The National Lottery Community Fund Lanarkshire

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⭐. The Ethnic Minority Development Fund is now open for applications!
We’ve reopened the funding programme to support ethnic minority-led third sector organisations across Scotland to deliver projects that benefit their communities.
We’re investing £500,000 to help break down barriers and create opportunities for people from ethnic minority backgrounds, in partnership with The Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations Scotland (CEMVO).
Organisations can apply for grants from £500 to £15,000 to help build capacity within their teams when applying for funding.
It will support community-led projects that:
- Bring ethnic minority people together and build strong relationships
- Help more ethnic minority people to thrive by supporting them early
- Improve places and spaces that matter to ethnic minority communities
Apply today and help create new opportunities in your community.
Further information about the Ethnic Minority Development Fund, the application process and eligibility can be found on CEMVO's website: https://ow.ly/J8H150YwIeL

⭐. The Ethnic Minority Development Fund is now open for applications!

We’ve reopened the funding programme to support ethnic minority-led third sector organisations across Scotland to deliver projects that benefit their communities.

We’re investing £500,000 to help break down barriers and create opportunities for people from ethnic minority backgrounds, in partnership with The Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations Scotland (CEMVO).

Organisations can apply for grants from £500 to £15,000 to help build capacity within their teams when applying for funding.

It will support community-led projects that:

- Bring ethnic minority people together and build strong relationships
- Help more ethnic minority people to thrive by supporting them early
- Improve places and spaces that matter to ethnic minority communities

Apply today and help create new opportunities in your community.

Further information about the Ethnic Minority Development Fund, the application process and eligibility can be found on CEMVO's website: https://ow.ly/J8H150YwIeL

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Community groups across Scotland can now apply for a share of £2.2 million in National Lottery funding to deliver activities inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. 🎉
Through National Lottery Awards for All Scotland, you can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to deliver Games-inspired activities in your local area.
Funding is available for projects that:
- Increase access and remove barriers to arts and sports
- Get more people active and involved
- Bring communities together
- Support health and wellbeing
- Celebrate cultural diversity
- Create a lasting legacy beyond the Games
Whether you’re a community group, sports club, or arts organisation, this is your chance to get involved and make something special happen where you live.
Interested? Email [email protected] to find out more or discuss your idea.
🏅. Let’s bring the Games to every community across Scotland!

Community groups across Scotland can now apply for a share of £2.2 million in National Lottery funding to deliver activities inspired by the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. 🎉

Through National Lottery Awards for All Scotland, you can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to deliver Games-inspired activities in your local area.

Funding is available for projects that:

- Increase access and remove barriers to arts and sports
- Get more people active and involved
- Bring communities together
- Support health and wellbeing
- Celebrate cultural diversity
- Create a lasting legacy beyond the Games

Whether you’re a community group, sports club, or arts organisation, this is your chance to get involved and make something special happen where you live.

Interested? Email [email protected] to find out more or discuss your idea.

🏅. Let’s bring the Games to every community across Scotland!

⭐. We’re developing new funding opportunities to help more people access the financial services they need – and we’d really value your input.
If your organisation works with people who face barriers to banking, credit, or other financial services, we want to hear about their experiences to help shape this funding. We’d also like to talk to organisations that prevent financial exclusion through education and support.
🔖. This blog highlights where we need your help to better understand financial support in Scotland. Read it here: https://ow.ly/A2ZC50YyA8z
This work is being supported through the Dormant Assets Scheme.
We’re keen to hear from your organisation supporting people who:
- Experience financial crisis
- Cannot access or use financial services
- Have problems with debt that they cannot manage or repay without difficulty
- Cannot access fair and affordable credit
✉️. Please share your insights with us by 13 May 2026: [email protected]

⭐. We’re developing new funding opportunities to help more people access the financial services they need – and we’d really value your input.

If your organisation works with people who face barriers to banking, credit, or other financial services, we want to hear about their experiences to help shape this funding. We’d also like to talk to organisations that prevent financial exclusion through education and support.

🔖. This blog highlights where we need your help to better understand financial support in Scotland. Read it here: https://ow.ly/A2ZC50YyA8z

This work is being supported through the Dormant Assets Scheme.

We’re keen to hear from your organisation supporting people who:

- Experience financial crisis
- Cannot access or use financial services
- Have problems with debt that they cannot manage or repay without difficulty
- Cannot access fair and affordable credit

✉️. Please share your insights with us by 13 May 2026: [email protected]

Congratulations to Shining Stars ASN Theatre School - SCIO on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. This will help support the Coatbridge theatre school for anyone with an additional support need. They offer workshops in Drama, Musical Theatre, Dance, Drama Therapy, Makaton Choir, and Arts Therapy.

If your community group or charity is looking for funding consider applying to National Lottery Awards for All. It is a quick & easy way to apply for grants of between £300 and £20,000. (£10k limit for Sports or Arts projects)
Find out more & apply here:
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/funding-programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
If you want to discuss an application or find out further information then please contact us on facebook or email the team on [email protected]

National Lottery Awards for All Scotland | The National Lottery Community Fund We fund projects in Scotland that bring people together and improve communities. Apply for grants of £300 to £20,000 for projects up to 2 years.

Congratulations to organisations across Motherwell and Wishaw on receiving funding form

Congratulations to Disco Buddies on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. They will use the funding to run sensory session, and built-in support sessions, for individuals with additional support needs and their carers. This will be in addition to their weekly inclusive disco events for adults with disabilities, ASN or anyone experiencing loneliness.

Congratulations to Shining Stars ASN Theatre School - SCIO on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. This will deliver a one-day music festival event to provide an inclusive social and cultural opportunity for individuals with additional support needs, their families, and the wider Coatbridge community.

Congratulations to Cardowan Community Meadow on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. The grant will support the delivery of community wellbeing activities from the groups community hub and active travel hub facilities. This will improve health and wellbeing and community cohesion in Cardowan, North Lanarkshire.

Congratulations to MS Society Lanarkshire on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. This will fund a counsellor to deliver a series of specialist counselling sessions to people across Lanarkshire. Further, the group will develop their peer support activities to help people living with MS feel less isolated. The project will help individuals to develop self management strategies for their MS and support their emotional wellbeing.

Congratulations to SakoonMind on their recent National Lottery Awards for All grant. The funding will deliver free mental health and wellbeing workshops and events for members of the South Asian community and other locals within North Lanarkshire and Glasgow. The workshops and events will bring people together across communities to destigmatize discussions about mental health, share lived experience, and engage with wider community support.