communities and live healthier, happier lives.
This will be the organisation’s main funding offer up to 2030.
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Find out more about the fund here: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/strengthening-communities