[cma-l] Fwd: Important update: Our concerns about BLF grants | Help us defend them

[Martin Steers]

See below an email from the NCVO (If your not a member, I can recommend, as
you get access to their grant service) with a warning about the Big Lottery
Fund.


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From: Stuart Etherington, NCVO <ncvoupdate at ncvo.org.uk>
Date: 23 November 2015 at 16:03
Subject: Important update: Our concerns about BLF grants | Help us defend
them



What we know | What you can do | New tool to find BLF funded projects in
your area
*Dear Martin, as our membership contact at Scout Radio, I'd be very
grateful if you could circulate this important message to others in your
team, or to any other networks you may have. Many thanks, Sir Stuart
Etherington, NCVO Chief Executive.*

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I’m writing to make you aware of a *potential threat to the Big Lottery
Fund*, as part of this week’s spending review.

We understand the government is considering diverting funds from the BLF to
make up for new cuts to sports and arts funding. For full details of what
we know, and how you can help defend the BLF, read this blog post by
Charlotte Ravenscroft:

The threat to the Big Lottery Fund
<http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/6BE64564/112015>

NCVO and ACEVO have issued a joint call to government to think again. We
secured national press coverage
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over the weekend.

We believe these efforts are beginning to pay off, but we won’t know for
sure until the Chancellor’s Spending Review announcement on Wednesday. *You
can make the difference *by emailing your own MP now to underscore the
sector’s concerns.

We've built a data tool
<http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/DCAA6B5C/112015>
which lets you see the projects that have been funded by the BLF in your
local area. Please share the search results with your MP to help them
understand the importance of these funds to your local area.

With every best wish,

Sir Stuart Etherington
Chief Executive

National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Society Building, 8 All Saints Street
London, N1 9RL
Website: www.ncvo.org.uk
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