After pausing the fund for three months, the Big Lottery Fund has reopened the £190 million a year programme to applications from voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations.
The Big Lottery Fund is seeking ideas for projects that will improve communities across England and will make grants of more than £10,000 available to support organisations that want to take action on the issues that matter to people and communities.
The funding can support project activities, operating costs, organisational development and capital costs and can support work for up to five years.
To be eligible, groups need to show how their ideas meet the following three priorities:
Organisations that are interested in applying will need to have an initial discussion with the Big Lottery Fund about their proposed idea. If the idea is accepted, the Big Lottery Fund panel of staff will then invite a full proposal.
This is a rolling programme with no deadlines.