# Big Lottery Fund in £5.5 million partnership with Comic Relief

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/03/16/big-lottery-fund-in-5-5m-partnership-with-comic-relief/
- Published: 2015-03-16T08:08:24+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund is partnering with Comic Relief to provide £5.5 million in 
grants to improve the health of mothers, babies and children; and the lives of people
living in urban slums.

Big Lottery Fund is contributing £5 million and Comic Relief £500,000.

The five-year funding partnership will also involve examining what wider benefits
such collaboration can bring to the sector.

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Kevin Cahill, Chief Executive of [Comic Relief](http://www.comicrelief.com), said:

> “By working together we hope to increase learning about good grant making, and
> share these findings with the sector. Of course, the ultimate aim is to ensure
> that funding gets to where it is most needed and is as effective as possible in
> making a true and lasting impact in people’s lives.”

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