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Awards for All
Jenny FishFunding Officer: Early Contact team
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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.
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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)
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Understanding the Funder
Big Lottery Fund: Mission Statement
‘Bringing about real change to communities and to the lives of those most in need’
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Awards for All: Any project applying to
Awards for All must meet at least one of BIG’s
outcomes:
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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
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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
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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
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Village Hall - Kitchen Opening
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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.
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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)
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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
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Application process
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BIG Websites – where to find out more www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Big Advice Line: 01913761600
Textphone: 0845 6 02 16 59
Email: [email protected]
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Thank you.
Any questions...
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