Big Lottery Fund and Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire have teamed up to give viewers a chance to act on the charitable inspiration fuelled by the show.

Lottery funding worth £1m has been lined up to give away in grants of between £500 and £5,000 from the Secret Millionaire Fund.

People can visit www.channel4.com/secretmillionaire to find out if their community group is eligible to apply, nominate a cause or actually apply.

Successful applicants may then be selected for filming by Channel 4 and appear on the website or TV programme. Visitors to the website can also showcase their cause.