Applying to the Million Hours Fund
Million Hours Fund application guidance.
Applies to England
The Million Hours Fund Phase 1 andis 2now are closed for applications. Phase 32 of the Fund is open – for more information and to apply, please visit Million Hours - The National Lottery Community Fund.
Applications open: 303 July 2023
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Information on applying for further funding through the deadline.Million Hours Fund will be announced in due course.
Details
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Relevant documents
Application guidance
ForIf fullyou detailsare eligible, please read the following guidance before completing your application:
When TNLCF asks you for the name of your project, prefix your project name with MH, so enter ‘MH – project name’.
When TNLCF asks you how your project meets its funding priorities, make sure to include how it meets each of the eligibility criteria above, including your actual start date during the 2023 school summer holidays. Please also include how many additional sessions and hours of youth work you plan to deliver, and how many young people you are likely to reach.
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If you are successful, information about your organisation and project will be passed to an external evaluator to understand the impact of the funding. By submitting an application, you are agreeing (as part of your grant agreement with TNLCF) that you will cooperate with the evaluation and any post event assurance. This will include allowing the TNLCF and the external evaluator to use your project information and to share the contact details for your organisation (which may include personal data) for evaluation purposes.
If your bid is successful, you are agreeing you have reada policy in place that explains how young people will be kept safe. For the lifetime of the project, you will need to follow TNLCF’s policy on safeguarding children and understoodadults at risk. If there is a safeguarding incident, TNLCF has the eligibilityright criteriato beforeinform applying.DCMS of the incident but we will not provide them with any personal data.
How to apply
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To apply, you will need to create an account with TNLCF if you haven’t already.
If you have any questions about applying for this funding, contact The National Lottery Community Fund.
Further phases of funding through the Million Hours Fund will be announced in due course.
The below privacy notice explains what personal data will be collected by TheTNLCF National Lottery Community Fund and how and why it will use this data as part of the Million Hours Fund.
