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The UK Fund offers larger amounts of funding for existing projects that help bring diverse communities together.

All projects must:

• benefit communities across the UK (by working in different places, or by sharing learning between countries)
• scale up their impact by expanding their work (by helping more people, or doing more for people they already work with)
• support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination
• help make significant changes to services or systems that affect people’s everyday lives AND meet one of these aims:
• improve relationships between people with different life experiences
• help people and communities who find it difficult to meet face-to-face to make meaningful connections online
• help people from all backgrounds to influence the future of their communities
• help children and young people facing specific challenges change the systems that affect them
• help more organisations to involve and listen to children and young people.

You are more likely to get funding if you meet one aim well; they're unlikely to fund projects that do a little of everything.

Your project must meet one of their aims:

• improve relationships between people with different life experiences.
• help people and communities who find it difficult to meet face-to-face to make meaningful connections online.
• help people from all backgrounds to influence the future of their communities.
• help children and young people facing specific challenges change the systems that affect them.
• help more organisations to involve and listen to children and young people.

All projects must demonstrate how they will:

• benefit communities across the UK
• scale up your impact by expanding your work
• support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage and discrimination
• help make significant change to services or systems that affect people’s everyday lives

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Geographical areas funded: UK

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:

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Maximum:

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Notes on award amounts:

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Who can apply

Voluntary or community organisations, statutory organisations. You must either work across the UK, or be able to inform, influence or scale across the UK. Partnerships are eligible. See fund guidance.

When to apply

Applications can be made at any time.

How to apply

Watch the guidance video on the Lottery website and check the funding criteria. If your idea meets the criteria you can apply online.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Befriending and mentoring Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Education and training General charitable activities Organisational development and capacity building

Beneficiaries funded: Black and Ethnic Minorities Children Families General public Socially isolated people Rural communities Older people Disabilities Refugees and asylum seekers Local communities Young people Urban communities

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