Big Lottery FundESIF Offer

Russell DarbonPolicy & Learning Manager27/05/2014

The Big Lottery Fund

Since June 2004, we have awarded over £6 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes

In 2012/13 we made 12,000 new awards with a total value of £778m

BIG are presently managing 17,000 awards and 88% of our awards are for £10,000 or less

Over 92% of our funding goes to the voluntary and community sector organisations

Why ESIF?OUR MISSIONMaking a real difference to

communities and the lives of people

most in need

ESF TO9 Promoting

social inclusion and combating

poverty

OUTCOME 1

To maximise the impact

of this funding

OUTCOME 2To improve access to European Funds by

VCSE organisations

A simple equation?

BIG SFA DWP

The journey into work

Not quite...

RULES DELIVERY MONITORING RISK

The proposal

Development Phase

Application Phase

Delivery Phase

Big Adviser*

Priorities/MOU

*Share

learning*

Competitive call for lead & partners

Two routes*

Partnership application

*Small single

projects*

Two stage process

Funding set up*

Project Delivery

*Grant

Management and

reporting to Managing Authority

Three tests: Alignment, Additionality, CostsDevelopment funding made availableLEPs provide input but BIG retains decision making

An opportunity and a challenge

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

New money to LEP areas

Managing Demand

Local solutions to local

problems

Size of funding

Experience Additional rules

Greater impact

Monitoring requirements

Learning Exclusions to our funding

Improve cross sector links

Additional costs

South East£8/16m