Tag: The National Lottery Community Fund

The National Lottery Community Fund launches a Strategy Renewal process

Stuart Mitchell

The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, has today launched a Strategy Renewal process that will shape how it supports people and communities to prosper and thrive into the future. The move is part of the Fund’s ongoing commitment to putting communities first. The 18-month process will engage a wide range of stakeholders and provide many touch points for people to join in conversations about the challenges, opportunities, hopes and ambitions of the UK’s diverse communities. This will help shape how The National…

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Fund reopens to deliver £16.3 million in grant funding to social enterprises

Stuart Mitchell

On 10 November 2021 five social enterprise support agencies have come together for the second time to deliver the fund, which will help social enterprises across England rebuild and grow their income from trading, enabling them to support their communities to recover from the crisis. Big Issue Invest, Key Fund, Resonance, the School for Social Entrepreneurs and UnLtd will jointly deliver £16.3m in grants, aiming to help 500 enterprises. Money for the fund comes from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. The…

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2021: importance of communities set to remain high as people identify loneliness and isolation as a key issue to tackle in their local area

Stuart Mitchell

New research from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, shows that the pandemic has helped to reignite people’s interest in their local community and sparked a desire to be more involved in 2021. Across the UK almost seven in ten people (69%) feel like they are part of their local community, with around a third acknowledging that COVID has increased their sense of belonging (35%) and also made it more important for them to feel part of it (33%). The survey of…

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Catalyst & The National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 Digital Response

Stuart Mitchell

We’re helping charities develop solutions to their data, design and digital challenges to delivering essential services, so that they can better support people and communities affected by COVID-19. The COVID-19 Digital Response is being delivered by CAST on behalf of the Catalyst network, and is being funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. It will help address urgent issues which affect the most vulnerable. Around £1.75 million will be made available in direct grants to nonprofits. This fund is aimed at enabling networks of charitable organisations to develop their digital, data…

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The Phoenix Fund opens to grant £1 million to Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic community groups across England

Stuart Mitchell

Global Fund for Children (GFC) and The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, have announced the opening of the Phoenix Fund. This new initiative, made possible thanks to National Lottery players, will provide £1 million in emergency grants to Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and will support BAME leadership across England. As the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice sweep the world, the time to decisively support BAME leadership and relief efforts is long overdue. Survey data from the Ubele…

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