The National Lottery Community Fund are looking for 10 to 15 partners to work with in the development stage of their Community Power fund. Community power means local communities being able to influence and change the places they live, as well as the services they use, and decisions that affect their lives.

For this development stage, they have up to £1.2 million funding available over one year. This work will shape how the Community Power fund runs in the future.

They'll fund each partner organisation between £50,000 and £80,000 for the development stage.

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