Big Lottery Fund

Summary of the programme

The Reaching Communities programme has two strands:

1. Reaching Communities revenue and small capital – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000
2. Reaching Communities buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects

Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities most in need. Projects can be new or existing, or be the core work of your organisation.

Every project we fund must:

• Respond to need - Need is the term we use to describe a problem or issue, or situation where something needs to change to make things better for a person, or group of people or environment.
• Involve the people who will benefit from the project in planning and running the project
• Achieve one or more of the following four outcomes:
  
  1. People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
  2. Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
  3. Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
  4. Healthier and more active people and communities.

Are you eligible?

You can apply for funding for a revenue or smaller capital project if you’re a voluntary and or community organisation, school, local authority, not for profit organisation or social enterprise.

You can apply for large capital funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 only if our eligibility checker confirms your eligibility and you are a unincorporated association, incorporated association, trust or company set up and registered as a charity; unincorporated association set up as a voluntary and community group; community interest company; not for profit company limited by guarantee; community benefit society; town or parish council.

Contacts

• Call our national helpline for advice on 0845 410 20 30.
• Email us at general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk