National Lottery Charities Board North West

Welcome to the National Lottery Charities Board North West Office

Welcome to our website. In the North West we are constantly striving to make the grant making process more accessible to you the public.

Our website is full of useful information, including:

• A profile of the North West Region and an introduction to our strategic plan (focus section).
• A copy of Inform the North West Regional Newsletter which contains, an update on our regional conferences, a special feature on youth projects, a networking page and much more (News section).
• A profile of the Regional Advisory Panel (RAC) (focus section)
• Key statistics for the North West - How many groups have we funded in your area? (Focus section)
• Crucial Contacts - Key contacts at the North West regional Office (Contacts section).

Current Grants Programmes

If you are a voluntary, charitable or community group, working for the benefit of people in your local area you might want to apply for a grant under one of our current grants bprogrammes, Poverty and disadvantage and Community involvement

Poverty and disadvantage: Examples of projects we might fund include:

• Childcare projects
• Health care projects
• Poverty prevention projects
• Community transport schemes
• Advice, training and education services
• Improved facilities for the young, older people, the isolated and the vulnerable

Community involvement:

Examples of projects we might fund include:

• Setting up of community groups
• Increasing use of community facilities
• Improving community groups
• Involving excluded people in community activities
• Community safety schemes
• Involving volunteers to help their communities
• Networking fundraising and advocacy projects