Big Lottery Fund

Summary of the programme

The International programme is Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged communities overseas.

This £72 million programme will support work that tackles the causes of poverty and deprivation, and brings about a long-term difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged people across the globe.

£60 million will be available for the following:

• International Communities
• International Strategic
• International Small Grants

£12 million to help Tsunami long-term reconstruction.

International Strategic

The strategic stream of the International Programme will fund portfolios of projects that together form a cohesive strategy to tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation and bring about a long-term difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged people.

Under Round Two we will make £15 million available to fund projects that aim to deliver one or more of the following outcomes:

• Improved mother and child health
• Improved primary education, with a specific focus on girls
• Improved measures to prevent HIV/AIDS and mitigate its impact

International Strategic will fund projects in sub-Saharan Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the following states in India: Assam, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharastra, Madya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Jharkand.

We will award grants of between £1million and £5 million to lead organisations, working with a range of partners within the UK and overseas.

Feedback from the briefing workshops held on 8 and 18 October 2007 will be available on the website in November.

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