# Big Lottery Fund gives £14.6 million to 49 projects across England

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/12/14/big-lottery-fund-gives-146-million-49-projects-across-england/
- Published: 2010-12-14T05:10:23+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund has announced grants of more than £14.6 million to 49 projects
across England from its Reaching Communities programme.

Diabetes UK will today receive £413,722 to continue its ‘The Diabetes UK Healthy
Lifestyle Roadshow’ throughout England. The two-year project will visit 70 of the
most at-risk areas of England using specially adapted lorries that convert into 
fully accessible venues for presentations and one to one meetings.

Missing People receives £499,517 to enable it to trial a new national telephone 
counselling helpline for families. New figures from Missing People show that last
year there were over 330,000 incidents of people going missing, a third more than
the previous estimate.

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Sanjay Dighe, England Committee Chair Big Lottery Fund, said: “The festive season
is a period of joy for so many, but also the season when there is much sadness with
people missing and worries about the future. I’m therefore delighted that this month
the Big Lottery Fund is able to support 49 organisations including Missing People
who work so closely with people throughout the year to help make a positive difference
to their lives.”

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

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