Big Lottery Fund

Summary of the programme

The Big Lottery Fund in England is investing up to £200 million in 100 – 150 urban and rural neighbourhoods that have been overlooked for funding. The funding is to set up an independent charitable Trust that will support local funding schemes in the targeted neighbourhoods.

See the first 50 areas that have been chosen for investment

The local funding schemes will enable people to make their communities better places to live in, now and in the future, by helping them develop the skills and confidence they need to identify priorities that matter to them and to take action to change things for the better.

The Trust will have up to ten years to allocate its endowment.

In July 2011 we appointed the Community Development Foundation to establish the independent chartable trust that will administer and deliver Big Local. Big will now work in partnership with CDF and its consortia of partners, which includes Capacity Global, CCLA, Institute for Voluntary Research, National Association for Neighbourhood Management, Renaisi and UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs to establish the Trust and the new independent company that will be its corporate Trustee to start the Big Local programme. We expect the Trust to be legally established in October.

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What to do next

• See the first 50 areas that have been chosen for investment
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