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Big Lottery Fund Update Herts 2012
What is the Big Lottery Fund?
BIG is responsible for distributing half of the money that the National Lottery raises for good causes.
Our mission is to bring real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.
We want to use lottery money to make changes for communities with a particular emphasis on tackling need
The Lottery £
What will BIG fund?
The Big Lottery Fund will fund projects that help achieve
one or more of the following BIG outcomes:
• People having better chances in life with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
• Stronger communities with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
• Improved rural and urban environments which communities are better able to access and enjoy
• Healthier and more active people and communities
Awards for All
Awards for All is our easy-access small grants Awards for All is our easy-access small grants programme making awards between £300 and programme making awards between £300 and £10,000.£10,000.
What will Awards for All fund?
Awards for All projects must meet at least one of BIG’s outcomes:
• people having better chances in life with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
• stronger communities with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
• improved rural and urban environments which communities are better able to access and enjoy
• healthier and more active people and communities
Which small Lottery grants scheme?
Each of the main Lottery distributors runs its own small grants scheme. To decide which to apply for, think about:
• Will the main purpose of the project help to achieve one of the four Awards for All outcomes?
or
• Is the main purpose of the project to support sports, arts or heritage?
What does the outcomes approach mean?
You need to think about:
• What changes do we want to make to the lives of the people we want to help?
• How will those changes help achieve one or more of the four Big Lottery Fund outcomes?
Who can apply to Awards for All?You can apply if you are a:
• voluntary and community organisation
• school
• parish or town council
• health body
You cannot apply if you are a:
• individual or sole trader
• profit-making organisation
• statutory organisation other than those listed above
• organisation not established in the UK
You can apply if..
You have:
• at least 3 unrelated people on your governing body
• a UK bank account in the name of your organisation with at least two unrelated signatories
You can:
• send BIG an application at least three months before your project is planned to start
• complete your project within one year of when BIG confirms your award
How much you can apply for?
• Between £300 and £10,000
• Only one application at a time
• One Awards for All funded project needs to be completed and the End of Grant report approved before you can apply again
• One organisation cannot receive more than £10,000 of Awards for All grants in any one year period.
What Awards for All can pay for?
Examples of what a grant could pay for:
• equipment hire or purchase
• information technology equipment
• sessional workers
• updating equipment and premises for health and safety reasons
• training
• volunteer expenses
• transport costs
• venue hire
• building and refurbishment work
VAT and buildings
• BIG will only fund non-recoverable VAT.
• Any planning permission needed must be in place before making an application.
• For building projects, applicants must own their own freehold or hold a lease that will continue for at least five years.
• Total costs of building works must not be more than £25,000 (including VAT).
Awards for All cannot pay for
• Activities that happen or start before BIG confirms the grant
• Day-to-day running costs
• Existing activities and repeat or regular events
• Items that mainly benefit an individual
• Building and refurbishment work costing more than £25,000 (inc. VAT)
Awards for All cannot pay for (continued)
• Salaries of permanent or fixed term staff
• Projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide
• Political or religious activities
• Routine repairs and maintenance
• Fundraising activities
• Used vehicles
You send us your application
We let you know our decision
You read our guide
You send the documents we ask for
We confirm the grant
You start your project
Application process
30 working days
20 working days
10 working days
Improving your chances
BIG scores applications to help decide who should be funded. Applications will score higher if they:
• show strong evidence of need
• seek to involve as wide a range of people as possible
• meet more than one of our outcomes
• are from groups that have never received an Awards for All grant
• are from groups with a smaller annual income
• are for smaller projects
Things to double-check
• Is the name of your organisation on your application form, bank account and governing document exactly the same?
• Are you asking for an item or activities that Awards for All can fund?
• Have you filled in all sections of the form?
• Does your main contact know all about your project?
• Will your main contact be available during the assessment and grant confirmation period?
Make sure you allow enough time!
