Community Power

Community Power is part of The National Lottery Community Fund's commitment to a £100 million, 10 year fund focused on enabling local communities to influence and change the places they live, as well as the services they use and decisions that affect their lives. The development phase of this programme will work with 10 to 15 partner organisations, with up to £1.2 million funding available over one year. Partners will deliver activities in and with communities to increase their agency, power and control, which can be new or existing work. This development phase will run between spring 2025 and spring 2026, and requires partners to work together to understand what works to increase community power, including identifying barriers and what support and learning is needed to improve community power activities over the long term. The broader programme is planned to launch in 2026, building on the insights and learnings from this development phase.