2014 Communities is a micro grants programme, offering local sports clubs, voluntary and community organisations, community councils and schools grants of £300 to £2,000 to support and stimulate grass roots involvement in sport and physical activity.

You must be able to complete the project and spend the entire grant within a maximum of twelve months of receiving the grant payment. A decision will be made within 20 working days of them receiving a completed application.

The organisation would like the projects they fund to reach people who are less likely to take part in sport or physical activities. 2014 Communities priorities are listed below.

• Getting more women and girls to take part in sport or physical activity.
• Getting more disabled people to take part in sport or physical activity.
• Getting more older people (over 50 years old) to take part in sport or physical activity.
• Getting more younger people (under 25 years old) and older people to take part in sport or physical activity together.
• Getting more people from black and minority ethnic communities to take part in sport or physical activity.

Your project does not need to meet any of these priorities to be offered a grant but if there is not enough funds to support all the projects they are more likely to fund those that meet one of their priorities.

Contact: Big Lottery Fund, 1 Atlantic Quay, 1 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8JB.

Tel: 0141 242 1400

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Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/scotland/