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Arts Council England

This programme is now open.
Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
• Grants to individuals normally range from £1,000 up to £30,000, and can cover activities lasting up to three years.
• Grants to organisations range from £1,000 up to £100,000, and can cover activities lasting up to three years.
Please visit www.artscouncil.org.uk or call 0845 300 6200 for further details.

Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund version of the Awards for All programme will fund not-for-profit and community groups, schools and health organisations, and parish and town councils whose project will meet one of these four aims:
• Enabling people have better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
• Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems.
• Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to enjoy.
• Healthier and more active people and communities.
You can apply at any time, for between £300 and £10,000, for projects that are completed within 12 months. This programme will open on 1 April 2009. Please visit www.awardsforall.org.uk or call 0845 4 10 20 30 for further details.

Small grants for groups in England – Lottery Funding

Below is an outline of the funding programmes that will be available to groups in England from each lottery distributor following changes to the Awards for All programme.

Heritage Lottery Fund
Heritage Lottery Fund run two small grant schemes: Young Roots provides grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 and aims to involve 13-25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. And Your Heritage provides grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 to support projects that relate to the local, regional or national heritage of the UK, and that help people to learn about, look after, and take an active part in heritage.
For both the Young Roots Scheme and the Your Heritage Programme:

You can apply at any time for both schemes and you will receive a decision on your application within 10 weeks from your completed application being received.This programme is open now. Please visit www.hlf.org.uk or call 020 7591 6042 for more information.

Sport England
Sport England’s small grants scheme will provide funding for activities that help more people to become involved in sport, sustain participation by ensuring people have a quality sporting experience or help people to improve their performance in their chosen sport.

Grants of between £300 and £10,000 will be available for revenue and small capital projects.

There will be a single-stage online application form, and they will offer advice and support to potential applicants. The whole process, from receipt of application to decision, will take no longer than six weeks.

The scheme will be open to not-for-profit sports clubs, voluntary or community organisations as well as local authorities and education establishments.
This programme will open in April 2009. Please visit www.sportengland.org or call 08458 508 508 for further details.