<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif"">11/07/2017 - Big Lottery Fund Updates Guidance for Awards for All (England)</h2><div class="m_1284133834411099753m_-4095173226959108357gmail-summaryText" style="margin:0.5em 0px;padding:0.5em;background:rgb(230,230,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">The Big Lottery Fund has simplified the Awards for All guidance notes, including fewer restrictions and new priorities.</p></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px">The Big Lottery Fund offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 to voluntary and community organisations, schools and statutory bodies in order to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px">To be eligible for funding projects must now meet at least one of the following three priorities:</p><ul style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Bring people together and build strong relationships in and across communities.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Enable more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage.</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px">Communities should be involved in the design, development and delivery of projects. Examples of eligible costs include:</p><ul style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Training costs.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Volunteer expenses.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Staff costs.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Small capital projects.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Transport.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">One-off events.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Equipment.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Utilities/running costs.</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px">To be eligible for funding, applicants must have:</p><ul style="margin:0.4em 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Two unconnected people on the board or committee.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">A UK bank account in the name of their organisation.</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0.3em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em">Annual accounts (unless the organisation is less than 15 months old).</li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px">Priority may be given to applications from smaller organisations. The Big Lottery Fund will consider the income of the applicant organisation when making their funding decision.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,"sans serif";font-size:12.16px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Applications may be submitted at any time.</strong></p></div><div><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></strong></div><div><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/awards-for-all-england" target="_blank">https://www.biglotteryfund.org<wbr>.uk/global-content/programmes/<wbr>england/awards-for-all-england</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span class="m_1284133834411099753HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></font></span></strong></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span class="m_1284133834411099753HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></font></span></div></div><br></div>
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