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People's Millions

People’s Million's is a partnership between Big and ITV where viewers vote for funding for projects.

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Breathing Places

This programme helped to make a lasting imporvement to the natural environment.

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Community Assets

Community empowerment is on the cards for 37 projects across England.

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Closed programmes

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  • Changing Spaces: Community Sustainable Energy Programme England

    Changing Spaces: Community Sustainable Energy Programme

    Open Date: 1 December 2011
    Close Date: 29 February 2012

    Grants: £5,000 - £50,000. This programme will provide £8 million to community-based organisations for the installation of microgeneration technologies.

  • Communities Living Sustainably England

    Communities Living Sustainably

    Open Date: 29 November 2011
    Close Date: 31 January 2012

    Summary This programme is now closed for applications. In March 2012 thirty communities were given development grants to work up detailed plans to help them live mor...

  • Advice Services Fund England

    Advice Services Fund

    Open Date: 28 November 2011
    Close Date: 22 December 2011

    Funded organisations BIG Fund and the Cabinet Office are pleased to announce that 301 organisations will be receiving a grant under the Advice Services Fund (ASF). Bel...

  • Next Steps England

    Next Steps

    Open Date: 16 November 2011
    Close Date: 14 December 2011

    Programme summary BIG believes social investment has the potential to increase the amount of funding available to civil society organisations, bringing additional resour...

  • Millennium Now UK

    Millennium Now

    Open Date: 1 November 2011
    Close Date: 13 December 2011

    Read in Welsh Summary Note: Registration for the programme has now closed Millennium Now is unlike anything we have delivered before. Developed tog...

  • Transforming Local Infrastructure England

    Transforming Local Infrastructure

    Open Date: 15 July 2011
    Close Date: 31 October 2011

    Summary The Office for Civil Society (OCS) has made up to £30 million available in short-term funding, to provide better support for front line civil society organisa...

  • The Silver Dreams Fund England

    The Silver Dreams Fund

    Open Date: 30 September 2011
    Close Date: 28 October 2011

    Summary of the programme The Silver Dreams Fund is the first of the Big Lottery Fund’s dedicated investments in older people in England, and is in association...

  • Improving Financial Confidence England

    Improving Financial Confidence

    Open Date: 24 May 2011
    Close Date: 16 September 2011

    Helping people become more confident in and more aware of how to take control of their finances

  • The People's Millions UK

    The People's Millions

    Open Date: 10 March 2011
    Close Date: 14 May 2011

    Amount: £3.6 million for 2011. This exciting partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV in which viewers vote for the project they want to receive funding.

  • Improving Futures UK

    Improving Futures

    Open Date: 8 March 2011
    Close Date: 12 May 2011

    Every child deserves the best start in life

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