Funding from the UK National Lottery

What is it?

Of the pound for a National Lottery ticket 50 pence is returned in prizes, 28 pence is allocated to Good Causes, 12 pence goes to the Government in Lottery tax, 5 pence on sales, kept by the retailer, 5 pence to Camelot (4.5 pence to cover operating costs; 0.5 pence profit).

• National Lottery players have raised £20 billion for Good Causes since it was launched in 1994.
• The National Lottery generates over £25 million for Good Causes every week.
• The UK National Lottery returns a higher proportion of Lottery revenue back to society than any other Lottery operator in the world.
• Over 280,000 grants given out across the arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
• Over half of all grants awarded have been for under £5,000.
• Around 70% of adults regularly play a National Lottery game.

Who can apply?

The National Lottery works in partnership with the 14 lottery distributors, to support 'Good Causes' in the arts, heritage, health, education, environment, community and charity sectors.
Each Lottery 'Good Cause' funds its programmes with their own criteria and application process.
Each distributor makes decisions about who shall receive awards independently of the government and according to guidelines established by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

What do they fund?

'Good Causes' in the arts, sports, heritage, health, education, environment, community and charity sectors.
Currently Lottery funding is allocated to Good Causes in the following way:

• Charities, Health, Education & the environment 50%
• Sports 16.67%
• Arts 16.67%
• Heritage 16.67%

£1.5 billion will also be raised by The National Lottery for the London Olympics over the years until 2012.

How do you apply?

Application form. It is best to contact the appropriate body to discuss your project idea.

How much?

The amount you can apply for varies - anything from a small amount for new or small groups to large amounts over a number of years. The amount you can apply for is stated for each funding programme.

Pros:

• Funds a wide variety of good causes
• Can be large grants, including salaries
• Some pots of money require very little or no match funding e.g. Big Lottery and Awards for All
• Can provide medium term project funding
• Very communicative funder and support usually available

Cons:

• Larger applications can be complicated and time consuming
• There is less money available as less people are doing the lottery
• There can be ethical issues for some groups not wanting to access money raised from gambling

Lottery Funding

Lottery Funding is a joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK. This site allows you to search information on current funding programmes across the UK. The funding search will help you to find the funding programmes that best match your project. It will search programmes offered by Lottery funders that are currently open to applications. The funding search will take you through a series of four questions about: the location of your project; about you as an applicant; about the project itself; and about the amount of money you are applying for.

Tel: 0845 275 0000 Textphone: 0845 275 0022 Website: www.lotteryfunding.org.uk

The Lottery Good Causes Distributors

There are details and links to the lottery distributors below:

Big Lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund is the largest Lottery distributor. They are responsible for giving out half the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes: 14 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery ticket.
Their mission is to bring real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need. Their remit covers health, education, environment and charitable purposes. They receive 50 percent of the proceeds for good causes, which is anticipated to be will be between £600 and £700 million a year until the end of the current Camelot licence in early 2009. They fund programmes UKwide with many of their programmes specifically designed for national areas for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Big Lottery Fund Head Office, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE Helpline Tel: 08454 10 20 30 Fax. 0207 211 1750 Textphone: 0845 039 0204 Email: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.ukRegional Offices are listed on their website.

Arts

Arts Council England

Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone in England by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people's lives.
Between 2008 and 2011, we will invest £1.6 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England.

Arts Council England, 14 Great Peter Street , London SW1P 3NQ Tel: 0845 300 6200 Fax: 020 7973 6590 Textphone: 020 7973 6564 Email: enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk

Regional Offices are listed on their website.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. They are the main support for artists and arts organisations throughout the region, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through their Treasury and National Lottery funds.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 77 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6AQ Tel: 028 90385200 Fax: 028 90661715 Email: info@artscouncil-ni.org Website: www.artscouncil-ni.org

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland, distributing both National Lottery and Scottish Executive funding.They have adopted four key priorities for our lottery strategy 2004 - 2009:

• making the arts available to those who have had few or no opportunities to appreciate them
• increasing the numbers and broadening the range of people enjoying and taking part in the arts
• increasing arts activity for and by children and young people
• making sure there is a fair geographic spread of buildings, facilities and activities across Scotland.

