National Lottery Funding in the form of the New Opportunities Fund is available to encourage schemes aimed at creating community-based learning opportunities across the country.

A total of £200 million available for Community Access to Lifelong Learning, which will aim to support the development and running of a nationwide network of ICT learning centres with online access, fund Community Grids for Learning, which will provide community-based content for adult learners, and support the People's Network, which will link up every public library to the Internet.

Eligible projects for funding will show that they are bringing back into the learning process adults who are not currently able to access learning opportunities, or those which provide community-based content for adult learners.

Further information, application forms and guidance notes can be downloaded from the New Opportunities Fund website.

The next funding round deadlines will be in October of this year.