Yorkshire and the Humber region update
August edition
BIG invests in local trust
Up to £200 million will be invested in 100-150 urban and rural neighbourhoods in England that may have had difficulty obtaining funding in the past.
Of the 50 neighbourhoods identified so far, six are in Yorkshire and the Humber. Each will receive at least £1 million through Big Local Trust.
The areas are:
- Hull – Greatfields Estate
- Wakefield – Warwick Estate, Knottingley
- North Lincolnshire - Winterton
- Doncaster – Woodlands
- Barnsley – Thurnscoe
- Kirklees - Dewsbury Moor
An independent charitable Trust will be set up to support local funding schemes in the targeted areas over 10 years. BIG is asking for expressions of interest from organisations interested in running the Trust by Thursday 12 August 2010.
Interested? Find out what we're looking for
If you’re not in one of the areas above, there are still plenty of opportunities to help your community. Check out the Communities page on BIG’s website which includes details about all our relevant funding programmes currently open, lessons learnt from projects and previous experience, and inspirational videos and podcasts from community based projects.
The spotlight is on young people
At any one time there are around 60,000 children in foster or residential care, around 3,000 young people in young offenders institutions and around 175,000 young carers, with many more “hidden carers”.
These vulnerable young people across England will receive support through Youth in Focus, a new programme launched on 20 July 2010.
Youth in Focus targets three groups of vulnerable young people: young carers, young people leaving care and young people leaving young offenders institutions.
Through an investment of £30 million, the programme will help make a difference to the lives of young people in the target groups and the services they receive.
Briefing events will be taking place throughout September for those interested in applying to the programme. For further details and to book on one of the events please see the Youth in Focus programme page.
Coming, ready or not
Who knew a love of the children’s game Hide and Seek would provide the link which would bring together children and elders from very different cultures.
Well that’s exactly what Verd de Gris Ltd found out when they brought together children from local primary schools and a group of Asian elders through their Awards for All funded project, Coming, ready or not.
Hear from the project themselves on the latest podcast from the Yorkshire and Humber team.
Tweet Tweet
Are you one of those who contribute to the 50 million tweets made per day on the social networking site, Twitter or one of the 400 million worldwide users of Facebook?
If so, why not get in touch with the Yorkshire and Humber team who can be found under the name, BIGYH on Twitter and Big Lottery Fund- Yorkshire and the Humber on Facebook.
So if you can’t wait for the monthly ebulletin, check out all the very latest announcements from the team on programmes, awards and regional news on our Twitter or Facebook page.
Get your votes in
Yes it is that time of year again and your chance to vote for your favourite project in the National Lottery Awards, which recognises the incredible difference that Lottery-funded projects - both big and small - have made to people, places and communities all across the UK.
A big congratulations to the Chances for Life project based in Goole who have reached the finals in the category for Best Education Project.
You have until midday Friday 13 August 2010 to cast your vote
Latest regional awards
Reaching Communities
With eight projects across the region receiving just under £2 million in the latest round of Reaching Communities awards, vital support will now be available to those communities most in need.
Young people in North Halifax will be offered counselling and support through the newly extended services of the Noah’s Art Community Cafe, thanks to an award of £152,741.
Also receiving much needed funds is Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, who will use their £499,922 grant to reduce the number of children within African communities suffering from abuse.
Awards for All
In the latest round of Awards for All grants, 115 projects from across the region are sharing £892,173 worth of Big Lottery funding.
Amongst the recipients is Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust who will be running health awareness sessions at local primary schools and using the sport of rugby to improve their general health and welfare.
A hospital radio will continue to entertain the patients at Scarborough General Hospital thanks to an Awards for All grant of £10,000. Yorkshire Coast Hospital Radio aims to get local people involved with the radio station by volunteering and receiving training in radio presenting and producing.
A full list of our latest press releases can be found in our newsroom
Lottery Shares Consultation
On 19 May 2010, Jeremy Hunt, the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, outlined his vision for the cultural sector and the National Lottery.
He proposed that Big Lottery Fund’s 50 per cent share of the total good cause allocation would be reduced to 46 per cent by April 2011 and down to 40 per cent by April 2012. The three other good causes: arts, sports and heritage, will benefit equally from the remaining share.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) recently launched a three month consultation on these proposals to change the way Lottery shares are distributed. This will run until 21 August 2010.