Awards for All

Jenny FishFunding Officer: Early Contact team

Today’s Learning

─ You will have a better understanding of the Big Lottery Fund, and of the current funding environment.

─ You will have a better understanding of Awards for All, and if it is the right programme for you.

─ You will have an increased understanding of how to strengthen your application, and greater confidence to apply.

Understanding the Funder :How the Lottery pound is spent

─ Camelot (0.5 pence)

─ Prize money (50 pence)

─ Taxes (12 pence)

─ Retailer (5 pence)

─ Administration (4.5 pence)

─ Good causes (28 pence)

Understanding the Funder

Big Lottery Fund: Mission Statement

‘Bringing about real change to communities and to the lives of those most in need’

Big Lottery Fund is an Outcomes Funder: About changing livesAs a funder there are four broad outcomes or changes we expect lottery funding to achieve:

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

Understanding The Funding Environment

Snapshot: Awards for All programme Statistics

2013-2014

Total Request – £102,134,953

Total Award – £63,234,998

Success rate – 63.34%

We awarded Devon Groups a total of £1,082,786, received 189 applications of which 135 were successful, giving a success rate of 71% with Torridge receiving £61,759

Crafty Old Ladies Project!

The Bideford Ladies Group was awarded £350 from Awards for All to run a range of arts and crafts sessions for older ladies. This will increase the range of activities the group runs and help reduce beneficiaries' feelings of isolation by participating in a mentally stimulating and social activity.

Petrockstowe Parish Hall

With £6,912 from Awards for All, this group used the funding to refurbish their parish hall and addressed issues surrounding rural isolation. The aim was to encourage wider use by local community in order to become more socially active and improve their wellbeing.

Awards for All: Any project applying to

Awards for All must meet at least one of BIG’s

outcomes:

You can apply if...

─ You have at least 3 unrelated people on your governing body

─ Do a document check, easy as ABC - Annual accounts (or a 12 month projection), a UK Bank account in the name of your organisation with at least two unrelated signatories, a written Constitution.

─ complete your project within one year of when BIG confirms your award

─ Plan to submit your application at least three months before your project is planned to start

Please read - Guide to accepting a

conditional offer

Awards for All - How much can you apply for?Between £300 and £10,000

Only one application at a time

One organisation can receive up to £10,000 in any one year period.

Project needs to be completed and the End of Grant report approved before you can apply again

What can Awards for All pay for?Examples of what a grant could pay for:

─ equipment hire or purchase e.g. information technology equipment

─ sessional workers

─ building and refurbishment work

─ updating equipment and premises for health and safety reasons

─ training

─ volunteer expenses

─ transport costs

─ venue hire

Village Hall - Kitchen Opening

Specific criteria for buildings

─ Total costs of building works must not be more than £25,000 (including VAT). However, we will fund feasibility studies for potentially larger projects.

─ Any planning permission needed must be in place before making an application.

─ For building projects, applicants must own their own freehold or hold a lease that will continue for at least five years.

─ BIG will only fund non-recoverable VAT.

Examples of what Awards for All cannot pay for:─ Activities that happen or start before BIG confirms the

grant

─ Day-to-day running costs

─ Salaries of permanent or fixed term staff

─ Items that mainly benefit an individual

─ Political or religious activities

─ NB Good news is that we now fund repeat activities for small groups with under £30,000 income (also larger groups if delivery is to a new beneficiary group or in a different area)

Awards for All cannot pay for: (continued)

─ Projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide

─ Routine repairs and maintenance

─ Fundraising activities

─ Used vehicles

Application process

Awards for All - Improving your chancesBIG scores applications to help decide who should be funded. Applications will score higher if they:

─ show strong evidence of need

─ seek to involve as wide a range of people as possible

─ meet more than one of our outcomes

─ are from groups that have never received an Awards for All grant

─ are from groups with a smaller annual income

─ are for smaller projectsThe scoring guide

used to assess Awards for All is on the

website

Common Mistakes

─ Applications incomplete on first submission

─ Not returning requested documents at conditional offer stage.

─ Asking for funding for a project more suited to another Lottery funder e.g. A heritage or sports project

─ Asking for something we are unable to fund e.g. Salaries

‘Guide to accepting a conditional grant offer’

on website

Most Common Reject Reasons•Not evidencing the Need for a project

•Not identifying the outcomes, or changes, the project will make and not linking these to Big Lottery Fund outcomes

A key concern for Big Lottery Fund

will be to understand why your is

project needed?•When writing your application take time to paint a vivid picture in words, which clearly demonstrates why your project is needed.

•Make sure you tell us all about the problems or issues your group aims to address.

What sources can you use to evidence need?

─ Strategies - generic and specialist

─ Statistics and area or community profile

─ Research (reports, surveys etc)

─ Consultation and community involvement

─ Other existing services/current provision (or lack of)

─ Evaluation of existing services

─ Letters of support

Explaining outcomes, the difference or changes your project makes

18 years old, mental health issues, dropped out of education and training, sits at home isolated from peers, lacks confidence, has low self esteem.

Explaining outcomes

18 years old, mental health issues, sits at home isolated from peers, lacks confidence, low self esteem, dropped out of education/training

Activities:•Drop in/coffee and chat•Accompanied walks to shops•Hill walking•IT training (games, surfing, music)•Expert speakers

Explaining outcomes

18 years old, mental health issues, sits at home isolated from peers, lacks confidence, low self esteem, dropped out of education/training

Activities:•Drop in/coffee and chat•Accompanied walks to shops•Hill walking•IT training (games, surfing, music)•Expert speakers Project outcomes:

•YP with mental health issues:•feel less socially isolated•Increase confidence•Increase self esteem•Increase skills•Increase understanding of their illness and how to manage it

Explaining outcomes

18 years old, mental health issues, sits at home isolated from peers, lacks confidence, low self esteem, dropped out of education/training

Activities:•Drop in/coffee and chat•Accompanied walks to shops•Hill walking•IT training (games, surfing, music)•Expert speakers The project outcomes

or changes:•YP with mental health issues:•feel less isolated, experience a decrease in social isolation •Increase confidence•Increase self esteem•Increase skills•Increase understanding of their illness and how to manage it

Programme outcomes:•Healthier and more active people•People having better chances in life

Links to

Explaining outcomes

18 years old, mental health issues, sits at home isolated from peers, lacks confidence, low self esteem, dropped out of education/training

Activities:•Drop in/coffee and chat•Accompanied walks to shops•Hill walking•IT training (games, surfing, music)•Expert speakers Project outcomes:

•Feels less isolated•Increase in confidence•Increased self esteem•Increased skills•Increased understanding

Programme outcomes:•Healthier and more active people•People having better chances in life

Links to

BIG Websites – where to find out more www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Big Advice Line: 01913761600

Textphone: 0845 6 02 16 59

Email: general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk

Thank you.

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