The Manx Lottery Trust is asking for charities to submit applications for its thematic funding programme.
The trust is a delegated partner of the National Lottery Community Fund and the programme’s theme is Here When it Matters.
This year’s funding will support organisations that are there when people need them most, helping them strengthen existing services, respond to increased demand or make new support possible.
Grants of up to £25,000 will be allocated.
Manx Lottery Trust chair David Christian said the theme had been shaped by conversations with local organisations.
These highlighted rising demand, increased running costs, fundraising pressures and staffing challenges.
He added: “Local organisations are facing a difficult combination of rising demand and rising costs, yet they continue to be there when people need them most.
“Through ‘Here When it Matters’, we want to help them strengthen or extend that support.”
Christian explained: “Whether funding could help you employ another counsellor, train volunteers, extend opening hours, reach a new community or develop a service, we want organisations to ask: what could £25,000 make possible?”
Applications for a Thematic Funding Award must be submitted by January 1, 2027.
Grants of between £2,501 and £25,000 are available for projects running over 12 months, with a total of £150,000 available for distribution.