Scottish Arts Council , 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh EH3 7DD Tel: 0845 603 6000 Fax: 0131 225 9833 TypeTalk: for hard of hearing, prefix any number with 18001 Email: help.desk@scottisharts.org.uk Website: www.scottisharts.org.uk

The Arts Council of Wales

The Arts Council of Wales is an Assembly sponsored Public Body and a registered charity. We are also a distributor of National Lottery funding. Our vision is a dynamic and creative arts sector for Wales. They aim to create the climate and conditions that motivate and develop the artistic talents of the nation; that enable new ventures and new artists to flourish; and that produce a diverse range of artistic experiences that stimulate, provoke and inspire audiences at home and abroad.

Arts Council of Wales, 9 Museum Place, Cardiff CF1 3NX Tel: 029 20 376500 Fax: 029 20 221447 Textphone: 029 20 390027 Website: www.artswales.org.uk

Regional Offices are listed on their website.

Film

The UK Film Council (and Scottish Screen) provide funding for film production and training.

UK Film Council

The UK Film Council are the Government's strategic agency for film in the UK.

They are here to help make the UK a hub and natural home for film in the digital age: a place with a diverse and vibrant film culture and a flourishing, competitive film industry. They work closely with the Government and the film industry - offering policy advice about industrial, economic and cultural issues affecting film. They make policy and provide funding.

Every year they distribute around £27 million from the National Lottery and £27 million from the Government to support: script development, film production, short films, film export and distribution, cinema, film education, culture and archives, festivals and audience support schemes.

UK Film Council, Head Office,10 Little Portland Street, London W1W 7JG Tel: 020 7861 7861 Fax: 020 7861 7862 Textphone: 0845 039 0204 Email: info@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk Website: www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk

Scottish Screen

Scottish Screen develops, encourages and promotes film, television and new media in Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Executive and through the National Lottery, their mission is to establish Scotland as a major screen production centre and project Scottish culture to the world.

Scottish Screen, Second Floor, 249 West George Street, Glasgow G2 4QE Tel: 0845 300 7300 Fax: 0141 302 1778 Email: info@scottishscreen.com Website: www.scottishscreen.com

Sport

UK Sport

UK Sport is the Government agency responsible for maximising British success in the Olympic and Paralympic Games through investing in our most talented athletes. This involves working together with other sports bodies to deliver excellent results. To achieve this they target Lottery funding at athletes capable of delivering medal-winning performances.

UK Sport, 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1ST Tel: 0 20 7211 5100 Email: info@uksport.gov.uk Website: www.uksport.gov.uk

Sport England

Sport England's vision is to make England an active and successful sporting nation. Their Community Investment Fund helps them achieve three sports and physical activity objectives:

• Start - to improve the health of the nation, particularly for disadvantaged groups
• Stay - through a thriving network of clubs, coaches and volunteers, and a commitment to equality
• Succeed in sport - through an infrastructure capable of developing world class performers.

Sport England, 3rd Floor Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square , London WC1B 4SE Tel 08458 508 508 ( Monday-Friday, 8am to 6pm ) Fax: 020 7383 5740 Email: info@sportengland.org Website: www.sportengland.org

Regional Offices are listed on their website.

Sports Council for Wales

The Sports Council for Wales is the national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and recreation. They increase Participation and Performance:To provide opportunities for everyone to participate and enjoy the benefits of sport, whatever their background or ability; To develop those individuals with potential into competitors who generate national pride through Welsh sporting achievements; To gain international recognition for Wales as a nation with a sporting culture.

Sports Council for Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9SW Tel: 029 2030 0500 Fax: 029 2030 0600 E mail: publicity@scw.co.uk Website: www.sports-council-wales.co.uk

Sports Council Northern Ireland

Sports Council for Northern Ireland funds:

• Capital sports projects
• Northern Ireland's most talented sportspeople to perform successfully in international competitions
• Sporting events hosted in Northern Ireland.

Sports Council for Northern Ireland, House of Sport, Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5LA Tel: 028 90 382222 Fax: 028 90 383822 Email: info@sportni.net Website: www.sportni.netsportscotland

sportscotland

sportscotland is the national agency dedicated to promoting sporting opportunities for all Scots at all levels, whatever their interest and ability. sportscotland's Lottery Fund distributes National Lottery money to sport in Scotland. The Fund backs a variety of initiatives from supporting Scotland's talented athletes to providing sports facilities.

sportscotland, Caledonia House, South Gyle, Edinburgh EH12 9DQ Tel: 0131 317 7200 Fax: 0131 317 7202 Email: library@sportscotland.org.uk Website: www.sportscotland.org.uk

Heritage Lottery Fund

Using money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage for present and future generations to take part in, learn from and enjoy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, they invest in every part of our diverse heritage. HLF has awarded over £4 billion in grants to heritage projects throughout the UK.

