Deadline: Ongoing
The UK Fund is one of the National Lottery's first significant commitments as part of their new strategy, ‘It starts with community.'
They’re looking to fund organisations that want to do more to help communities come together and help make us a better-connected society.
Your project must either work across the UK, or be able to inform, influence or scale across the UK.
They want to fund projects that:
- strengthen relationships between people whose experiences of life have not been the same. For example, relationships between people of different ethnic backgrounds, generations, occupations or geographies
- create connections between online and offline worlds
- help make sure people from all backgrounds can shape the future of their communities.
They’ll fund ambitious projects that aim to create longer-term, transformational change. They’ll take an equity-based approach to tackle inequality. This means they’ll fund where there’s greatest need.
You can read their blog for examples of projects we’re likely to fund.
Area: You must either work across the UK, or be able to inform, influence or scale across the UK.
Funding size: £500,000 to £5m
Length of grants: They expect most projects to run from 2 to 5 years. They may consider funding for up to 10 years.
- Area: UK-wide
- Funding size: £500,000 to £5 million
- Application deadline: Ongoing
- More information on eligibility and how to apply can be found here.