Linda QuinnDirector of

Communications & Marketing Big Lottery Fund

People Powered Change creative workshop

15 Minutes...

• Today• About BIG• Funding Context• People Powered Change• Work with Social Reporters• What next?

Today

10.45 Housekeeping, welcome, introductions and opening presentation from Linda Quinn

11:10 BIG & PPC: Q&A11:30 Network mapping and identifying assets in

this field: Who is doing what?12:00  Forming groups to develop ideas 12:30 Group discussions on ideas and connections building a map of ideas and assets13:00  Groups prepare presentation feedback13:30 Sandwich lunch and networking

Bit about BIG

• Funding across health, education, environment & charitable purposes

• Focus on people and communities most in need

• Funding between £400 - £600m pa across the UK

Funding Context

• 2010/11: received over 31,000 applications requesting just under £3billion

• Last year made 14,296 awards totaling £374 million

• Almost 13,000 awards we made last year were grants of £300 - £10,000

People Powered Change

We want to use BIG’s funding and

influence to:

• Support and unleash the talents of individuals and community groups

• Create the space to celebrate the individuals and communities that make a difference to the lives of those most in need

• Provide the opportunity to showcase collaborative activities that we believe will have a long-lasting impact

The first investments focussed onempowering communities and people to build a better future:

• NESTA: Neighborhood Challenge• Young Foundation: Building Activism• UnLtd: Big Venture Challenge• Your Square Mile• Media Trust• Manchester Evening News pilot

People Powered Change investments

• Believe BIG should have a stronger role building/enabling/supporting networks that help people and projects

• Need to become more ‘social’ extending reach and impact of events & outreach

• Encourage funded projects to become more ‘social’ and share learning more accessibly

• Consider new approaches to assessment, evaluation and open data

People Powered Change: More than just funding…?

• Lots of innovative ideas

• What are the next key investments that BIG should be considering?

• Where are some of the gaps and opportunities that BIG could/should support?

• PPC will inform our future funding in England

People Powered Change: What about future investment?

• Exploring how people can best share stories about community-led action through events and networking, using a mix of media.

– mapping the national networks that help people share and collaborate

– showing how social media can extend events beyond those in the room

– promoting examples of reporting that help give citizens and local groups a stronger voice

– strengthen existing networks and build new ones.

People Powered Change & Social Reporters:

Next steps:

• Informs a broader strategy for PPC and a paper that will go to our England Committee

• Seek to develop ideas further through open dialogue and potential funding

• Further announcements in the New Year