Awards for All

Glenn AustinFunding Officer (Local)

3 December 2013

Big Lottery Fund

Mission statement:

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

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)

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

2012/13

Awards for All - what is it?• Awards for All is the Big Lottery Fund’s small grants programme

• The programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.

• The programme is always open, and there are no deadlines.

• The application form is short and simple.

• You will find out if you are successful within six weeks.

Outcomes Funder

All projects must meet at least one of BIG’s 4 programme outcomes:

─ people having better chances in life with better access to training and development to improve their life skills

─ For example:  Purchase of IT equipment for an intergenerational project so young people can help older people improve their IT skills  

─ stronger communities with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems

─ For example: A telephone helpline offering advice and support for people with cancer and their carers

─ improved rural and urban environments which communities are better able to access and enjoy

─ For example:  Improving a village hall to provide better facilities for all members of the community

─ healthier and more active people and communities

─ For example:   A local food project which grows its own produce and

teaches people about healthy eating.

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

within one year;

• Only one application at a time;

• One Awards for All funded project needs to be

completed and the End of Grant report

approved before you can apply again;

• One organisation cannot receive more than £10,000

of Awards

for All grants in any one year period.

Awards for All cannot pay for:

─ Activities that happen or start before BIG confirms the grant

─ Day-to-day running costs (including staff costs)

─ Existing activities and repeat or regular events (unless 3 years since taken place or delivered to new beneficiary types)

─ Items that mainly benefit an individual

─ Political or religious activities

─ Routine repairs and maintenance

─ Fundraising activities

Simple application process

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 Reject Reasons

─ Outside programme remit - apply for things we do not fund (more suited to another lottery distributor)

─ Insufficient evidence of need

─ Does not make link between project’s outcomes and programme outcomes

Where to find out morewww.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Big Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30

Textphone: 0845 6 02 16 59

Email: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk