Between all of the lottery games available to the UK population £24 Billion has been raised for good causes. There are currently 14 independent lottery funders who decide between them which projects should be granted funding upon application.
There are set guidelines which each funder must follow when deciding if an applicant should be granted lottery funding.
The 14 Lottery funders are:
- Arts Council England
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- Arts Council for Wales
- Scottish Arts Council
- Scottish Screen
- UK Film Council
- Sport England
- Sport Scotland
- Sports Council for Wales
- Sports Council Northern Ireland
- UK Sport
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Big Lottery Fund (a merger of The Community Fund and New Opportunities Fund)
- Olympic Lottery Distributor
If you wish to find out more about applying to the National Lottery for funding then you can call the funding helpline on 0845 275 0000 or gain information online at www.lotteryfunding.org.uk which will give you details on different streams of funding and which ones will be open for receiving applications.