Heritage Lottery Fund, 7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR Helpline Tel: 020 7591 6000 Fax: 020 7591 6001 Textphone: 020 7591 6255 Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk Website: www.hlf.org.uk

Regional Offices are listed on their website.

Awards For All (until March 2009 in England)

Awards for All fund projects that bring people together to take part in and enjoy a wide range of community activities. If your project helps to improve people's lives, encourages more people to get involved in their local community or boosts skills and creativity then it is the sort of thing we want to fund.

You can apply for between £300 and £10,000 depending on the country. Awards for All is an open scheme aimed at not-for-profit organisations like charities, voluntary and community groups, sports clubs and arts organisations. Awards for All funds projects that fall under broad headings. These are: environment, education, health, heritage, sports, arts and community.

The type of work and types of groups that can be funded vary between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, so you should check what is available in your country before you apply.

For examples of funded work or to find out more about Awards for All grants, who is eligible to apply and how to submit your application, log onto Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk or Tel: 0845 600 2040.

Lottery's Small Grants in England from April 2009

Following a review of the Awards for All England programme, changes are to be made to the small grants scheme's existing format when it comes to an end in March 2009.
Currently Awards for All England is a joint Lottery grants programme supported by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.
From 1 April 2009 each of the lottery distributors supporting the scheme will have their own small grants programmes up and running. Applications can still be made under the current arrangements until 31 March 2009.
The change will mean that each distributor can better address the needs of their applicants and the themes they support. Overall, across all the distributors, it is anticipated that new money available for small grants in 2009-10 will be comparable to money that was available to community groups through Awards for All in 2008-2009.
To ensure this change will be as seamless as possible, the distributors will each run their own small grants programme as follows:
Big Lottery Fund will launch a new small grants programme on 1 April 2009 awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities in 2009-2010.
Sport England will provide small grants for sports ranging from £300 - £10,000 from 1 April 2009.
Arts Council England will provide small grants through their existing 'Grants for the arts' programme, supporting awards between £1,000 and £100,000.
Heritage Lottery Fund small grants will be provided through the existing 'Your Heritage' (£3,000 to £50,000) and 'Young Roots (£3,000 to £25,000) schemes.Contact Tel: 0845 600 20 40 Textphone: 0845 755 66 56 Email: general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk Fuller information about the changes can be found in a MS Word document at Website: http://tinyurl.com/5nrege (URL shortened using TinyURL)

NESTA

NESTA offers tailored support to enable individuals, groups and organisations to explore new ideas, develop new products and services, or experiment with new ways of nurturing creativity in science, technology and the arts for commercial and social benefit. NESTA's funding can range from £500 to £85,000 upwards, depending on the funding programme. Some of their funding programmes are open for application all year round, others are open for selected periods only, others use a process of nomination.

NESTA, Fishmongers' Chambers, 110 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TW Enquiry line Tel: 020 7645 9538 Email: nesta@nesta.org.uk Website: www.nesta.org.uk

Olympic Lottery Distributor

The Olympic Lottery Distributor is an independent body set up by Parliament and uses money raised by the National Lottery to fund the delivery of the infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and their legacy. They provide funding to some of the bodies tasked with ensuring the successful delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

They will have £1,835m available to us during our lifetime and these funds will help to ensure the successful delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley.

Olympic Lottery Distributor, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE Tel: 020 7880 2012 Email: info@olympiclottery2012.org.uk Website: www.olympiclotterydistributor.org.uk

Millennium Commission

The Millennium Commision was wound up 30 November 2006.
As the Millennium Commission's role as a funder was coming to an end, in 2002 the Millennium Commission granted an endowment of £100 million to the Millennium Awards Trust, the income from this Is used to fund UnLtd,

UnLtd

UnLtd supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. They do this by providing a complete package of funding and support to help individuals make their ideas a reality.

UnLtd, 123 Whitecross Street, Islington, London EC1Y 8JJ Tel: 0207 566 1100 Fax: 0207 566 1101 Email: info@unltd.org.uk Website: www.unltd.org.uk

Regional Offices are listed on their website.

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