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The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) are looking for partners to work with them in the development stage of their new funding programmes including the Community Power fund.
By community power, they mean local communities being able to influence and change the places they live. As well as the services they use, and decisions that affect their lives.
The NLCF has committed to a £100 million, 10 year Community Power fund. They aim to launch the broader programme in 2026.
For this development stage they have up to £1.2 million funding available over one year. This work will shape how the Community Power fund runs in the future.
As a partner you’ll deliver activities in and with communities to increase their agency, power and control. This can be new or existing work.
You’ll also work with the NLCF and the other partners, to understand what works to increase community power. Including what the barriers are. And what support and learning is needed to improve community power activities over the long term.
To be a partner organisation you must:
- have experience of going beyond engaging communities by doing work to increase their community power
- work in and with communities that are the most excluded and marginalised, and the least empowered
- have experience of working in communities where the conditions are currently least suited to growing community power. For example, where people have less trust in each other, do not feel they belong, or do not have places to meet
- show how the values and approaches of community power are central to your work.
They are keen to hear from smaller community groups as well as larger or national organisations. They plan to work with a mix of partners. Find out more in who can apply.
They’ll fund partner organisations between £50,000 and £80,000 for the development stage. They expect this stage to run between spring 2025 and spring 2026.
They’ll open to expressions of interest on Wednesday 8 January 2025.
