Community Assets Programme opens for applications
Howard Lake | 13 September 2007 | News
The £30 million Community Assets programme, funded by the Office of the Third Sector and delivered by the Big Lottery Fund, has opened for applications. It is designed to enable third sector organisations to have greater control over the assets they use, such as community buildings.
The programme will offer grants of between £150,000 and £1 million for the refurbishment of local authority buildings, including community centres and other multi-purpose facilities, so they can benefit both local communities and the third sector organisations that take them on.
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, said: “This is a real opportunity for community groups and local authorities to transform assets like community centres and other buildings into more vibrant and valuable resources of the whole community…
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“Taking on ownership of an asset will help third sector organisations to develop a base of independence and sustainability, which will enable them to grow and respond better to the needs of local people.”
There will be a single bidding round for all applications, which closes on 15 November 2007.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.