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Big Lottery Fund
Sarah Carroll
Funding Officer (Local)
11 June 2014
How is the Lottery pound
spent?
• Camelot (0.5 pence)
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Prize money (50 pence)
Taxes (12 pence)
Retailer (5 pence)
Administration (4.5 pence)
Good causes (28 pence)
Who distributes ‘good causes’
money?
Big Lottery Fund (40%):
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Arts Council England (20%):
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund (20%):
www.hlf.org.uk
Sport England (20%):
www.sportengland.org
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”
Big Lottery Fund - outcomes
Outcome 1: People having better
chances in life, with better access to
training and development to improve
their life skills
Outcome 2: Stronger communities,
with more active citizens, working
together to tackle their problems
Big Lottery Fund - outcomes
Outcome 3: Improved rural and urban
environments, which communities are
better able to access and enjoy
Outcome 4: Healthier and more active
people and communities
Awards
for All
Awards for All
Grants of £300 - £10,000
Up to £10,000 in any 12 month
period
12 months to spend grant
No deadlines
Apply 4-5 months before you
want your project to start
Who can apply?
You can apply if you are a:
• voluntary and community organisation
• school
• parish or town council
• health body
Voluntary organisations need:
Governing document
Management committee of at least 3
three unrelated people
UK based bank account
What can Awards for All pay
for?
New activity and projects (not
running costs)
You can only apply for existing
activities if your organisation is
small (income less than £30,000)
Project that meet one of our four
outcomes
What the money could be spent
on...
Equipment hire
or purchase
transport costs
Training and
sessional workers
volunteer
expenses
venue hire
building and
refurbishment work
(costing less than
£25,000)
Research /
feasibility studies
updating equipment and premises
for health and safety reasons
What we
cannot pay for...
Money already spent or
activities that happen or
start before we pay the grant
Fundraising
activities
Staff salaries
and other
day to day
running costs
eg routine
repairs and
maintenance
Used vehicles
Activities which
promote politics or
religion
Activities which the
Government has a legal
obligation to provide
Improving your chances
We score applications to help decide
who should be funded. Applications
will score higher if they:
show strong evidence of need
involve as wide a range of people as possible
meet more than one of our four outcomes
• are from groups that have never had an Awards
for All grant
• are from groups with a smaller annual income
• are for smaller projects
Where to find out more
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Big Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30
Textphone: 0845 6 02 16 59
Email: [email protected]