Big Lottery Fund awards £41.5 million to 84 projects in England
Howard Lake | 17 January 2008 | News
The Big Lottery Fund has granted £41.5 million to 84 projects across England that support networks for carers and people with disabilities. The awards are part of the Fund’s BASIS programme that aims to increase the effectiveness of the Third Sector through the provision of expert, consistent and sustainable services. So far 200 projects have benefited from nearly £100 million in the first phase of the programme.
A second round of BASIS will open for applications in Spring 2008. A consultation about what BIG proposed to fund in the second funding round two took place in Autumn 2007 and the findings will be incorporated into the programme.
The largest of the latest awards was a grant of £4,245,382 to Scope to fund its three-year Disability LIB (Listen, Include, Build) project. The project will establish the UK’s first disability-led consortium that will advise on the critical and varied needs of disabled people’s organisations across England and provide the necessary infrastructure support.
Louise Jagger, Director of Fundraising at Scope, said: “The success of our bid demonstrates how partnership working is attractive to major funders, who are increasingly looking for evidence of impact, innovation and collaboration in the projects they seek to support.”
The BASIS programme was devised following extensive public consultation and discussions with the voluntary and community sector. The programme aims to 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.
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