# Lottery to review Reaching Communities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/29/lottery-review-reaching-communities/
- Published: 2007-04-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund has begun a review of the Reaching Communities Northern Ireland
programme. Reaching Communities makes grants to voluntary and community-led organisations
and have about £18 million available for this programme between 2006 and 2009.

BIG says the aim of the review is to make improvements to the programme and ensure
that the most effective use of available resources. It will also ensure that it 
will successfully meet the outcomes of the programme.

In order to complete the review and implement any necessary changes, Big Lottery
Fund has decided to reschedule the application deadlines. There will now no longer
be a September 2007 deadline and this will be moved to January 2008. The deadlines
of May 2008 and September 2008 will remain the same.

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The Fund says it will be in a position to implement and communicate the proposed
changes to the programme in early September 2007 and will deliver briefings on any
programme changes that arise from the review process.

This extension will give potential applicants time to read the revised guidance 
and submit an outline proposal form, get feedback and submit full applications for
the January 2008 deadline.

Reaching Communities awards grants from £100,000 to £500,000.

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