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Funding in Regeneration

Regeneration funding streams and grants

Regeneration funding in England

ACCESS TO NATURE

  • Funding: The total allocation for the Access to Nature programme is £25 million. Grants range from £50,000 to £500,000.
  • Funder: Good causes distributor the Big Lottery Fund.
  • Aim: The initiative aims to encourage more people to enjoy the outdoors, particularly those who are at risk of social exclusion or have little or no contact with the natural environment. The programme will fund projects that expect to result in: a greater number and diversity of people with improved opportunities to experience the natural environment; more people having opportunities to learn about the natural environment and gain new skills; more people being able to enjoy the natural environment through investment in access to natural places; and an increase in communities' sense of ownership of local natural places, by establishing strong partnerships between communities, councils, voluntary organisations and others.
  • Who Can Apply? The programme will only award grants to: community groups governed by a written constitution; registered charities; statutory bodies, including schools, colleges, councils and health organisations; companies that are not registered charities but have a charitable purpose and a community focus; mutual societies; charitable or not-for-profit companies; and church-based and other faith groups.
  • Deadline: June 2010.
  • Contact:
    W http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/leisure/grants-funding/

ADVENTURE CAPITAL FUND (ACF)

  • Funding: £14 million fund; because most ACF money is disbursed in loans not grants, the fund is unlikely to run out of cash any time soon. £4 million of this is a Home Office-supported element aimed at community-owned and -managed workspaces. Various loans and some grants are available from £25,000 to £250,000.
  • Funder: Home Office, the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the London Development Agency.
  • Aim: To help community-led enterprises become more self-sustaining. The fund provides "patient capital": investment which recognises the long-term nature of community development and the importance of linking funding with support for organisational development
  • Who Can Apply? Independent community organisations active in disadvantaged neighbourhoods or marginalised communities.
  • Deadline: Due to high demand, the ACF's main fund is currently closed to applicants, but will reopen in the near future. Check the website below for updates. In the meantime, its Business Development Fund is still offering grants.
  • Contact:
    T     020 7680 1028
    F 020 7488 9231
    E adventure@lif.org.uk
    W www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk  

AWARDS FOR ALL ENGLAND

  • Funding: £60 million available from 2006-07. Grants of between £300 and £10,000.
  • Funder: Awards for All England is a joint Lottery grants programme supported by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.
  • Aim: To make small grants that make a big difference to people and communities. Projects must extend access to and participation in activities or boost people's skills and creativity with the aim of improving quality of life.
  • Who Can Apply? Not-for-profit groups, parish/town councils, schools or health bodies. Applicants must spend the grant within one year.
  • Deadline: None fixed; open programme.
  • Contact:
    T     0845 600 2040
    W www.awardsforall.org.uk for an application pack

BASIS

  • Funding: The Basis programme is in its second - and final - round. The first round handed £101 million to 206 organisations across England. It is now worth £50 million. The minimum grant is £10,001. The maximum grant for projects in a single region is £500,000, but it is £750,000 for England-wide projects. The grants can last from one to five years.
  • Funder: Good causes distributor the Big Lottery Fund.
  • Aim: The Basis programme, which was launched in 2006, aims to ensure that English voluntary and community sector organisations have access to high quality support that will make them more effective. Grants are available to organisations that: offer training and information, work to share good practice, provide network support and represent groups' interests. The final deadline for Basis round two is 27 August. The Big Lottery Fund expects to announce in January 2009 which organisations have been awarded a grant.
  • Who Can Apply? Applicants must be a third sector organisation that provides support services to other social enterprises or voluntary and community organisations. Projects can be either regional or England-wide. Any organisations that applied for funds in Basis round one - regardless of whether they were successful - can also apply for grants in the second round. While organisations can only make one application during the second round, they can be a partner in any number of applications submitted by other organisations.
  • Deadline: 27 August 2008.
  • Contact:
    W www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
    T 0845 410 2030

