# Big Lottery Fund seeks organisation to run £200 million charitable trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/07/27/big-lottery-fund-seeks-organisation-run-200m-charitable-trust/
- Published: 2010-07-27T09:46:30+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund is inviting applications from organisations to set up and run
a £200 million independent charitable trust that will help turn urban and rural 
neighbourhoods across England into better places to live.

The money will be given out through local funding schemes in each of the [‘Big Local Trust’ target neighbourhoods](http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/biglocaltrust_areas.xls).
The funding will be distributed over ten years. The neighbourhoods all have a history
of difficulty in obtaining resources, including funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

Fifty neighbourhoods have been announced today, and a further 50 or more areas across
England will be selected by the Lottery Fund in the next 12 to 18 months to benefit
from the programme.

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Peter Wanless Big Lottery Fund Chief Executive said: “[The Big Local Trust funding stream](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/07/27/big-lottery-fund-seeks-organisation-run-200m-charitable-trust/www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_biglocaltrust.htm?regioncode=-uk)
will help local people identify their pressing issues and develop the skills and
confidence necessary to start changing things in their community for the better.
The Trust will involve people in each of the selected 50 areas to decide on the 
best way to use the funding. This builds on BIG’s record of giving people a greater
say in where Lottery money goes”.

Expressions of interest from organisations who wish to run the Trust should be received
by 12 August 2010.

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