Big Lottery Fund Hounslow Funders Fair 19/09/2013.

Big Lottery Fund

Hounslow Funders Fair19/09/2013

Introduction

─ Jane Sterland

─ Funding Officer

─ Early Contact Team

─ Based in Holborn, London

─ Supporting applicants and potential applicants

─ Raising BIG’s awareness of local needs and priorities

Overview of Big Lottery Fund

Big Lottery Fund Mission

“The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and to the lives of

people most in need”

How the Lottery £ is spent

BIG is responsible for delivering 40% of all funds raised for good causes - 11p of every £1 spent on a Lottery Ticket

Big Lottery Fund

─ BIG is one of four distributors of Lottery funding

─ We are responsible for 40% of all the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery

─ We distribute £600 million in funding each year

─ 80-90% of our funding goes to community and voluntary organisations

BIG is an outcomes funder

Your project must meet at least one of these four outcomes:

People having better

chances in life

Stronger communities

Improved rural and

urban environment

s

Healthier and more

active people and communitie

s

Big’s Funding Principles

─ Partnership

─ User Informed

─ Local

─ Long Term

─ Evidence, Impact and Influence

BIG Funding – Three main themes

BIG Funding – Three main themesDemand led:

—Awards for All (Small grants up to £10,000)

—Reaching Communities (Larger grants upwards from £10,000)

Targeted:

─ Focusing on e.g. Older people, Unemployed young people, Early years children, People with multiple complex needs

Place based:

─ Intense support to areas of acute need e.g. Big Local

Awards for All Programme

─ Small grants scheme awarding £300-£10,000

─ Applications from community & voluntary groups, schools, health bodies and parish / town councils

─ Single stage application process

─ BIG gives decision within 6 weeks of application

─ Project must be complete within one year of award

Reaching Communities Programme─ Larger grants scheme awarding grants over £10,000

─ Main programme:o Revenue projects funding from £10,000 (average

£300,000)o Smaller capital projects funding from £10,000-

£100,000

─ Buildings programme:o Larger capital projects funding from £100,000o Geographically targeted at most deprived areas

Reaching Communities Programme─ Very competitive programme – success rate one in ten

─ Applications from community & voluntary groups, charities, statutory bodies, social enterprises, not-for-profit companies

─ Two-stage application process to identify fundable projects

─ BIG gives decision typically within 6-8 months of application

─ Project can take up to 5 years to complete

BIG Awards in Hounslow

―52 Awards for All Grants

―Total value £432,131

―Average grant £8,310

―3 Reaching Communities Grants

―Total value £438,924

―Average grant £146,308

Support and Guidance Available

Support and Guidance Available

─ Programme Guidance Notes

─ Good Practice Guides e.g. equalities, involving young people

─ Case studies of successful projects

─ BIG Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30

─ Textphone: 0845 602 1659

─ Email enquiries: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk

Support and Guidance Available

BIG Websites:

─ BIG Lottery Fund website:

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

─ Awards for All website:

http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england

─ BIG Learning Zone:

http://www.biglearningzone.org.uk

Questions and Comments?