Corporate Social Review Magazine 1st Quarter 2013 | Page 86

What organisations may apply for Lottery funding?
Charities sector

Organisations must be non-profit entities – such as NPOs,
NGOs, Section-21 companies, Public Benefit Trusts, schools –
and work for the public good.
We welcome applications from organisations of all sizes, from
National structures to local associations and community groups.
The Charities sector has the biggest pool of funds to allocate
and covers a wide range of organisations that are often known as
welfare organisations, benevolent or philanthropic associations,
or friendly societies.
The Charities Distributing Agency is required to allocate at least
half of the money available to organisations involved in the
following priorities:
• Expanding home-based care services.
• Developing services and centres for care of old people, sick
people, and vulnerable groups, including orphaned children.
• Providing educational facilities for adult literacy, early
childhood education, and vocational training and skills
development programmes that are open to disabled people.
• More generally, organisations also can apply if their activities:
• Improve quality of life for the community as a whole.
• Assist disadvantaged or excluded groups, such as the elderly,
disabled people and vulnerable children.
• Provide facilities or services for the underprivileged.

The Sport and Recreation Distributing Agency must direct half
of the funds available to organisations involved in the following:
• Developing sports and recreational facilities in rural areas.
• Increasing accessibility to sport and recreation facilities for
disabled people.
• More generally, the agency will also consider funding
organisations that:
• Enable more people to become involved in sports and
recreation and contribute to the development of these fields.
• Assist disadvantaged communities to participate in sports
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