BRIDGES COMMUNITY VENTURES

  • Funding: From a total fund of £40 million, 19 investments have been made so far. The fund invests between £150,000 and £2 million by buying shares in companies. There are no grants.
  • Funder: Private sector investors with matching investment from the Department of Trade and Industry.
  • Aim: Bridges Community Ventures seeks growth companies at the early and expansion stages, as well as management buy-outs, buy-ins and property backed firms. Businesses must be based in the most under-invested parts of England.
  • Who Can Apply? Small and medium-sized firms that are located in, and economically linked to, deprived areas. Companies must: be based in electoral wards in England that fall within the most deprived quartile, as defined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation; be independently-owned enterprises with fewer than 250 employees; and have an annual turnover not exceeding £25 million or an annual balance-sheet total of less than £16.5 million.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    T     020 7262 5566
    W www.bridgesventures.com

BRIDGES COMMUNITY VENTURES II

  • Funding: A total of £75 million is available in individual investments of up to £10 million.
  • Funder: Bridges CDV II is a venture capital fund backed by private investors including the HSBC bank, Co-operative Financial Services, Lloyds TSB and Citigroup. It is run by Bridges Community Ventures.
  • Aim: The scheme is a venture capital fund that invests in small and medium-sized growth companies in deprived parts of the country. Bridges CDVII aims to stimulate economic activity and create jobs in the most deprived areas of the UK by backing entrepreneurial businesses that will create jobs and further investment.
  • Who Can Apply? Like the first Bridges community development fund, this second fund provides venture capital for businesses in the 25 per cent most deprived parts of the country. Community development venture capital company Bridges Community Ventures, which runs the fund, provides an online postcode search for potential clients to check their eligibility. The latest fund, however, also invests in companies that demonstrate strong social benefits in the fields of healthcare, the environment and education. It is available primarily for early-stage companies and management buy-outs or buy-ins, but some start-up businesses will be considered.
  • Deadline: Rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    T 020 7262 5566
    W www.bridgesventures.com

CHANGEUP INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

  • Funding: £88.5 million between 2008 and 2011. A large proportion of the funding has already been allocated to the existing regional consortia charged with disbursing the money. Money is awarded to the consortia on a region-by-region basis.
  • Funder: Home Office
  • Aim: To support the development of capacity building and infrastructure in the voluntary and community sector.
  • Who Can Apply? Organisations working in partnership to support front-line organisations.
  • Deadline: No specific deadline. See website below for details.
  • Contact:
    T     0121 237 5100
    W www.capacitybuilders.org.uk

CHANGING SPACES

  • Funding: £234 million is available from 2006-09. Grant size is decided by individual award partners.
  • Funder: Big Lottery Fund
  • Aim: To improve local environments, open spaces and countryside, helping projects that are accessible to all and relevant to people's needs.
  • Who Can Apply? Voluntary, public or private sector organisations can apply to be an award partner or to deliver a portfolio of projects. Once appointed, award partners will decide on the criteria, objectives and methodology for individual programmes and distribute grants.
  • Deadline: Award partners will start delivering their programmes in late 2006.
  • Contact:
    T     0845 410 2030
    W www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

CHILDREN'S FUND

  • Funding: £411.5 million from 2005-08. The Department for Education and Skills will share from £132 to £146 million between the 149 local partnerships in each of the three years.
  • Funder: Department for Education and Skills.
  • Aim: To develop services aimed at 5-13-year-olds who are showing early signs of difficulty. The programme aims to provide them with the support they need to overcome disadvantage.
  • Who Can Apply? Funding is distributed through local partnerships that decide which projects to support in their area. Each Children's Fund partnership is overseen by one of the nine government offices for the regions.  
  • Deadline: Contact the government office for your region.
  • Contact:
    W     www.gos.gov.uk/national

