Strategy

Our strategy sets out key priorities for how we will use our remaining National Lottery resources to maximise people’s happiness. We will:

Build the evidence base: learn what works to improve wellbeing and social cohesion and how to capture and share it to have a sustained impact after Spirit funding ends.

Work in partnership: collaborate with partners that increase the value of Spirit knowledge bank, and contributing to, sharing and amplifying learning through their networks.

Break down barriers: build and share evidenced good practice for reducing the barriers for those that face greater barriers to participation and need extra support.

Champion genuine inclusion: actively promote the benefits and understanding of genuine inclusion that enables disabled and non-disabled people to participate, volunteer, and lead together as equals.

Influence: embed our learning and codify our approach so that it can reach and influence wider policy and practice through personal connections, public platforms, best practice guidance and toolkits, to leave a sustained impact.

Find out more about more by downloading Happier People, Happier Places, Spirit of 2012’s strategy for 2020-26, published in January 2020.