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‘Celebrate’ — Big Lottery Fund announces new funding for communities

July 07, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Six out of ten people surveyed in a recent YouGov poll said they had never or couldn’t remember ever coming together to celebrate with their community. Big Lottery Fund wants to help change this. Its new Celebrate fund offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 for groups to hold
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Government launches consultation on proposed new policy directions for Big Lottery Fund

June 27, 2016
by Alun Severn
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The government is seeking views on proposed new policy directions for the allocation of Big Lottery Funds in England, Isle of Man and UK-wide funding programmes. There is an introductory paper on the changes along with a response form at the link above. However, I couldn’t make
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Ageing Better in Birmingham fund opens for applications

April 20, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Ageing Better in Birmingham is the BVSC-led cross sector partnership which has been successful in securing an investment of £6m from the Big Lottery Fund to help reduce social isolation of older people. It has just announced that its Ageing Better Fund is now officially open. The fund
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BLF announces ‘Help Through Crisis’ fund of £30m

July 06, 2015
by Alun Severn
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The Big Lottery Fund has just announced a new ‘Help Through Crisis‘ programme worth £30m aimed at “projects that draw on the strengths and personal experiences of people facing hardship so that they can overcome immediate difficulties and be ready for opportunities a
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Birmingham Changing Futures Together launches with call for more partners

June 25, 2015
by Sally Edwards
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The official launch of the £10m Birmingham Changing Futures Together project on Friday 19th June was an inspiring event.  The eight year project, led by BVSC, has just reached the end of its first year and is aiming to find new and better ways to support people with multiple and compl
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Power to Change announces “initial grants programme” criteria

May 01, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Further to this post, Power to Change, the new Big Lottery-backed fund supporting community businesses in England, has just announced that the criteria for what it is calling its first “initial grants programme”. “The initial grants programme see will up to £9m of gr
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