Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual practitioners, community and cultural organisations
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Latest News
New application form live
We’ve made some changes to National Lottery Project Grants to make the process of applying clearer and more accessible.
You can now apply using our new application form. We’ve also published updated Guidance for applicants, information sheets, and offline application forms.
Our current Time limited priorities
We’re currently prioritising Supporting Grassroots Music, Museum Unlocking Collections and Universal Library Offers projects.
We're making some changes to National Lottery Project Grants. Have a read to find out more.
What is National Lottery Project Grants?
What is National Lottery Project Grants?
Project Grants is always open for applications between £1,000 and £100,000.
Find out if you are ready and how to apply below.
Watch the film to find out more.
Do you need support to apply?
Do you need support to apply?
We can provide guidance in different formats, pay for a support worker and more.
Ready to start?
This short quiz will ask you a few questions about your project that relate to different parts of the National Lottery Project Grants application. It will help you to think about your project and whether or not you are ready to apply.
Project Grants is now open for applications
Take a look at our updated Guidance for applicants, information sheets and offline application forms.
Got a question about National Lottery Project Grants changes? Our FAQs might have the answer.
Legacy documents
Previous National Lottery Project Grants guidance documents
If you applied to National Lottery Project Grants before Tuesday 31 October 2023, you can still access the previous versions of our National Lottery Project Grants documents.
If you applied to Project Grants before 31 October 2023, you can still access previous versions of our guidance documents.
Introduction
Information about how to accept your grant, report on your activity and more.
Guidance and support if your project is not funded
Need more help?
Need more help?
Get in touch
If you have a question, require this information in a different format, or have feedback on how accessible this information is, let us know!
Our customer services team are available by email, phone or LiveChat from Monday to Friday.
