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The council has a corporate External Funding Team which is based in Regeneration Services. The team produces a monthly funding alert which provides up-to-date information on external funding. For examples of projects which have received external funding, visit the externally funded projects section of the website. Further information on external funding is available using the "Contact us" box on the right. A list of useful websites is available from the Useful external funding links section of the website.
The main sources of external funding in North Lanarkshire are:
sportscotland
sportscotland is the national body for sport development in Scotland. Its goal is to see more people participating in sport and enjoying its benefits. sportscotland distributes National Lottery and Exchequer funds for the benefit of sport. It makes awards to help create links between schools and communities, support areas and groups deprived of sporting opportunities, encourage participation and support the country's top athletes.
sportscotland works closely with partners such as local authorities and governing bodies of sport that have fully developed strategies reflecting the Sport 21 priorities. A small number of schemes encourages direct application from members of the public. These include Sportsmatch and Awards for All. More information on funding is available from sportscotland.
The Big Lottery Fund
Launched on 1 June 2004, The Big Lottery Fund replaced the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund to build on the experience and best practice of both organisations and to ensure lottery funding provides the best possible value for money.
The Big Lottery Fund continues to fund charities and the voluntary sector and health, education and the environment. It is a fund for community transformation, from smaller grants at local level through to big capital projects, intended to regenerate and revitalise communities. Big Lottery income comes from the sale of Lottery tickets. More information on the variety of funding is available from The Big Lottery Fund.
The Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. The HLF distribute a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes. Since 1994, the HLF has awarded £3 billion to more than 15,000 projects across the UK.
The Heritage Lottery Fund is the only heritage organisation that operates both across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and funds the entire spread of heritage – including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and language. Groups and organisations of all sizes are helped with projects that:
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encourage more people to be involved in and make decisions about their heritage
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conserve and enhance the UK's diverse heritage
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ensure that everyone can learn about, have access to and enjoy their heritage.
The following grants are currently available in Scotland:
Full details of these and further information is available from The Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland. The Council offer a unique national perspective on the provision and management of the arts which seeks to balance the needs of all arts sectors and all communities in Scotland as well as a focus on research, information provision and international working.
The Scottish Arts Council offer support to individual artists for research and development, training, production and presentation/promotion of work. This may take the form of grants, awards, bursaries, artists' residencies or support to artist-led projects.
Support is available to organisations for arts projects, capital projects (buildings, equipment and artists' work in public places), organisational development, and research and development. Support is available for individuals and organisations in the following areas:
- Crafts
- Dance
- Drama
- Literature
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Across Artforms
- Capital (organisations only - buildings, equipment, public art)
Further information and full details of funding for each of the above areas is available from The Scottish Arts Council.
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