16 May 2022
NLCF Still Accepting Applications for its Bringing People Together Programme
Funding for projects which create the infrastructure and social fabric to enable better connections between people and communities.
A year into the Bringing People Together programme, National Lottery Community Fund has so far awarded just over £3 million to 13 projects across the UK.
Not-for-profit groups and statutory bodies may still apply to the fund, providing they:
- Have a clear equality, diversity and inclusion focus.
- Deliver across at least two countries in the UK.
- Demonstrate they can learn and adapt as they go.
Grants of up to £1 million for projects lasting up to five years are currently available, with most of the funding expected to be awarded to groups requesting between £200,000 and £500,00. There will be a smaller number of awards made for projects requesting above £500,000.
All projects must align with at least one of the following priorities:
- Build connections across communities, not just within existing communities.
- Support and explore what is needed to connect communities and enable stronger collaboration to bring people together and keep people together – community infrastructure such as networks, shared resources or coordinated approaches, or supporting infrastructure organisations that support the work of other groups.
- Focus on creating longer-term change.
- Bring people together around climate action in communities.
- Build collective action and strengthen communities’ own abilities to have control, influence and agency on the things that matter most to them (collective efficacy).
There is a particular interest in supporting organisations led by, or supporting people and communities experiencing racial or ethnic inequity, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and people who are refugees or seeking asylum.
Applications can be made at any time while the funding remains available.