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The National Lottery is one of the main funders of community projects across the UK and has a number of schemes suitable for arts projects. For an overview of all of the National Lottery schemes, visit http://www.lotteryfunding.org.uk/
Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. It awards grants of between £300 and £10,000, with a simple application process and a quick turnaround time. Since the scheme began, Awards for All have provided over £500,000 of funding for Arts projects in Slough.
Awards for All fund projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community and improve the quality of life for local people. You can apply for an Awards for All grant if you are a not for profit group such as a voluntary or community organisation, a health body or a school. Awards for All do not give grants to individuals. You must also have a bank acount and at least two people to sign cheques. The grant must be for a specific project or activity and must be spent within a year of receiving it.
For more information visit http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/
The Heritage Lottery Fund is a system of grants designed to support all aspects of conserving heritage in the UK. They provide both capital and revenue grants and can support arts projects when they increase access to, understanding of or participation in heritage.
There are several grant programmes offering funding of between £3000 and £50,000 or more to organisations with a national focus. Heritage Lottery Fund only fund projects in the UK. The application process is more complex than Awards for All and turnaround time for applications varies significantly depending on the size of the grant. For more information visit: http://www.hlf.org.uk/
The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the funding that the National Lottery raises for good causes, about £600 million each year. They focus on projects that have a big impact on the community with a particular emphasis on tackling disadvantage.
There are lots of different Big Lottery schemes, and grants range from small amounts for groups to major national projects. The application process is more complicated than other lottery sources and becomes more complex depending on how much money is applied for. For more information visit: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/