PEOPLE’S POSTCODE LOTTERY FUNDING

January 22, 2016

Many community groups are aware of Big Lottery (National Lottery) grant funding, with their excellent ‘Awards for All’ small grants programme of up to £10,000 in any one year. This month we feature a funder that not so many people are familiar with ‘People’s Postcode Lottery Funding’

People’s Postcode Lottery manages society lotteries on behalf of a range of charitable bodies. These lotteries support charities and good causes. Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised more than £99.6 Million for charity.

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery support sixteen Trusts. People’s Postcode Lottery has been operating in Great Britain since 2005. It mirrors the format of its sister lotteries in the Netherlands and Sweden.

There are three main pots that are open in the UK that we shall focus on with various eligibility and aims at different times of the calendar year

1. Peoples Postcode Lottery

The form will be open at the following times in 2016:

• Sun 1st May – Tue 31st May 2016
• Thu 1st Sep – Fri 30th Sep 2016

2. Postcode Community Trust

The form will be open at the following times in 2016:

• Tue 5th Jan – Fri 29th Jan 2016
• Sun 1st May – Tuesday 31st May 2016

3. Postcode Local Trust

The form will be open at the following times in 2016:

• 5th Jan – 29th Jan 2016
• 1st Sep – 30th Sep 2016

For more information on this or any general funding advice please feel free to call Can Do Communities on 01733 200906 or check this link http://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/Charities.htm