Programme Summary
Awards for All Wales is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £500 and £5,000.
The Awards for All Programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
Awards for All Wales aims to fund projects that:
- Support community activity - by helping communities to meet their needs through voluntary action, self-help projects, local facilities or events. (By communities we mean people in a local area or people who share a common interest or need.)
- Extend access and participation – by encouraging more people to become actively involved in local groups and projects, and by supporting activities that aim to be open and accessible to everyone who wishes to take part.
- Increase skill and creativity – by supporting activities which help to develop people and organisations, improve skills and raise standards.
- Improve the quality of life - by supporting local projects that improve people’s opportunities, health, welfare, environment or local facilities, especially those most disadvantaged in society.
Can I apply?
You may be eligible to apply for an Awards for All grant if you can meet one of the criteria mentioned above, and:
- you are a not-for-profit group (including social enterprises), or you are a community or town council, school or health body
- you have a bank account that requires at least two unrelated people to sign each cheque or withdrawal
- you have a governing body with at least three unrelated members
- you can spend the grant within one year.
What to do next
- If you think you are eligible to apply, look at our apply page and download the guidance notes and application form
- Questions about Awards for All? Find out more.
- Not eligible for an Awards for All grant? Look at the other small grants available from the other distributors.
- If your project is inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, visit the London 2012 Inspire Programme website to find out how you can get involved in the London 2012 Games.
Contact
- Call our team for advice on 0845 4 10 20 30.
- Email us at enquiries.wales@biglotteryfund.org.uk
- Call our Lottery Funding Helpline on 0845 275 00 00 or go to www.lotteryfunding.org.uk for details of all the lottery funding available.
