Lottery Funding
A number of different organisations distribute lottery funds to voluntary organisations in North Devon, and it can be difficult to keep up with them and their changing programmes. Always check details and deadlines on the relevant websites, and look out for new programmes opening. At the time of writing, Sports England is about to launch a whole new programme of funding with revised priorities.
Arts Council
Size of grants: £1,000 to £100,000
Purpose: An open access funding programme for individuals, art organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. To support a wide variety of arts-related activities, from dance to visual arts, literature to theatre, music to combined arts.
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Big Lottery Fund
Size of grants: £300-£10,000
Purpose: For grassroots and community activity that aims to improve life for local people and neighbourhoods.
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Forces in Mind
Size of grants: See website
Purpose: Administered by the Forces in Mind Trust, to support the psychological well-being and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life.
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Reaching Communities Buildings
Size of grants: minimum of £100,000
Purpose: Provides funding for land and buildings projects costing more than £100,000. It can also provide revenue funding to help to get the building running and deliver project activities. Only for most deprived communities. Postcode eligibility checker
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Reaching Communities
Size of grants: £10-£100,000
Purpose: For projects that help people and communities most in need. As well as revenue funding, this programme can provide up to £100,000 for capital costs.
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Heritage Lottery Fund
Size of grants: £3-10,000
Purpose: Small-scale heritage projects which last less than one year
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Our Heritage
Size of grants: £10-100,000
Purpose: To protect and share heritage - anything from personal memories and cultural traditions to archaeological sites, museum collections and rare wildlife
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Young Roots
Size of grants: £10,000-£50,000
Purpose: To help young people aged 11 to 25 to explore their heritage, from green spaces, museums, and historic sites to language, local memories and youth culture
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Kick the Dust
Size of grants: £500,000 - £1 million
Purpose: To make heritage relevant to the lives of young people, aged 11-25, now and in to the future. This programme is also about developing the skills and confidence of heritage sites and services to sustain their work with young people over the long-term
Deadlines: 2nd Dec 2016
First World War: Then and Now
Size of grants: £3-10,000
Purpose: To explore the heritage of the First World War with grants of £3,000–£10,000
Deadlines: Up to 201
Resilient Heritage
Size of grants: £3,000-£250,000
Purpose: To help strengthen organisations, and build the capacity of staff and volunteers to better manage heritage in the long term.
Deadlines: Rolling programme
Parks for People
Size of grants: £100,000 - £5,000,000
Purpose: Revitalisation of historic parks and cemeteries
Deadlines: 29 Feb 2017
Historic places of worship
Size of grants: £10,000–£250,000
Purpose: To fund urgent structural repairs and help to make historic places of worship better places for everyone to visit.
Deadlines: 6 Feb 2017, 15 May 2017, 4 Aug 2017
Sports England
Small Grants, Only fund currently available. New strategy to be launched shortly
Size of grants: £300 - £10,000
Purpose: To deliver these outcomes:
- An increase in the proportion of 14-25’s playing sport once a week
- A growth in regular participation for all those aged 14+
- A reduction in drop off at ages 16, 18, 21 & 24
- Growth in participation by people (aged 14+) with a disability
Deadlines: Rolling programme