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

[Phil Korbel]

To follow up on Martin's post - Osborne stepped back from raiding the Big
Lottery Fund - phew!

See this blog for that and other interesting news.

http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2015/11/25/spending-review-2015-what-we-heard-from-the-chancellor/

bests,

Phil
Phil Korbel FRSA - Director, Radio Regen, charity no. 1077763

www.radioregen.org
www.communityradiotoolkit.net
www.connecttransmit.org.uk

Please note that I work at Radio Regen under 2 days a week so responses
might not be as quick as we'd like.  Many thanks.


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Date: 24 November 2015 at 12:26
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Fwd: Important update: Our concerns about BLF grants |
Help us defend them
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Just to back up Martin's post - and many stations have accessed Lottery
money in the past  - please add your voice to NCVO's campaign to stop
Osborne raiding the Lottery....

best wishes

Phil

Phil Korbel FRSA - Director, Radio Regen, charity no. 1077763

www.radioregen.org
www.communityradiotoolkit.net
www.connecttransmit.org.uk

Please note that I work at Radio Regen under 2 days a week so responses
might not be as quick as we'd like.  Many thanks.


On 24 November 2015 at 10:06, Martin Steers <martin.steers at scoutradio.org.uk
> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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.*
>
> Add us to your safe sender list | Read in your browser
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/m/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/EC0A8321/112015>
>
> [image: NCVO logo]
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/2F264049/112015>
> @NCVO
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/176242EA/112015>
>
> 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
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/62959165/112015>
> 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
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/5EB7031/112015>
> Twitter: @NCVO
> <http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/8FF22610/112015>
> Registered Charity No. 225922
>
>
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