FUTUREBUILDERS ENGLAND

  • Funding: £125 million investment fund from 2004-07. By April 2006 it had approved investments of £39 million in 116 organisations. It offers a mixture of grants and loans. Organisations pay back loans with revenue. Investment packages of £50,000 and up are available.
  • Funder: Home Office; fund managed by Futurebuilders England
  • Aim: To help voluntary and community organisations deliver better public services.
  • Who Can Apply? Applicants must be properly-constituted charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, industrial or provident societies or community interest companies. Applicants must be planning to deliver public services in England. They must be willing to take on a loan that is paid back with revenue from contracts with the public sector.
  • Deadline: No fixed dealine; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    T 0191 261 5200
    E info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk
    W www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk

GRASSROOTS GRANTS

  • Funding: Up to £130 million is available to be shared among third sector bodies with prior experience of local grant-making. These bodies will be able to give grants of as little as £250 to grassroots organisations.
  • Funder: The Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office. Non-departmental body the Community Development Foundation is administering the scheme.
  • Aim: As well as providing cash for distribution to third sector groups, the programme will help local charities build endowment investments to provide a continuous source of small grant funding. It will do this by matching the money that the funder raises in the local community. The £130 million fund, which will run from 2008 to 2011, will be divided into two parts: an £80 million small grants fund for community organisations and a £50 million endowment programme that seeks to build the capacity of third sector funders.
  • Who Can Apply? Local funders must be third sector bodies with experience of local grant making. Recipients of the cash from local funders must be voluntary or community groups, have an annual income of less than £20,000, and be volunteer-led. Local funders will not be allowed to award the cash to statutory organisations, commercial ventures, or regional or local offices of national organisations.
  • Deadline: Closing date for applications is 30 April 2008. Grassroots groups can bid for the cash after July.
  • Contact:
    T 01223 400 331
    E grassroots@cdf.org.uk
    W http://www.cdf.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/default.asp?arg=DS_CDF_TECHART_23/_page.xsl/27&xsl_argx=2

Greener Living Fund

  • Funding: The fund totals just over £6 million, with a minimum grant of £200,000 on offer. Funding is over two years, from April 2009 to March 2011, and is expected to be available to up to ten organisations.
  • Funder: Defra.
  • Aim: Part of Defra's new Third Sector Strategy, the fund is designed to enable charities and voluntary sector organisations to promote sustainable living in England by encouraging local participation. Programmes should aim to help individuals and communities to reduce their carbon footprints, to make greener lifestyle choices and to rely less on natural resources. Applicants must: be able to implement programmes at a national level; have a clear understanding of the target audience; and demonstrate appropriate methods of engaging people and encouraging more sustainable living at the grass roots. Ideally, grants will enable organisations to obtain funding from additional sources in order to encourage further environmental change. Programmes can be also be implemented through partnerships with other third sector organisations, businesses or the public sector.
  • Who Can Apply? The fund is restricted to charities and voluntary organisations that are capable of implementing programmes and projects nationally.
  • Deadline: Applicants must make a submission of concept and application for a £30,000 programme preparation grant by 16 December. The second stage is expected to start in January 2009.
  • Contact: For more information, visit www.defra.gov.uk

IGLOO REGENERATION PARTNERSHIP

  • Funding: The fund is worth £300 million and investments usually range from £15-50 million. There are no grants.
  • Funder: Norwich Union and other major institutional investors
  • Aim: To invest policy holders' funds in mixed-use, environmentally-sustainable, well-designed property developments in regeneration areas on the edge of the top 20 city centres in the UK.
  • Who Can Apply? Property developers, local authorities, urban regeneration companies, urban development corporations, New Deal for Communities projects, regional development agencies and English Partnerships.
  • Deadline: Not applicable.
  • Contact:
    Chris Brown, chief executive.
    T 07900 492280
    E chris.brown@igloo.uk.net
    W www.igloo.uk.net

JOB GRANT

  • Funding: £86 million available from 2005-06; 2006-07 funding information not yet available. £100 or £250 per individual, depending on circumstances
  • Funder: Department for Work and Pensions
  • Aim: A one-off, non-taxable payment to help benefit claimants make the transition to work.
  • Who Can Apply? All claimants (except those eligible for New Deal for Young People) who have continually received qualifying benefits for at least 26 weeks and who are moving directly from benefits into full-time remunerative work expected to last five weeks or more. Single parents are eligible for a £250 job grant.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    W     www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND

