Mission and values

The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities, and to the lives of people most in need.

To achieve this, we have seven values that underpin all our work:

• fairness - putting equality and diversity at the heart of our work
• accessibility - making it easier to access our funding and providing help to grant applicants and recipients
• strategic focus - working in partnership and joining up with existing strategies, developing programmes that are focused on the outcomes and the difference they make for communities
• involving people - involving local communities in our work and making sure the public know and care about our work
• innovation - building evidence-based programmes, sharing what we learn and considering new ways of making grants
• enabling - working with communities, partners and other funders to help achieve lasting change
• additional to Government - ensuring our funding is distinct from Government funding and adds value.

Download the full Mission and Values publication:

• Mission and Values - England Our mission at the Big Lottery Fund is to bring real improvements to communities and the lives of people in need. We have a clear focus to fund projects and programmes within ...
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• Mission and Values - Northern Ireland For many applicants, finding their way round the different trusts and grant-givers is a daunting task. At the Big Lottery Fund we will do what we can to make things simpler. W...
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• Mission and Values - Scotland Equality and diversity are at the heart of what we do, both as an employer and as a funder. We want to make sure that people and communities across the UK have equal opportuni...
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• Mission and Values - Wales We are committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need. To do this, we have identified seven values that underpin our work. Our mis...
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