National Lottery Community Fund – Community Power Fund

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This fund aims to support organisations helping to build community power, giving local people influence to make changes to:

  • Places they live.
  • Services they use.
  • Decisions that affect their lives.

Funded organisations will help shift communities towards equitable sharing of power between local people, organisations, and institutions. 

Grants of between £500,000 and £2.5 million are available. 

This fund will open for applications between 25 November 2026 and 20 January 2027.

Further information will be provided at webinars on the following dates:

  • 10 November 2026 (10:00 to 10:45).
  • 18 November 2026 (13:30 to 14:15).

Guidance notes and links to attend an information webinar are available from the NLCF website.