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Healthy Families: Childs Play

Apply to Healthy Families and help children in Wales develop new play spaces.

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Young People's Fund: Make it happen

£1million was given for projects, making a difference to young people aged 10 - 19.

Make it happen

Grants search

Search grants awarded by BIG, New Opportunities Fund and Community Fund

Way of Life

Way of Life helped to promote healthy and active lifestyles among children.

Way of Life

Ffordd o Fyw

Breathing places

This programme helped to make a lasting imporvement to the natural environment.

More about Breathing Places

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Here you can browse case studies about just some of the grants that Big Lottery Fund has made.

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  • Heroes Return UK
    Heroes Return
    Close Date: 31 January 2011

    Summary of the programme WW2 veterans from the UK, Channel Islands and Republic of Ireland can apply for travel and accommodation costs to visit the places where they saw ...

  • Village SOS UK
    Village SOS
    Close Date: 14 August 2009

    Summary Village SOS is an exciting new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and the BBC. It is searching for six UK villages with a great business idea and six enter...

  • Research programme UK
    Research programme
    Close Date: 29 May 2009

    Summary of the programme Our Research programme closed on 29 May, and we are keen to update you about the number of applications we have received and how we are going to ...

  • The People's Millions UK
    The People's Millions
    Close Date: 15 May 2009

    Summary of the programme Peoples Millions has proved to be an exciting venture for Big Lottery Fund, breaking new ground by giving people a real say in how lottery money i...

  • Healthy Families: Child's Play Wales
    Healthy Families: Child's Play
    Close Date: 6 March 2009

    Summary of the programme Child’s Play focuses on new approaches to structured play, and projects that apply must come up with creative play schemes that challenge an...

  • Breathing Places UK
    Breathing Places
    Close Date: 6 February 2009

    Summary of the programme The Breathing Places programme is a UK wide small grants programme developed in partnership with the BBC. It complements the BBC’s Breathing...

  • International Communities UK
    International Communities
    Close Date: 30 April 2008

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. The International programme is Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged commu...

  • International Strategic UK
    International Strategic
    Close Date: 15 February 2008

    Summary of the programme The International programme is Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged communities overseas. This £72 million programme ...

  • Young People's Fund: Make it happen Wales
    Young People's Fund: Make it happen
    Close Date: 31 January 2008

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. Make it Happen will give out £1million in Wales over the next three years for project...

  • The People's 50 Million UK
    The People's 50 Million
    Close Date: 10 December 2007

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. In June 2005 BIG and ITV announced a competition to find the winner of a £50 million Nati...

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