Community grants and funding - External Funding
Please see below a selection of funding opportunities that may be of interest
National Lottery - Awards for All
Offer funding from £300 to £20,000.
You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.
Your project will need to do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
- support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis
View more information on National Lottery - Awards for All.
National Lottery - Reaching Communities
Funding starts at £20,001
This funding will help strengthen communities and improve lives across England. The funding is available to all communities. But National Lottery's priority is the places, people and communities that need it most.
By ‘community’ National Lottery mean people living in the same area. Or people with similar interests or life experiences, even if they do not live in the same area.
View more information on National Lottery - Reaching Communities.
Sport England - Movement Fund
You can apply for £300 - £15,000
Offering up to £15,000 for physical activity projects in the community. The focus is on people who face barriers to activity and projects designed to help them join in
View more information on Sport England - Movement Fund.
Lancashire County Council (LCC) - Grants and Funding
There are several grants available through Lancashire County Council:
- Crowdfund Lancashire
- Community Team Support
- Local Member Grant Scheme
- Champion Grants Scheme
- Lancashire Community Orchard Grant
View more information on grants and funding on the LCC website
Henry Smith Foundation
There are several grants available through the Henry Smith Foundation
- Domestic Abuse Fund - Grants for organisations delivering specialist domestic abuse services.
- Together We Begin - Investing in home-based early years support
- Shout - Supporting organisations working with young people.
- Kindred - Grants and support for Henry Smith's descendants
- Holiday Grants - Supporting fun, enriching experiences for children.
- Clergy - The Christian Grants programme supports initiatives that promote Anglican Clergy Wellbeing
View more information on Henry Smith Foundation grants.