Big Lottery Fund

Big Lottery Fund is one of four Lottery distributors in Northern Ireland that support good causes in the arts, heritage, sport, health, education, environment, community and voluntary sectors. Below are links to other distributors and useful information.

Arts Council Northern Ireland

The lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. The main support for artists and arts organisations throughout the region, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through Treasury and National Lottery funds.

Awards for All

Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities. We award grants of between £500 and £10,000 in a simple straightforward way.

Lottery Funding

Lottery Funding is a joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK.

NESTA

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. We are the largest single endowment devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation and creativity in the UK. Our mission is to transform the UK's capacity for innovation. We invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish. NESTA uses its resources to build and test new models of innovation, often working in partnership with other organisations

Sport Northern Ireland

Sport Northern Ireland has been in business for twenty five years. To achieve its overall aim of developing sport from grass-roots to elite standard, the Council works closely with other organisations.

UK Film Council

The UK Film Council aims to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK.

UK Sport

UK Sport works in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success.