Lottery Funding round-up
19th April 2006, 1:29 pm
As of last week, there is a ’single front door’ providing information on all current opportunities for funding through the Lottery, at http://www.lotteryfunding.org.uk. (Press release: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=195691&NewsAreaID=2%20.)
Big Lottery Fund has launched a £155 million BASIS programme (Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Services) to fund support for the voluntary and community sector in England. Press release: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/newsroom/release.aspx?prId=2034.
Awards for All, the small Lottery grants scheme for local communities, has raised the ceiling for funding awards to £10,000, with a new lower threshold of £300. Press release at http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=194469&NewsAreaID=2, or see http://www.awardsforall.org.uk.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has published a guide to resources for projects focusing on next year’s 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. In pdf, 1.32Mb.