Big Lottery Fund

Summary of the programme

During the past 18 months, we have seen the impact the economic downturn has had on communities in Wales.

Following on from our first round of initiatives launched in August 2009, we have set aside a further £2 million to be allocated during the financial year  ending 31st March 2011. You can apply for this through our existing People and Places programme fora limited period.

We want the projects that receive this extra funding to revitalise communities by giving people improved access to support services.

What can we fund?

As we have limited funds available we have looked carefully at where this extra money can make a big difference.

Under this second round, we have decided to prioritise Voluntary and Community Sector organisations providing services that are supporting vulnerable families and children living in poverty, including (but not limited to) the following:

• support to vulnerable families including those at risk of breakdown, and in crisis
• support to vulnerable children, including those at risk of offending or already engaged with the criminal justice system
• support to families and children living in poverty, including food co-operatives, clothes recycling schemes, nutrition and dietary advice
• support to victims of domestic violence
• support to young carers
• support to those affected by substance misuse
• support to children where a parent is in custody.

Under this initiative, we are looking to support organisations to expand the scale of their existing activities. We are unable to fund projects to cover reductions in funding from other sources.

You must make sure that your project complements existing services and is additional to statutory provision.

You will also need to show how the outcomes that your project will achieve will carry on in the long-term after our funding has ended.

How much can you apply for?

You can apply for up to £50,000 revenue funding over a two-year period, with a maximum of £25,000 per year.

The amount of money you apply for must be enough to achieve your project outcomes.

How to apply?

You must apply under our existing People and Places programme. Your application will be assessed using our published criteria for the programme.

The first step is to send us an Outline Proposal form. Make sure you mark this as a ‘Recession Application’ at the top of the first page in the form.

If we feel that your project fits our funding criteria, we will send you an application form to complete and return.

We will aim to tell you our decision by 29 October 2010.

What are the timescales?

We want to fund projects that start to address the impact of the recession as soon as possible, so we have set some deadlines for receiving applications.

For this round these are:

1pm on Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Deadline for receiving a complete Outline Proposal form, with supporting information.

Friday, 30 April 2010

We aim to respond to all Outline Proposals by this date.

1pm on Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Deadline for receipt of completed full applications, with supporting information.

Friday 29 October 2010

We will tell you our decision by this date.

These deadlines do not affect other applications under the People and Places programme.

What happens if you are successful?

You will need to start your project within three months of being awarded a grant.

As with all the projects we support, you will have to comply with our terms and conditions, which include our monitoring and evaluation requirements. So you

will need to include information on how your project has addressed the impact of the recession.

What to do next

Questions about the programme? Find out more

Download an application form the apply section or ask us to send you form that you can fill in and email or post back.

Contact

• Call our national helpline for advice on 02920 678 200
• Email us at enquiries.wales@biglotteryfund.org.uk

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