New Programmes
In our Strategic Framework 
Big thinking BIG’s Strategic Framework takes us from where we are today to where we want to be in 2015. It charts the journey we will make during this period. - 732KB we outlined a commitment to develop a range of new funding programmes up to 2015. Here you will find an update on where we have got to on this promise and when you might see new programmes launching.
In developing new programmes we have put our customers and our beneficiaries at the heart of all we do. Our programmes will be simpler, faster and better for the applicants and will help communities across the UK tackle the issues that are most important to them
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Programme by country
UK
| Programme | Description | Who can apply |
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| International | The International Communities programme, which will run from 2010-2015, is BIG Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged communities overseas. It will fund UK based NGOs and charities working overseas.
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Voluntary and community organisations who are working in partnership with NGOs overseas
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| Forces in Mind | We will be setting up a new £35 million UK wide Trust to support the psychological wellbeing and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life. | We would like a partnership of organisations to come forward to develop the new Trust. This partnership should reflect the full range of organisations that support veterans and their families across the UK. |
Wales
| Programme | Description | Who can apply |
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| People and Places | The programme supports projects that encourage co-ordinated action by people who want to make their communities better places to live. We will support local and regional projects throughout Wales that focus on:
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Voluntary , community or public sector organisations |
| Bright New Futures | The programme will fund between £200,000 and £1 million for projects running between three and five years that seek to achieve the following outcomes:
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You can apply if you’re a third sector organisation with experience of working with at least one of the target groups over a period of time. |
| Awards for All | Awards for All Wales is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £500 and £5,000. The Awards for All programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. Awards for All Wales aims to fund projects that:
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You can apply to Awards for All Wales if you are a community group, not for profit group, Community or Town Council, health body or school |
| Community Voice | Under our Community Voice programme we are making £12 million available to support citizens to have a greater influence over policies and decisions affecting their community. The aim of the programme is: To build the capacity of citizens to engage in planning and running services and projects that respond to their communities’ needs and advance community benefit. Programme outcomes We want our funding to make a difference. All projects applying to the Community Voice programme will need to meet at least two of the following short term outcomes:
And both of the following long term outcomes before the end of the project:
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You can only apply to the Community Voice programme if you are a County Voluntary Council (CVC) operating in Wales. This programme will fund portfolios of projects led by County Voluntary Councils (CVC’s) . CVC’s will be expected to develop a portfolio of between 5 and 10 community projects as part of their application for funding. Each project will help local communities to have their voices heard. |
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