About The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)
The NLCF distributes over £600m a year to communities across the United Kingdom. The Community Fund award money is raised by Lottery players to fund great ideas that help communities to thrive.
National Lottery Community Fund announce grant for the National Memorial Family Fund
We are pleased to announce that The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded £19,984 in grant funding to the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) to further the commitments from our Development Plans in 2025/26.
The NMPMFF (developed in 2015) is the first permanent national resource of its kind specifically for those that are affected by deaths in custody and makes small grants available for families and their campaign groups across the United Kingdom to provide practical domestic assistance, to further the work of their own campaigns or to assist them in engaging in a range of other local, regional or national campaigns, events and initiatives.
The Lottery funding will be used to support NMPMFF sessional staffing costs, organising two national family support events over 12 months, and to offer personalised therapeutic interventions for families members before they enter crisis - this includes specific support for children, especially those who have lost one or more of their parents or carers.
The NMPMFF 5-Year Plan
The NMPMFF has ambitious development plans for the future.
Many new initiatives will be rolled out over the next 3+ years, with support also provided by
4WardEverUK,
Catalyst 4 Change CIC,
Migrant Media
and others.
What can you do?
Can you help with the Memorial Family Funds’ aspirations? If you have skills, experience, knowledge, resources or connections that can help, please contact us.
Over the last 2+ years the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) has lost 80+ (60%) of regular monthly donors, and our grant and reserves are almost depleted.
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The Law Society has called on the Government to invest more money in civil legal aid to ensure greater access for all. More than 42 million people lack access to legal aid.
The chair of England's first public inquiry into mental health deaths, Baroness Lampard, has vowed to "seek out the truth" - despite difficulties getting documents from the NHS.
Over the last 2+ years the NMPMFF has lost approximately 116 of our regular monthly donors leaving just 63; and recently saw the end of core funding for two critical staff.
A lack of supported housing was the biggest reason for delayed discharges from mental health hospitals in England last year, costing the NHS about £71m, according to a report.
