1. Big Lottery Fund Sarah Carroll Funding Officer (Local) 11 June 2014

2. How is the Lottery pound spent? Camelot (0.5 pence) Prize money (50 pence) Taxes (12 pence) Retailer (5 pence) Administration (4.5 pence) Good causes (28 pence)

3. Who distributes ‘good causes’ money? Big Lottery Fund (40%): www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Arts Council England (20%): www.artscouncil.org.uk Heritage Lottery Fund (20%): www.hlf.org.uk Sport England (20%): www.sportengland.org

4. Big Lottery Fund - Mission “The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and to the lives of people most in need”

5. Big Lottery Fund - outcomes Outcome 1: People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills Outcome 2: Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems

6. Big Lottery Fund - outcomes Outcome 3: Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy Outcome 4: Healthier and more active people and communities

7. Awards for All

8. Grants of £300 - £10,000 Up to £10,000 in any 12 month period 12 months to spend grant No deadlines Apply 4-5 months before you want your project to start

9. Who can apply? You can apply if you are a: voluntary and community organisation school parish or town council health body Voluntary organisations need: Governing document Management committee of at least 3 three unrelated people UK based bank account

10. What can Awards for All pay for? New activity and projects (not running costs) You can only apply for existing activities if your organisation is small (income less than £30,000) Project that meet one of our four outcomes

11. What the money could be spent on... Research / feasibility studies Equipment hire or purchase building and refurbishment work (costing less than £25,000) transport costs updating equipment and premises for health and safety reasons Training and sessional workers volunteer expenses venue hire

12. What we cannot pay for... Fundraising activities Money already spent or activities that happen or start before we pay the grant Activities which the Government has a legal obligation to provide Staff salaries and other day to day running costs eg routine repairs and maintenance Used vehicles Activities which promote politics or religion

13. Improving your chances We score applications to help decide who should be funded. Applications will score higher if they: show strong evidence of need involve as wide a range of people as possible meet more than one of our four outcomes are from groups that have never had an Awards for All grant are from groups with a smaller annual income are for smaller projects

14. W here to find out more www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Big Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30 Textphone: 0845 6 02 16 59 Email: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk