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National Lottery Community Fund Closures and Funding Review
Following a delay due to COVID-19, The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) started the process of reviewing their funding offer and developing new programmes. The aim of the review is to ensure that they make best use of National Lottery funding to support communities to thrive in future.
As part of this work, the Community Led and Improving Lives programmes will close to applications from Friday 30 September 2022 and the new portfolio will launch in early 2023.
National Lottery Awards for All, Young Start and Scottish Land Fund are not part of this review and will remain open to applications.
What this means for you:
- If you have already submitted an application to Community Led or Improving Lives it will be assessed as usual.
- If you already have an application form but haven’t applied yet, they advise applying as soon as possible. If you’re no longer going to apply or are unsure of about the timescale for this, you should contact your Funding Officer.
- If you were considering applying to one of these programmes but haven’t discussed this with the Lottery or requested an application form yet, you should contact them as soon as possible so the Funding Officer in your area can advise.
- If you have an existing grant under one of the programmes which you wish to continue, you should speak to your Funding Officer if you’ve not already done so.
If you have any questions, please contact the NLCF team on 0300 123 7110 or advicescotland@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.