National Lottery

The National Lottery has handed out a whopping £13bn in grants to good causes since its inception in 1994. The sport pot is a large slice of the funding pie with over £3bn being given out in sports grants and they are always accepting applications.

There are five levels of lottery funding - up to £5,000; £5,000-£25,000; £25,000-£100,000; £100,000-£500,000; and then everything over half a million pounds. So for those who are in need of funding at any level then this would be a good place to start looking for grants to help your community sports club.

The National Lottery has long been a supporter of good causes with 28% of revenue going towards good causes. They have sponsored Olympic athletes as well as funding huge projects and working with small sports community schemes.

They give out many sports grants each year but with thousands of applications coming in all the time competition is fierce, so you'll need to demonstrate why your project needs the funds. There is also the possibility of matched funding when you apply for a National Lottery Grant, where they will match the funding that you have raised elsewhere either by fundraising yourself or through smaller commercial partners.

For more details on how to apply for a National Lottery Good Causes Grant then please visit their website - http://www.lotteryfunding.org.uk