Lambeth Tenants and Residents Association

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Lambeth Tenants and Residents Association

• Hugh Stultz Funding Officer
• 21st April 2015

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Aims of todays talk

• To give a brief overview of BIG
• To highlight the funding streams most
• relevant to you
• To hear from you the challenges that your
• organisations face in accessing our
  funding

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About the Big Lottery Fund
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How the lottery 2 is spent
BIG is responsible for delivering 40 per cent of
all funds raised for good causes - about 12 pence
of every pound spent on a Lottery Ticket
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Big Lottery Fund Mission

• The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing
  real improvement to communities and to the lives
  of people most in need

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BIG targeted funding programmes

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BIG open programmes
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BIG is an outcomes funder

• Your project must meet at least one of these four
  outcomes

Outcome 1 People having better chances in life,
with better access to training and development to
improve their life skills
Outcome 2 Stronger communities, with more active
citizens, working together to tackle their
problems
Outcome 3 Improved rural and urban environments,
which communities are better able to access and
enjoy
Outcome 4 Healthier and more active people and
communities
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Awards for All Programme

• Small grants scheme awarding 300 - 10,000
• Six week turn around time for applications
• Applications open to community and voluntary
  groups, schools, health bodies and parish / town
  councils
• Project must be complete within 12 months of
  award
• You can apply for repeat or ongoing project

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Reaching Communities Programme

• Larger grants scheme awarding grants over 10,000
• Main programme
• Revenue projects funding from 10,000 (average
  300,000)
• Smaller capital projects funding from
  10,000-100,000
• Buildings programme
• Larger capital projects funding from 100,000
• Geographically targeted at most deprived areas

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Success rates for our funding programme

• Awards for All
• Average success rate 60
• Reaching Communities
• Average Success rates at stage 1 10 15 circa
• Success rate at stage 2 40 50

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Challenges faced by small organisations

• What areas of need does your organisation deal
  with
• What are the most pressing areas of need in your
  communities
• Is your community issue , geographic or
  nationality / ethnic specific
• What Challenges have you faced applying to our
  funding

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Improving your chances of gaining funding from BIG
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Improving your chances

• Start by reading the guidelines carefully and
  thoroughly
• EVIDENCE Provide recent local evidence for the
  need for your project
• Ensure that you consult your beneficiaries and
  involve them at all stages of the project

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How much evidence do you need to provide?

• Depends on
• The scale of the problem
• The complexity of the problem hat capacity you
  have
• How much funding you are
• applying for
• make a strong case

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Developing a strong application contd
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Grants officers comments on successful
applications

• Beneficiaries and their needs are clearly
  identified
• A full range of activities has been provided
  that will clearly deliver the project outcomes
• Varied and relevant external evidence confirms
  the issues identified and .. gaps in current
  service
• Beneficiaries involved in .. user group,
  consultation, project planning and design,
  volunteering, recruitment and evaluation

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Support and guidance available

• BIG Websites
• BIG Lottery Fund website
• http//www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
• Awards for All website
• http//www.awardsforall.org.uk/england
• BIG Advice Line 0345 4 10 20 30
• Webinars
• https//www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/englandweb
  inars

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