National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland

National Lottery funding can help you to make a difference in your community. We offer funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities.

Through our National Lottery Awards for All programme, we’re looking to support projects that are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by:  *supporting organisations to adapt or diversify to respond to new and future challenges . *supporting communities adversely affected by COVID-19 . *supporting communities and organisations to become more resilient to help them to respond better to future crises. 

If you are applying for something that is not related to COVID-19, then your project must meet at least one of our usual funding priorities, which are: *Bring people together and build strong relationships in and across communities. *Improve places and spaces that matter to communities. *Help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest stage. You must involve your community in your project.

We can fund: *equipment. *one-off events. *small land or building projects (but make sure you own the land or building, have a lease that can't be ended for five years, have a letter from the owner saying the land or building will be leased to you for at least five years, or an official letter from the owner or landlord that says you're allowed to do work on the building) - you should also think about getting planning permission for the work too. *staff costs. *training costs. *transport. *utilities/running costs. *volunteer expenses. *costs associated with delivering your project bilingually such as translation costs. *we encourage you to think about any organisational costs needed to help you and your community through the current crisis.

We can’t fund: *alcohol *contingency costs, loans, endowments or interest *political or religious activities *profit-making/fundraising activities *VAT you can reclaim *statutory activities *overseas travel.

You can apply if your organisation is a: *voluntary or community organisation. *registered charity. *constituted group or club. *not-for-profit company or Community Interest Company. *school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school). *statutory body (including town, parish and community council).

We’re keen to fund smaller organisations too. So we’ll look at your income when we’re making a decision.