The UK Fund

The UK Fund is a funding programme of The National Lottery Community Fund covering England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It funds projects that are "already making a difference" and demonstrate proven impact ready to scale, supporting work that helps "change how systems work, leading to lasting benefits for communities."

The page states projects must meet one of the funding aims: improving relationships between people with different life experiences; helping meaningful online connection when in-person meetings are difficult; supporting community influence on their futures; helping young people change systems affecting them; or increasing organisations' involvement of young people. The page states the programme particularly welcomes "projects that are led by and for disabled people."

Grants are for amounts from £500,000 to £5,000,000.

The programme status is "Open to applications", with a stated decision time of 36 weeks. Applications are made through the online application portal.