  • Funding: £24 million in 2006. Grants range between £500 and £20,000.
  • Funder: Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.
  • Aim: To support under-funded charitable organisations in England and Wales, particularly those that help disadvantaged or disabled people. Funding priorities are activities that assist refugees and asylum-seekers, and work to tackle exclusion among ethnic minority groups.
  • Who Can Apply? Registered charities in England and Wales
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    T 0870 411 1223
    W www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

LOCAL ENTERPRISE GROWTH INITIATIVE (LEGI)

  • Funding: £300 million over the three years to 2008-2009, subject to the comprehensive spending review. In January 2006, £125.7 million was distributed across ten local authorities. A further £60 million will be available from January 2007. Awards to local authorities have so far ranged from £3.8 million to £21.4 million.
  • Funder: The former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, HM Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry.
  • Aim: Legi is a neighbourhood renewal programme that is aimed at increasing local entrepreneurial activity, supporting economic growth and reducing the failure rate of locally-owned businesses. It is also designed to attract appropriate inward investment and franchising, providing jobs for local people.
  • Who Can Apply? All those local authorities that have received neighbourhood renewal funding. A total of 91 local authorities can apply.
  • Deadline: 14 September 2006
  • Contact:
    Applications should be made to the government office for the relevant region. More details are on the website:
    W www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/Legi

LOCAL HERITAGE INITIATIVE (LHI)

  • Funding: £4.4 million in 2005-06; limited funds now available. Grants from £3,000 to £25,000.
  • Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund. The scheme is a partnership currently administered by the Countryside Agency, with additional funding from the Nationwide Building Society.
  • Aim: To help local groups investigate, explain and care for their local landscape, landmarks, traditions and culture
  • Who Can Apply? Community groups wishing to develop heritage projects. Projects must actively involve the local community.
  • Deadline: 30 June. LHI is in its final year.
  • Contact:
    T     01242 533362
    E lhi@countryside.gov.uk
    W www.lhi.org.uk

LOCAL INVESTMENT FUND (LIF)

  • Funding: £1.3 million was distributed in 2005-06. 2006-07 figures not yet available, but a similar amount is expected. Distributes loans of £25,000 to £250,000 for working capital or cash flow support; property purchase or refurbishment; bridging finance or gap funding. The fund also operates regional Community Loan Funds (CLF) in the eight English regions excluding London. Applications for CLF within London should be made to LIF head office. The CLF lends amounts between £15,000 and £100,000. No grants are available.
  • Funder: Various public and private sector funders.
  • Aim: To provide loan finance to support community and social enterprises run as not-for-profit enterprises in deprived areas.
  • Who Can Apply? Registered charities, community businesses, and social and community enterprises that are contributing to the regeneration of their communities and cannot obtain sufficient funding from commercial banks. Applicants must have a business plan.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    Mike Baker
    T 020 7680 1028
    W www.lif.org.uk
    E information@lif.org.uk

MY PLACE

  • Funding: The minimum grant available is £1 million; the maximum is £5 million. The total amount of funding available is £190 million between 2008 and 2010.
  • Funder: The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), administered by good causes distributor the Big Lottery Fund.
  • Aim: My Place aims to fund projects that will deliver high- quality youth facilities, driven by the active participation of young people and their views and needs. Funded projects must deliver all of the following outcomes: more young people, parents and communities feeling that young people have exciting and safe places to go in their leisure time where they can get involved in an attractive range of activities; more young people, particularly the most disadvantaged, participating in leisure activities that support their personal and social development; more young people having access to information, advice and support services from places where they feel comfortable; and stronger partnerships between public, private and voluntary sectors to plan, deliver and operate financially sustainable youth facilities. Most importantly, funded projects must provide evidence of the real participation of young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged, in the development, design and running of the project.
  • Who Can Apply? Applications are invited from public, private and voluntary sector organisations. However, all applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are working in partnership across sectors.
  • Deadline: The deadline for fast-track applications is 29 July 2008 and the deadline for the standard route is 30 September 2008.
  • Contact:
    W www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES (NDC)

