About Us
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and
communities to prosper and thrive.
National Lottery players raise an incredible £30 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and
activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We
are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.
Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing
funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.
Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing
great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.
We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such
as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.
Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.
We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local
priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to
multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas
for their community to life.
About the Role
You’ll be part of a team of Funding Officers, led by a Funding Manager, responsible for our grant-making activity in
a geographical area. This will include advice, assessment, grant management and learning. You will ensure that
our funding responds to the local context, our commitment to equity and inclusion and challenge yourself and
colleagues to continually improve the way we work.
You will build good working relationships with people and organisations in the area you cover. This will include
reaching out to new and different groups, supporting people who are applying and continuing to work with them
after a grant has been awarded. You will be rewarded by seeing groups thrive with your support.
You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities and making
good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to alternative opportunities. You
will be able to communicate clearly and concisely your recommendations about who and what we fund. Your natural
curiosity combined with a genuine interest in people and projects in your area will enable you to try new
approaches and develop your understanding of what works.
You will represent the Fund within your local area and create opportunities for people to come together. You will
share learning with other colleagues within and outside the Fund so that we can make the greatest
difference.