New Fund - deadline very soon

IKEA Limited and The National Lottery Community Fund have come together to support thriving, resilient and sustainable communities across the UK. Places Called Home explores the idea that communities can become as important to us as our homes. It aims to inspire and help people get more involved in their local community as a positive, homely place to be and meet other people.

 Area: UK-wide

Suitable for: Small local voluntary or community organisations and groups

Funding size: £1,000 to £5,000

Total available: £1.5 million

Application deadline: 14^th July, or once we receive 1,500 applications - whichever comes first

 Projects will need to meet at least two of these criteria:

 

• It builds on the relationships created during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase community activity and the number of people taking part.
• It encourages people to work together, creating opportunities for communities to live in a sustainable and healthy way.
• It raises awareness amongst the public of the importance of connected households, neighbourhoods and resilient communities. 
• It develops a new idea, activity or way to come together that has emerged in response to the pandemic. 
• It revives or redesigns community and common spaces to encourage shared community activities.  

 

We’ll prioritise applications from groups who:

 

• Have not received funding from us before
• Do not have a current award with us
• Are smaller organisations with an annual turnover of under £100,000.

Other organisations can apply, including those that have a current grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, but please consider these factors first.

 

We’re keen that projects reflect a mix of communities and places from across the UK, and of the 300 awards to be made for this pilot partnership programme, the aim is to make sure that there’s a geographical spread of funding across the UK and a range of activities being delivered across the projects.

 

The programme is due to close on 14^th July at the latest (or earlier, if a total of 1,500 applications are received).

 

To find out more about Places Called Home and what you need to do to apply, visit our website.

 If you have any questions about the programme, please contact wales@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk or 0300 123 0735