Funding Opportunities
Community Libraries Funding Programme Big Lottery Fund is launching a new funding programme to invigorate libraries as centres of wider community learning and development and develop library spaces that meets the needs of the whole community. Grants of between £250,000 and £2,000,000 will be available to libraries that engage their local communities in the development, design and management of library services. To find out more about this new funding programme visit

Time To Read currently has a full time paid co-ordinator, supported by Arts Coucil of England and Museums, Libraries and Archives, North West.