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We are one of a number of Lottery distributors in the UK that support good causes in the arts, heritage, film, health, education, environment, sport, community and charity sectors. Below are links to other distributors and useful information.

By visiting the National Lottery Funding website you will be able to search for all the funding programmes available from all the national Lottery distributing bodies. www.lotteryfunding.org.uk

Arts Council England

The national development agency for the arts in England. It invests billion of pounds of public funds from government and National Lottery. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England.

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.

Arts Council of Wales

The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales.

Awards for All

Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities. We award grants of between £300 and £10000 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

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland.

Sport England

We are an organisation committed to creating opportunities for people to start in sport, stay in sport and succeed in sport. We promote and invest in sport and are responsible for delivering the Government's sporting objectives. We believe sport has the power to change people's lives.

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.

Sport Scotland

sportscotland is the national body for sport development in Scotland.

Sports Council for Wales

The Sports Council for Wales is the national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and recreation. The Sports Council for Wales is also responsible for distributing lottery funds to sport in Wales.

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.