Changes to Lottery funding in 2005
Howard Lake | 12 January 2005 | News
The Big Lottery Fund is to make changes to its operational funding processes throughout 2005.
The Big Lottery Fund has announced that applications for the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Funding Programmes, previously run by the Community Fund, will be wound down during 2005. This includes the Medium and Large Grants Programmes in England, and the UK-wide Strategic Grants Programme, including international and research. The deadline for applications to be submitted to these programmes is 31 May 2005 and the Fund will be awarding and announcing grants up to November 2005.
Programmes previously operated by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) will be phased out in line with previously published timetables.
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Awards for All will continue across the UK in 2005-2006.
Sir Clive Booth, Chair of the Big Lottery Fund, said: “The Fund anticipates high numbers of applications to the VCS Funding Programmes before our deadlines and strong competition for funds. Applicants may therefore want to wait for the opening of our new programmes later in 2005.”
The Big Lottery Fund’s first new programme, the Young People’s Fund, is currently being rolled out in England and is open for applications from organisations.
The Fund also expects to launch a range of new programmes from early summer to late 2005. These will include new international and research grants programmes UK-wide.
Of this new funding, 60-70% will go to the voluntary and community sector and 30-40% to the public sector “and others”, according to the Fund.
In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the timetables for phasing out the Medium and Large Grants Programmes will be published shortly.
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