  • Funding: £2 billion over ten years shared between 39 NDC partnerships. Funding began in 1999-2000. No plans for any further rounds of NDCs.
  • Funder: Former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
  • Aim: To give some of the poorest neighbourhoods the resources to tackle deprivation in an intensive and coordinated way. The aim is to bridge the gap between these neighbourhoods and the rest of the country.
  • Who Can Apply? NDC is an area-based initiative and the 39 areas were selected at the beginning of the programme in 1999. Individual partnerships decide distribution at a local level.
  • Contact:
    T 08450 828383 (NRU Helpline)
    W www.neighbourhood.gov.uk 
    The programme is managed by the local NDC partnerships.

NEW ENTREPRENEURS SCHOLARSHIPS (NES) PROGRAMME

  • Funding: Budget of £5 million for 2005-06; figures for 2006-07 not yet available. Up to £1,500 is available to buy items necessary to start trading on completion of the NES training programme.
  • Funder: The Learning and Skills Council, managed by The Federation of Enterprise Agencies, the Association of Business Schools and the Prince's Trust.
  • Aim: To help people living in disadvantaged areas to start in business by providing a package of support, mentoring and funding. Around 1,000 scholarship places were awarded in 2005.
  • Who Can Apply? Individuals over the age of 18, not in full-time education and living in one of the 25 per cent most disadvantaged areas in England (according to the 2004 Multiple Indices of Deprivation) who have an idea for a new business or social enterprise.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    T/F     01234 831623 (NES Project Manager, National Federation of Enterprise Agencies)
    E nesadmin@nfea.com
    W www.nesprogramme.org

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR ENGLAND (RDPE)

  • Funding: The RDPE has a budget of £3.9 billion between 2007 and 2013. £3.3 billion of the total budget will be allocated to agri-environment and other land management schemes. Some £600 million will be made available to make agriculture and forestry more competitive and sustainable and to enhance opportunity in rural areas.
  • Funder: The European Union and Defra.
  • Aim: The RDPE provides a range of grant funding schemes to help farmers and foresters to respond better to consumer requirements and become more competitive, diverse and environmentally responsible. It also provides help to rural firms and communities that need to adapt and develop.
  • Who Can Apply? Farmers, foresters and land managers, rural businesses and communities.
  • Deadline: Full details available here
  • Contact:
    T 0845 933 5577
    W www.defra.gov.uk/erdp

SELECTIVE FINANCE FOR INVESTMENT

  • Funding: Averages £10 million a year, minimum threshold for applications is £10,000; the maximum is £100,000.
  • Funder: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  • Aim: To enable businesses to invest in an assisted area. SFI is discretionary and normally takes the form of a grant or occasionally a loan.
  • Who Can Apply? Projects in assisted areas (as defined by EU regulations) which can demonstrate that funding is necessary for the project to proceed. Some small- to medium-sized enterprises in Tier 3 areas - those defined as deprived by regional development agencies and targeted for regeneration - may also apply.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    Regional development agencies
    W http://www.berr.gov.uk/regional/investment/page29183.html

SINGLE POT

  • Funding: £6.5 billion between 2008/09 and 2010/11.
  • Funder: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and UK Trade and Investment.
  • Aim: The Single Pot represents all the money distributed by the regional development agencies (RDAs), whose role it is to foster job creation, business start-ups, brownfield land reclamation and learning opportunities. The RDAs also fund single regeneration budget (SRB) schemes, which are delivered by local authorities or other agencies and benefit from ring-fenced funding. The SRB schemes are designed to enhance the quality of life of local people in areas of need, and some will run until 2007. Finally, the RDAs also have a community and voluntary sector capacity-building role.
  • Who Can Apply? Community, voluntary and regeneration groups can approach their local RDA directly.
  • Deadline: Not applicable.
  • Contact:
    W     http://www.englandsrdas.com/ (for details of your RDA), http://www.berr.gov.uk/regional/regional-dev-agencies/index.html

