# Lottery in N Ireland opens £60 million programme

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/26/lottery-in-n-ireland-opens-60m-programme/
- Published: 2016-02-26T08:05:14+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Big Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland has announced details of a new funding
programme which will be worth up £60 million over five years.**

The People and Communities programme will support voluntary, community and social
enterprise groups to work with local people to make the changes they want in their
communities.

The [Big Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland](http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/northernireland)
say that, in advance of organisations making applications, they have teams visiting
around 20 projects in every area of Northern Ireland to see the work they’re already
doing with local people.

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Grants of between £30,000 and £500,000 will be available for two to five year projects
that work with local people, build on a community’s strengths, and are well connected
to other services and activities in the community. The programme will remain open
for applications for five years.

People and Communities will support projects that meet the following two programme
outcomes:

 * people make changes that improve their lives and
 * communities build on their strengths and share learning.

Projects will also have to embrace the three key themes of the programme:

 * People-led: this means people will be meaningfully involved in the development,
   design and delivery of your project.
 * Strengths-based: people and communities will build on the knowledge, skills and
   experience they already have to make the changes they want.
 * Connected: projects will complement other activities in the area.

 * **[Big Lottery Fund grants £493k to Early Action Task Force](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/09/big-lottery-fund-grants-493k-early-action-task-force/)**(
   9 March 2016)
 * **[May’s Big Lottery Fund awards to benefit 994 projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/10/big-lottery-fund-awards-benefit-994-projects/)**(
   10 May 2016)
 * **[Government seeks views on distribution of National Lottery money](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/03/government-seeks-views-distribution-national-lottery-money/)**(
   3 June 2016)

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