<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stuart Etherington, NCVO</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncvoupdate@ncvo.org.uk">ncvoupdate@ncvo.org.uk</a>></span><br>Date: 23 November 2015 at 16:03<br>Subject: Important update: Our concerns about BLF grants | Help us defend them<br><br><br><br><u></u>
<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(224,224,224)"><span style="display:none!important;color:transparent;min-height:0;width:0">What we know | What you can do | New tool to find BLF funded projects in your area </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:11px"><em><span style="font-size:14px">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.</span></em></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px">I’m writing to make you aware of a <strong>potential threat to the Big Lottery Fund</strong>, as part of this week’s spending review.<br>
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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:</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:22px"><a style="color:rgb(0,127,183);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" href="http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/6BE64564/112015" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">The threat to the Big Lottery Fund</font></a></span><br>
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NCVO and ACEVO have issued a joint call to government to think again. We secured <a style="color:rgb(0,127,183);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" href="http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/62959165/112015" target="_blank">national press coverage</a> over the weekend.<br>
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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. <strong>You can make the difference </strong>by emailing your own MP now to underscore the sector’s concerns.<br>
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We've built a <a style="color:rgb(0,127,183);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" href="http://elink-eu.azuresend.com/l/af86192b148f457b9638573b0e27071c/DCAA6B5C/112015" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">data tool</font></a> 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.<br>
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With every best wish,<br>
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Sir Stuart Etherington</span><br>
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