The now named “Big Lottery” is a source of funding for many people. Every Fund operated by the Big Lottery attracts way more applications than there is money available. If you spend a lot of time preparing an application only to be turned down, it can be very dispiriting. We advise anyone contemplating such an application to get the most advice you can, including from the Big Lottery people themselves who will try hard to help. The rewards can be great but there is great effort and no certainty of success.
- Awards for All
Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. They award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
- Reaching Communities
Communities are at the heart of Reaching Communities. BIG want to fund projects that respond to needs identified by communities and actively involve them. They want to fund projects that help those most in need, including those people or groups who are hard to reach. They will support those projects they think best meet their communities’ needs.
- Young People’s Fund
This programme closed for applications on 14th July 2006. Accepted proposals will have until 16th October 2006 to submit a more detailed application for assessment. The last awards from the grants to organisations strand will be made in December 2006.
- Well – Being
First stage applications for this fund have closed. BIG is collating lists of organisations who want to be lead partners and organisations who want to be subcontractors and will try and make links between the two sets of organisations.
The fund is aimed at improving mental well-being, physical activity and healthy eating
- grant applications will be for a minimum of £1 million (primarily revenue)
- grants for minimum of 2 years, maximum of 5
- Children’s Play
Under this initiative BIG are making available £124 million to local authority areas. Applications for funding must come from play partnerships led by the local authorities who are asked to begin a process of consultation with local stakeholders to review and develop their strategies for children’s play.
- Community Buildings
The Community Buildings programme will give communities the chance to improve their quality of life by funding buildings that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The programme will pay for creating and improving facilities that offer a wide range of services and activities to a broad range of local people. The closing date for this programme is 30th April, 2007.
- Advice Plus
Advice services give information, guidance and support to individuals and groups so that they can consider, understand and resolve problems that affect them. By doing this advice services help people to avoid or overcome disadvantage and improve their quality of life. The Advice Plus funding programme seeks to ensure that more people who need advice have access to good quality advice services. The closing date for this programme is 30th October 2006.
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For further information on Big Lottery funds call the
Big Lottery advice line on 0845 4102030 or visit
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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