The Small Grants Programme seeks to develop opportunities for communities to get more people physically active and support new projects through providing National Lottery funding of between £300 and £15,000.
About the fund
They want to support projects that bring communities together and provide sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active.
In particular want to support projects focusing on environmental sustainability.
They believe that communities that work together and share resources provide a stronger and more sustainable impact.
Therefore, they want applications from projects that demonstrate how they connect with their communities, make best use of the existing skills and assets in an area, and will provide the biggest possible impact to those who need it most.
They also want projects to show how they’ve sought to reduce their impact on the environment through the goods and services they use to deliver the activity.
Please be aware that they always have more applications than we’re able to fund, so our priority is to support projects working with people in disadvantaged communities.
Key information
- Awards of £300-£15,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations.
Multiple applications can be submitted, but organisations can only have awards of up to £15,000 in any 12-month period. - Awards are to help inactive and less active people become more active.
- Our priority is to support projects working with people living in areas of disadvantage as defined by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation areas 1 to 3.
- Applications should explain why there’s a need for the project and how end users have been involved in developing the project.
- Applications should consider how the project adds value to services currently available in your local community, and work collaboratively with other groups to maximise the impact of the project.