Big Lottery Fund Rob Malyan Local Funding Officer
How is the Lottery pound spent? • Camelot (0.5 pence) • 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”
We are here to enable people to do great things We do this through: Enabling People to take the lead • Happier and stronger relationships • Healthier and sustainable places • Early action to prevent problems • and tackle disadvantage And we are evolving ….
Last year in numbers… • £583m awarded England-wide • 11,779 projects funded • 91.3% of awards to Voluntary & Community sector • Smallest grant was £276 • 89.1% of our grants are for less than £10,000 • Operating costs at 6%
Our work in Yorkshire and the Humber • Office based in Leeds • Local team • Relationships with stakeholders and other funders • £21.4m awarded so far 2016/17 • £255.4m since 2012 • Doing very well
Awards for All in North East Lincolnshire £1,055,492 since 2012 • 121 groups funded • Communities Together • Laportes Cricket Club • Stanford Centre Group • And many more …. doing well
Awards for All Being reviewed • Likely to be an online application • A quicker and simpler process • At the moment business as usual – but • please check our website for any updates.
Reaching Communities in North East Lincolnshire Amount awarded is on the up • Nearly £1.5 million in the last financial • year - £668,000 more than the previous year Interested in increasing our reach - • different groups working in other parts of the patch Application quality is OK but could be • better
Future Direction for Reaching Communities Same mission – what has to change to make things better? • Based on consultation • Fewer forms and more conversations • • We want to support projects that matter (not focus on what is the matter!) • Projects that local people are involved in - we call this approach ‘ People in the Lead ’ Also – less complex and more flexible funding. •
New ways of working – Starting the conversation … Tell us about your project idea: • Describe what you want to do and why you want this project - what difference you think it will make? • Tell us who and how many people will benefit from this project? • How will you involve people / communities with your project? • Tell us about your organisation. • Tell us the length of your project, your project budget and how much you will require from us?
Hints and tips We are happy to talk to you about potential projects at an early stage – contact your local funding officer or email the Big Advice Line . Although things are a bit different for Y&H projects – the basics still apply: Keep your answers simple, clear, specific and consistent. • Act on any feedback we have given you. • • Remember to budget for everything i.e. inflation, auditors, evaluation costs, full cost recovery. Don’t rush – plan carefully. It might take longer than you • think to set up your project. Proof read your application - or ask someone else to read • it; talk through what you’ve written.
W here to find out more www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Big Advice Line: 0345 4 10 20 30 Textphone: 0345 6 02 16 59 Email: enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk Local Officer: rob.malyan@biglotteryfund.org.uk
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