Grant funders

The National Lottery Community Fund

Lottery, England

Also known as Big Lottery Fund

United Kingdom 25 open calls
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Open calls 25
Given in 2025 £704.1m
Typical grant £20k Middle half £17k to £20k
New grantees in 2025 44% first grant from this funder

Open calls

National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open Supporting Great Ideas Rolling, no deadline · Up to £500k Open Sustainable Steps Wales - Egin Grants Rolling, no deadline · Up to £35k Open The Step Forward Fund Rolling, no deadline · Up to £225k Open Scottish Land Fund Rolling, no deadline · Up to £1.0m Open Strengthening Organisations Rolling, no deadline · Up to £50k Open The Solidarity Fund Rolling, no deadline · Up to £5.0m Open Climate Action Fund - Food Systems Rolling, no deadline · Up to £7.0m Open Strengthening Communities Rolling, no deadline · Up to £500k Open People and Places Rolling, no deadline · Up to £700k Open Change makers Rolling, no deadline · Up to £5.0m Open Dormant Assets for All Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open National Lottery Awards for All Wales Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open Young Start - Main Grants Rolling, no deadline · Up to £150k Open National Lottery Awards for All Scotland Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open Supporting Change - Carers Rolling, no deadline · Up to £2.0m Open The UK Fund Rolling, no deadline · Up to £5.0m Open Small Eco Awards Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open Fairer Life Chances Rolling, no deadline · Up to £500k Open Young Start - Small Grants Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open Reaching Communities England Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20.0m Open Sustainable Steps Wales - Green Careers - Cardiff Rolling, no deadline · Up to £1.8m Open Community Action Rolling, no deadline · Up to £250k Open National Lottery Awards for All England Rolling, no deadline · Up to £20k Open

Giving by year

44% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 31% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

North West 26,981 grants · typical £9,995
London 26,586 grants · typical £10k
Scotland 26,341 grants · typical £9,981
West Midlands 19,601 grants · typical £9,983
Yorkshire and The Humber 19,001 grants · typical £9,979
South East 17,796 grants · typical £9,990
South West 16,800 grants · typical £9,998
East Midlands 13,486 grants · typical £9,984

Top local authority areas

Birmingham 5,176 grants · typical £9,987
Manchester 2,785 grants · typical £10k
Liverpool 2,686 grants · typical £9,992
Cornwall 2,668 grants · typical £10k
Glasgow City 2,616 grants · typical £9,980
Belfast 2,552 grants · typical £10k
Leeds 2,542 grants · typical £9,995
City of Edinburgh 2,466 grants · typical £10k
Hackney 2,456 grants · typical £10k
County Durham 2,264 grants · typical £9,970

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

YMCA Ripon CIO YMCA Ripon Mobile Youth Hub – ‘New converted Mobile Van’ £20k 30 Jun 2026
Pentip VA CiW Primary School Pentip's Grow and Know Garden £7,000 30 Jun 2026
Antrim Coast Vineyard Church Refresh Hygiene Store £20k 30 Jun 2026
Nations Call Food Bank Service in Islington £20k 30 Jun 2026
Tirabad Village Hall Committee Solar Project with Battery Storage £15k 30 Jun 2026
View (Dove) Ltd COL - Wales Cynefin i Bawb £19k 30 Jun 2026
Newport Memorial Hall Community Movies- Projector £7,617 30 Jun 2026
Wellbeing Challenge CIC Wild Families £20k 30 Jun 2026
eternal community media ADHD HMP Recovery and Me £20k 30 Jun 2026
Brimfield Village Hall Improvement to Village Hall Acoustics £20k 30 Jun 2026

Data: Contains grants data published by UK grantmakers via 360Giving GrantNav. Each award names its publisher and licence. (CC BY 4.0, OGL v3.0 or CC0 1.0, as published by each funder (CC BY-SA data excluded)); The National Lottery Community Fund, via 360Giving GrantNav (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)