the big lottery fund – an overview tri-borough 12 th july 2013
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The Big lottery Fund – an
overview
Tri-borough
12th July 2013
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Introduction
Jane Sterland – Funding Officer, Early Contact Team
Hugh Stultz – Funding Officer, Early Contact Team
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Aims of today’s talk
To give a brief overview of BIG
To highlight some of the funding streams most
relevant to you
To give a few hints on writing a successful bid
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About BIG
BIG distributes ‘good cause’ money raised from National Lottery ticket sales.
We award around £500 million a year in grants, mainly to organisations working in the VCS sector.
Last year almost 90% of our funding across the UK went directly to the voluntary and community sector
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How the lottery pound is spent
BIG is responsible for delivering 40 per cent of all funds raised for good causes - about 12 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery Ticket
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Big Lottery Fund Mission
‘The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing
real improvement to communities and to the
lives of people most in need’
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BIG targeted funding programmes
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BIG open programmes
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BIG is an outcomes funder
Your project must meet at least one of these four 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
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
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What does the outcomes approach mean
• What changes do we want to make to the lives of the people we want to help
• How will those changes help to achieve one or more of the four Big lottery Fund outcomes
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Which Lottery grants scheme
Each of the 4 lottery providers have their own funding programmes with their own priorities
• BIG Lottery Fund (‘BIG’)
• Arts Council
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Sports England
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Exercise 1: Which distributor?
In your packs you have a sheet with short project descriptions. In pairs, decide whether or not each project is appropriate for Big lottery funding programme
5 minutes
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Awards for All Programme
Small grants scheme awarding £300 - £10,000
Six week turn around time for applications
Applications open to community and voluntary groups, schools, health bodies and parish / town councils
Single stage application process
Project must be complete within 12 months of award
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Tri borough Awards for All statistics
April 2012 – March 2013
Applications received - 93
Number of successful applications - 42
Success rate – 45%
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Reaching Communities Programme Larger grants scheme awarding £10,000 –
500,000
Main programme:
o Revenue projects funding from £10,000-£500,000o Smaller capital projects funding from £10,000-
£50,000
─ Buildings programme:o Larger capital projects funding from £100,000-
£500,000o Geographically targeted at most deprived areas
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Reaching Communities Programme─ Very competitive programme – success rate one in ten
─ Applications from community & voluntary groups, charities, statutory bodies, social enterprises, not-for-profit companies
─ Two-stage application process to identify fundable projects
─ BIG gives decision typically within 6-8 months of application
─ Project can take up to 5 years to complete
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Tri borough Reaching Communities statistics
April 2012 – March 2013
Applications received - 23
Number of successful applications - 6
Amounts awarded - £1.3 million
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Improving your chances of gaining funding from BIG
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Improving your chances
• Start by reading the guidelines carefully and thoroughly
• EVIDENCE – you will need to clearly define the need your project is seeking to address
• Ensure that your proposed activities are clearly linked to your outcomes
• Ensure that you consult your beneficiaries and involve them at all stages of the project
• Prove that your project will make a difference
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Tips on completing your application
• Provide recent local evidence for the need for your project
• Avoid duplication – research similar services in your local area
• Be clear about the outcomes of your project
• Make sure your project’s activities are closely linked to your outcomes
• Does your project support local priorities
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Define the need for your project
─ Go back to basics – assume the Grant Officers assessing your application know nothing about the needs of the people you are trying to help
─ Quote your sources - make sure all sources of evidence are listed and dated, and all the information is up to date and relevant to your project
─ Build a strong case – use a broad range of information and if in doubt add more rather than less
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How much evidence do you need to provide?
Depends on:
─ The scale of the problem
─ What capacity you have
─ How much funding you are
─ applying for
....... the important thing is to make a strong case
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Sources of evidence
‘Hard’ Information
Local statisticsFocus groupsQuestionnairesInterviews
Focus groups
Consultations
Interviews
‘Before and after’ data Deprivation
Index
Census
Strategies and policies
Research reports
Local & national priorities
Local statistics
Questionnaires
Letters of support
‘Hard’ Information
‘Soft’ Information
Waiting listsOffice for National Statistics
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Sources of evidence – cont’d
• National or London specific surveys that make mention of
your Local authority eg. Census, London poverty profile, JSNA
and others
• Local government strategy documents
• Surveys or reports from special interest organisations eg.
Age UK, Mind
• Local consultation documents
• Findings from pilot projects run by your own or similar
organisations
• Findings from video diaries
• Other sources that you can think of
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Exercise: What evidence can I use• In pairs or groups discuss the type of
evidence that you could use to support an application for your own project.
• You should seek to use ‘hard’ factual evidence and ‘soft’ evidence which focuses on the subjective responses / needs of the client group you work with.
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Improving your chances - Defining project aims, outcomes & activities Project aim – one simple sentence to closely
reflect the need identified
Outcomes – strong and clear points to explain the change you want to make for your beneficiaries
Project activities – together should add up to show how the outcomes and aim will be met
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Developing a strong application
Project OutcomeProject OutcomesThe difference you want to
make or the change you want to bring about for your
beneficiaries
Project AimThe overall
point of your project
Project ActivitiesThe services and activities you will carry out
to meet the outcomes and achieve the project aim
Project Need Project Need
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Real Unsuccessful Applications─ ‘The outcomes need to focus on the difference that the
project will make to the lives of the beneficiaries’
─ ‘It is unclear from the activities as to what services they will provide to achieve the outcomes’
─ ‘Evidence of need could be much stronger and is not dated so it is hard to establish how current it is’
─ ‘The applicant lists the organisations and people they have consulted but does not provide any dates or findings’
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Real Successful Applications
‘Beneficiaries and their needs are clearly identified’
‘A full range of activities has been provided that will clearly deliver the project outcomes’
‘Varied and relevant external evidence confirms the issues identified and shows support for the project and gaps in current service’
‘Beneficiaries involved in management committee, user group, consultation, project planning and design, volunteering, recruitment and evaluation’
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Key points – completing your application
• Read the guidelines and use all other help available
• Leave plenty of time to do research regarding the need for your project.
• Re-read your application - ensure all parts of your application build on and support each other.
• Ask a ‘critical friend’ to read your application before submission
• If not successful the first time, ask for feedback and try again.
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Support and Guidance Available
─ Programme Guidance Notes
─ Getting Funding & Planning Successful Projects
─ Good Practice Guides e.g. equalities, involving young people
─ Case studies of successful projects
─ BIG Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30
─ Email enquiries: [email protected]
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Support and Guidance Available
BIG Websites:
─ BIG Lottery Fund website:
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
─ Awards for All website:
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england
─ BIG Learning Zone:
http://www.biglearningzone.org.uk
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Questions and Comments?
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