What is Awards for All
Awards for All is a lottery grants scheme for local communities, which will fund projects that can be completed within 12 months and organisations can receive up to £10, 000 in any two year period.

Examples of funded projects may be found at www.awardsforall.org.uk

Aims:
Awards for All will fund projects that benefit people in need of your community and meet one or more of the following aims.

Extend access and participation
By encouraging more people to become actively involved in local groups and projects, and by supporting activities that aim to be open and accessible to everyone who wishes to take part.

Increase skill and creativity
By supporting activities, which help to develop people and organisations, encouraging talent and raise standards.

Improve quality of life
By supporting local projects that improve people's opportunities, health, welfare, environment or local facilities.

Each Region has a Regional focus, identifying local priorities for the programme. In the East Midlands the Regional focus is:
Increase understanding of different people, places, cultures in our local community.
Improved volunteering opportunities and support
Increased community participation in creating healthier lifestyles
Different communities working closer together.

Who can apply:
A not for profit group with governing documents such as a constitution, a bank or building society account and a set of accounts.
A Parish or town council
A School
A Health Body

How to apply
Contact Awards for All for an application pack that includes a simple application form with guidane notes.
Phone: 0121 345 7700
Textphone: 0121 345 8888
Download: www.awardsforall.org.uk

Contact details:
Awards for All
Apex House
3 Embassy Drive
Calthorpe Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1TR
general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk

You can apply at any time and you will need to explain what project will take place if you get a grant, how you know that people in your community need your project, how i meets one or more of our aims and how much it will cost.