SURE START

  • Funding: Since April 2008, Sure Start funding has been channelled through local authorities via Children's Centres, which provide Sure Start services.
  • Funder: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
  • Aim: To work with parents and parents-to-be to promote the physical, intellectual and social development of young children up to their teenage years - many programmes are targeted at the most disadvantaged communities, while others operate in all areas. The Children's Centre and Extended Schools programmes are two key Sure Start Group initiatives expanding across the country.
  • Who Can Apply? Most Sure Start funding is made available to the early years and childcare teams in local authorities, which providers and programmes can then access according to the agreed conditions.
  • Deadline: Not applicable
  • Contact:
    T     0870 000 2288
    W www.surestart.gov.uk (Sure Start, Extended Schools and Childcare Group of the DfES).

TENANT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME –

  • Funding: £3.6 million available in 2006-07. There is no maximum grant value.
  • Funder: The former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The fund is administered by the Housing Corporation.
  • Aim: To improve the living conditions and quality of life of tenants of local authority estates, by giving them better access to information, independent advice and training. Through the creation of tenant management organisations, the scheme is designed to give tenants more influence and control over how housing services are delivered in their communities.
  • Who Can Apply? Local authority tenants.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme
  • Contact:
    T     0845 230 7000 F 01132 337101
    E enquiries@housingcorp.gov.uk
    W http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/

THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (ERDF)

  • Funding: Worth around £2.5 billion from 2007-2013. This will be distributed through one convergence programme (the former Objective 1 area) in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, and through a competitiveness and employment programme in each of the nine English regions. For a full breakdown of funding for each of the regions, see the follow the web link below. Grants covering up to 50 per cent of a project's costs are available, with the remainder coming from match funding. In Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, grants of up to 75 per cent are available.
  • Funder: European Community. The Department for Communities and Local Government is the managing authority for the ERDF programmes in England. The day-to-day management of the programme is carried out by the government offices in the regions.
  • Aim: ERDF is directed at projects offering substantial benefits which meet the needs of an area and would not take place without a grant. Projects falling within competitiveness and employment programme areas should be broadly aimed at strengthening a region's competitiveness and attractiveness by promoting innovation and knowledge transfer, stimulating enterprise and supporting successful business. In Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, the convergence programme has been set up to bring the area in line with more developed regions by improving conditions for growth and employment.
  • Who Can Apply? Regional development agencies; councils; higher and further education bodies; voluntary and community sector agencies; environmental bodies; small businesses.
  • Deadline: 31 December 2008. However, many programmes expect to have fully committed their funds by the end of 2006.
  • Contact:
    W http://www.erdf.communities.gov.uk/WhatIsERDF/117735

FAMILY LEARNING

  • Funding: The programme is worth £40 million. Grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 are available, although the Big Lottery Fund expects the average handout to be £100,000 to £150,000. Grants are available for projects with a duration of up to five years.
  • Funder: The Big Lottery Fund
  • Aim: The programme aims to help disadvantaged parents understand more about how their children learn and encourages adults and children to learn as a family. The Big Lottery Fund defines family as "at least one parent or adult carer and at least one child under the age of 16". The programme will only fund projects that involve adults and children learning together. All schemes must bring about all three of the following changes: family members participating in and enjoying educational activity more; family members increasing their skills and knowledge, which may include confidence and more effective communication; and parents or carers becoming better able to interact positively with their children and support them in learning.
  • Who Can Apply? Registered charities, voluntary or community groups, statutory bodies, including schools and children's centres, social enterprises and private sector organisations. However, any statutory bodies or private sector organisations applying must involve a voluntary or community sector partner in planning and running the project.
  • Deadline: The application closing date is 29 August 2008
  • Contact:
    T 0845 410 2030
    W http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk