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This website is funded by the Awards for All programme and is maintained by the 24 Hour Museum with support from the Museum Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).

If you have an editorial or technical issue you wish to discuss please contact: Jon Pratty (editor@24hourmuseum.org.uk) tel. 01273 623336

Awards For All

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

Awards for All is the small grants scheme administered by the Big Lottery Fund on behalf of Lottery good cause funders, Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.

Our aims

We will fund projects that benefit people in need in your community and meet one or more of the following aims:

* Extend access and participation
* Increase skill and creativity
* Improve quality of life

Who can apply?

A range of applicants can apply. You must be:

* A not-for-profit group with a governing document such as a constitution, a bank or building society and a set of accounts
* A parish or town council
* School or health body

Examples of funded projects may be found on the Awards for All website, www.awardsforall.org.uk.

Do you need more information?

Visit www.awardsforall.org.uk or call on 0845 4 10 20 30

Information on other Lottery funding can be found at www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk or call 0845 275 0022

Award for All also operates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See the website or call on 0845 4 10 20 30

Equality and Abolition 200

Arts Council England

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Heritage Lottery Fund

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We support projects that will add to understanding of the transatlantic slave trade

The Big Lottery Fund

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The Big Lottery Fund has a role in supporting activity and assisting communities to mark the Bicentenary

Sport England

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Sport England advises, invests in and promotes community sport to create an active nation.