National Lottery Community Fund People and Places: Medium Grants (Up to £100,000)
About National Lottery Community Fund People and Places: Medium Grants
Opportunity Details
National Lottery Community want to fund projects that work closely with people and communities in Wales. They're looking for projects that are accessible to their community. Your project will help with the issues that matter most to your community.
By communities they mean people who share an identity, interest or experience. Or people living in the same place.
In your application, you must show how you’ll:
- involve your community in the project development, design and delivery
- build on the skills, experiences and strengths of your community
- understand what organisations, activities or services are already available in your community. And show us how your work will fill the gap.
- consider your project’s impact on the environment. For example, if you need to organise travel, you could use a minibus to cut down on pollution. Instead of everyone travelling separately by car.
Your project must also meet at least one of our missions. To help communities to:
- come together
- help children and young people to thrive
- enable people to live healthier lives
- be environmentally sustainable.
You can apply for this grant to:
- help your organisation change and adapt to challenges
- help you plan land or building work
- buy land, buildings, vehicles or pay for refurbishments. These are called capital costs.
Benefits of National Lottery Community Fund People and Places: Medium Grants
- They can fund new and existing projects.
- They offer funding from £20,001 to £100,000.
- They can support your project for up to five years.
National Lottery Community Fund People and Places: Medium Grants Requirements
You can apply if your organisation is a:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charity
- not-for-profit company
- community interest company (CIC)
- social enterprise
- school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory body (including local authorities, health boards, town, parish and community council)
You can apply as a partnership of organisations. Partners that will get any of the funding must be one of the types of organisations we’ve listed.
The majority of people that will benefit from the project must live in Wales.
You need at least 3 board or committee members who are not related
Related can mean:
- related by marriage
- in a civil partnership with each other
- in a long-term relationship with each other
- related through a long term partner
- living together at the same address
- related by blood.
All companies who apply must have at least 3 directors who are not related in any of these ways. This also applies to companies that are also registered as charities.
Who cannot apply
They cannot accept applications from:
- individuals
- sole traders
- organisations based outside the UK
- companies that can pay profits to directors, shareholders or members (including Companies Limited by Shares)
- organisations applying to more than one of our programmes for the same project over the same period. This is because you cannot get duplicate funding for something we're already funding you to do. It’s OK to apply to another programme if you've already had an unsuccessful decision though.
They can fund some political activity and campaigning
But only if:
- the activity is not party political. This means that it must be about policy, practice, or legislation rather than opposing or supporting a political party
- the activity is meant to help the cause of your organisation and benefit the public or society.
They will not fund projects where political activities are the main purpose. But they can fund projects that are mainly about campaigning.
Application Date and Process
To apply you must contact them for an informal chat about your idea
To arrange a chat contact them by either:
- emailing them at [email protected], or
- calling them on 0300 123 0735 (open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).
They'll put you in contact with a funding officer in your area within five days of contacting us. You don’t need to prepare anything before this call. It will be an informal chat so they can learn more about your idea.
If you’re eligible to apply for the funding, the funding officer will send you an online application form.
They can provide other ways for you to tell us about your idea, such as:
- an Easy Read version of the application form and guidance
- a PDF version of the application form.
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