• BIG will take up to six weeks to assess the application
• If a conditional offer is made, additional documents will be requested
• BIG will take up to two weeks to assess the additional documents
• You must allow at least three months between submitting your application and when you need your grant
Further information and advice
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk
Phone: BIG Advice Line 0845 4 10 20 30
Text phone: 0845 6 02 16 59
Richard Weller – 01223 449020
Other Lottery distributors:
Arts Council England: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund: www.hlf.org.uk
Sport England: www.sportengland.org
Reaching Communities
Overview
The Reaching Communities programme has two strands:
Reaching Communities – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and /or smaller capital projects of between £10,000 and £50,000
Reaching Communities buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects -
Reaching Communities
Reaching Communities
People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems
Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
Healthier and more active people and communities
Registered charities
Charitable or not-for-profit organisations or companies
Social enterprises
Statutory bodies including schools
Who can apply?
• Revenue and capital costs• Up to five years’ funding• Grants between £10,000 and £500,000
• Total project cost (all sources of funding) must not be more than £750,000
• Capital element of the project must not be more than £200,000, of which up to £50,000 can come from Reaching Communities
• Associated organisational costs - principle of full cost recovery
• Existing projects as well as new
What can be funded?
It is tackling a community need
It is offering solutions to meet those needs
How the community has and will be involved
How it will continue after the grant is finished
Every project needs to show
• Evidence of need• Extent to which desired outcomes will make a
real difference• Project outcomes• Link with programme outcomes• Link between outcomes and activities• Beneficiary involvement• Amount of previous funding to local area• Other relevant funded projects
We will look at:
How to apply Stage one – outline proposal form
Applicants need to tell BIG about the project they would like funding for, what difference it would make and how they know it is needed.
Within 20 working days, BIG will tell the applicant if their project is one that the committee might consider funding.
If so, you will be invited to submit a full application
If not, Big will tell you why they are not inviting you to submit a full application form and give you feedback about your project
Projects can reapply taking account of feedback
Case study: The Women’s Project
The project
This project will work with young women experiencing social exclusion and lacking in aspiration.
Case study: The Women’s Project
Aim: To reduce social isolation and teenage pregnancy amongst young women.
Activities: One-to-one support sessions Group work Outings
Outcomes: After using the project young women will be more: confident aware of alternatives to being a young parent ambitious able to access training.
• Evidence of need• Extent to which desired
outcomes will make a real difference
• Project outcomes• Link with programme outcomes• Link between outcomes and
activities• Beneficiary involvement• Amount of previous funding to
local area• Other relevant funded projects
We will look at:
Case Study: The Befriending Service
The project
This older people’s befriending scheme has two paid workers and many volunteers. The volunteers visit people at home and organise outings.
Overall aim
To enable older people to continue living independently.
Case Study: The Befriending Service
Outcomes for older people
Older people are less:
socially isolated;
lonely;
vulnerable to, and frightened of, crime; and
anxious
Stage two – full application
• Projects will have 4 months to submit a full application
• Two different application forms for projects depending on amount requested – proportionate approach
• ALL projects involving land & buildings – longer route
How to apply:
What is the problem?
What is the problem? How do you know that this is a problem?
What is the problem? How do you know that this is a problem?
What is the solution?
What is the problem? How do you know that this is a problem?
What is the solution? How do you know that this is the solution?
What is the problem? How do you know that this is a problem?
What is the solution? How do you know that this is the solution?
What are the changes that this project will bring about?
What is the problem? How do you know that this is a problem?
What is the solution? How do you know that this is the solution?
What are the changes that this project will bring about?
How will you measure those changes?
‘Getting Funding and Planning Successful Projects’ outcomes guide
Mind the Gap : Funders guide to full cost recovery
Guidance on Child Protection policies
Sustainable development
Useful reading:
• We want to make more Reaching Communities awards here.
• Talk to us about your project.
Key messages
BIG Lottery Fund websitewww.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Richard Weller01223 449020
Text phone0845 6 02 16 59
Further information: