A £7 million pot with up to £10,000 available in match funding for Crowdfunder projects, as part of a Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games package to help community sport and physical activity groups improve places and spaces across the country.

About the fund

This fund makes awards of up to £10,000 using National Lottery funding, from a pot of £7 million, to help community sport and physical activity groups create or improve facilities in their local area.

Working with projects across the country, Places and Spaces is a match-funding initiative, delivered in partnership with Crowdfunder.

We're especially interested in receiving bids from areas experiencing high levels of deprivation, impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), loss capability and capacity in community organisations.

We launched, and continue to run, a similar national fund in May 2020 – Active Together. So far, we’ve seen some incredible campaigns that really help to activate a community and ease the burden that the coronavirus pandemic has had across our sector.

As such, the aim of Places and Spaces is to use a similar model to unite communities and leave a legacy from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Key information

• Awards (or ‘pledges’) of up to £10,000 are possible.
• You must set up a crowdfunding campaign before we’ll consider a pledge towards that campaign.
• All campaigns should be a celebration of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, providing information on how the place or space is going to provide a legacy and unite your community.
• We anticipate the fund will remain open until December 2022.
• Applications can be made by not-for-profit organisations for the benefit of people and communities within England.

For further information about the fund, please click here.