Do you have a £1 million dream? Now's your chance to turn it into a reality with People's Postcode Lottery Dream Fund

Charities with a vision for a dream project could get up to £1 million to turn it into reality thanks to the People’s Postcode Lottery.

The funder is making £3m available in this year’s Dream Fund, which gives large grants to charities working in partnership to create something innovative and life changing.

Previous winners Lowland Rescue and Missing People worked together to create a search dog initiative to find vulnerable missing people. Whizz-Kidz and the University of Edinburgh were funded for a project to design a high-tech wheelchair for disabled children.

Joe Ray, People's Postcode Lottery's social investment and innovation advisor, gave advice for those looking to apply.

He said: "We are looking for truly creative collaborations that come up with solutions to particular challenges.

"As part of the application process, we want to know how charities will work together and who will benefit from their project.

"This really is a fantastic opportunity for charities to team up and do something incredible for communities across Scotland, England and Wales."

Now in its eighth year, Postcode Dream Trust, which is supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery, is making £3m available for three ground-breaking projects in 2019.

Stage one of the online application process has now opened and will close on 31 August, 2018. The winner won't be announced until January next year.

Charities are urged to apply for funding targeting the following five key themes: changing lives through early intervention, ending loneliness and social isolation, protecting Britain's biodiversity, sustainable systems change or transforming society through sport.

Not-for-profit organisations are encouraged to apply, but the lead for the project must be a registered charity.