1. Big Lottery Fund ESIF Offer
Tessa Wiley
Policy & Learning Manager
01/05/2014

2. The Big Lottery Fund
Since June 2004, we have awarded over £6 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes
In 2012/13 we made 12,000 new awards with a total value of £778m
BIG are presently managing 17,000 awards and 88% of our awards are for £10,000 or less
Over 92% of our funding goes to the voluntary and community sector organisations

3. Why ESIF? ESF TO9 Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty
OUR MISSION
Making a real difference to communities and the lives of people most in need
OUTCOME 2
To improve access to European Funds by VCSE organisations
OUTCOME 1
To maximise the impact of this funding

4. A simple equation? Not quite... BIG SFA DWP The journey into work
RULES
DELIVERY
MONITORING
RISK

5. The proposal Three tests: Alignment, Additionality, Costs
Development funding made available
LEPs provide input but BIG retains decision making
Development Phase
Application Phase
Delivery
Phase