Community Asset Transfer

Summary of the programme

Round 2 opened 30 March 2010

The Big Lottery Fund is working in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver a Community Asset Transfer Programme (CAT).  This programme will provide both capital and revenue funding to support the transfer of assets, such as land and buildings, from public sector organisations to community ownership.

We want to help communities become stronger and more sustainable by assisting them to obtain and develop assets such as land or buildings. We will do this by developing assets transferred from public sector bodies to enterprising organisations that actively involve and benefit the communities they serve. They must work towards improving the services and/or facilities for their community, be able to demonstrate that their proposals are sustainable in the long-term and take into account the environmental, social and economic impacts of their work.

Through the CAT programme, we will invest up to £13 million in communities to help them transfer, develop, manage, and sustain assets to improve their livelihoods and neighbourhoods.

We recognise that there will be interest from a range of potential projects in accessing this funding, and that they will be at varying stages of development. Therefore, the CAT programme will be delivered via three competitive funding rounds.

Round 1: Fast-track – CLOSED

Round 1 comprised of a Fast track round, introduced to enable rapid investment in projects that were fully developed and ready to start immediately.  The deadline for expressions of interest was 4 of December 2009 and the Fast-track round is now closed.

Rounds 2

The application process for Round 2 differs from the Fast-track round. This funding round will be delivered via a two stage process and will be particularly useful for organisations whose projects are not as well developed as those suitable for funding under the Fast-track round.  Organisations will be required to complete a stage one application but will only be required to develop and submit a stage two application (a project plan and capital project delivery plan) if their stage one is successful.

For further information on Round 2 please see the programme guidance notes Community Asset Transfer Programme guidance notes: Fast-track round - 344KB

Round 3

Separate guidance and application forms will be made available for round 3 during autumn 2010.

Contact

Call our helpline on 029 2067 8200 (textphone 0845 602 1659)

Email us at cat@biglotteryfund.org.uk.

The Big Lottery Fund provides grants under the Community Asset Transfer Programme which is funded jointlyby the Big Lottery Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government.