Community Power
Community Power supports community groups and organisations to deliver community-led activities and shared learning that increase local influence over places, services and decisions affecting their lives.
Funder: National Lottery Community Fund
Due Dates: February 5, 2025 (Development-phase expression of interest) | November 25, 2026, 12pm (Community Power Fund opens) | January 20, 2027, 12pm (Community Power Fund deadline)
Funding Amounts: Development phase: £50,000–£80,000 per partner over one year; broader fund: most awards £500,000–£2.5 million over 5–10 years
Summary: Supports community-led activities that increase local influence over places, services and decisions, alongside shared learning about community power.
Key Information: Applicants to the broader Community Power Fund must join or watch a webinar before applying.
Description
The National Lottery Community Fund’s Community Power programme supports local communities to influence and change the places they live, the services they use and the decisions affecting their lives. The funder has committed £100 million over 10 years to community power. Its development phase supports new or existing activities that increase communities’ agency, power and control, while helping shape the broader programme.
The development stage was expected to run from spring 2025 to spring 2026, bringing together 10–15 partners, including smaller community groups and larger or national organisations. Partners work with the funder and one another to understand what increases community power, identify barriers and explore the support and learning needed over the long term. Development-phase applications are closed; the broader Community Power Fund has a separate application cycle and eligibility requirements below.
