# Big Lottery Fund announce £155 million voluntary sector infrastructure fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/04/06/big-lottery-fund-announce-155-million-voluntary-sector-infrastructure-fund/
- Published: 2006-04-06T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund has launched a multi-million pound programme that will fund
support for the voluntary and community sector in England – the new £155 million
BASIS programme (Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Support).
BASIS is the first
Big Lottery Fund programme to focus solely on developing voluntary and community
sector infrastructure. The scheme aims to fund a more expert, consistently available
and sustainable set of support services for front line voluntary and community organisations
across England.

 

 

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The programme aims to ensure that voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations
can access high-quality support so that they in turn can benefit their service users.
The Fund wants to help develop the provision of expert, consistent and sustainable
services, across the range of voluntary and community sector organisations as well
as established charities and voluntary groups.

 

 

Full eligibility criteria and application packs are available for download from 
the Big Lottery Fund website.

 

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