26 July 2021
National Lottery – Community Connections Fund
This is the second round of the Local Connections Fund, a £4 million investment designed to help small charities and community groups working to reduce loneliness by building community connections across England.
The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, is investing £2 million into this second round of funding. This will be used to fund hundreds of ‘microgrants’ between £300 and £2,500, so small, local organisations (with an annual income of £50,000 or less) can bring people and communities together.
By a ‘community’, we mean people:
- living in the same area – like a city, town or street
- who share characteristics – like beliefs, values, interests or faith
- who can be grouped together in some other way.
Applications close – 6 August 2021 at 5pm