2. Introduction
─ Hugh Stultz - Funding Officer
─ Key role
─ Supporting applicants and potential applicants
─ Raising BIG’s awareness of local needs and priorities
3. Big Lottery Fund
─ BIG is one of four distributors of Lottery funding
─ We are responsible for 40% of all the money raised for
good causes by the National Lottery
─ We distribute £600 million in funding each year
─ 80-90% of our funding goes to community and voluntary
organisations
4. Big Lottery Fund Mission
“The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real
improvements to communities and to the lives of
people most in need”
5. New Strategic Framework
Key concept – ‘putting people in the lead’
This includes our grant making process
Knowledge and learning
Communications and engagement
6. Big’s Funding Principles
─ Partnership
─ User Informed
─ Local
─ Long Term
─ Evidence, Impact and Influence
7. How the lottery £2 is spent
Prizes
£1
Good
Causes
56p
Lottery Tax
24p
Retailers
10p
Operating
Costs 10p
BIG is responsible for delivering 40 per cent of all funds raised for good causes - about
12 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery Ticket
8. BIG is an outcomes funder
Your project must meet at least one of these four outcomes:
People having
better chances
in life
Stronger
communities
Improved
rural and
urban
environments
Healthier and
more active
people and
communities
9. BIG targeted funding programmes
BIG
Fulfilling
lives:
Headstart
Talent
Match
Multiple and
complex
needs
Fulfilling
Lives: A
Better Start
11. Awards for All Programme
─ Small grants scheme awarding £300-£10,000
─ Applications from community & voluntary groups, schools,
health bodies and parish / town councils
─ Single stage application process
─ BIG gives decision within 6 weeks of application
─ Project must be complete within one year of award
12. Reaching Communities Programme
─ Larger grants scheme awarding grants over £10,000
─ Main programme:
o Revenue projects funding from £10,000 (average £300,000)
o Smaller capital projects funding from £10,000-£100,000
─ Buildings programme:
o Larger capital projects funding from £100,000
o Geographically targeted at most deprived areas
13. BIG Awards in Bromley
―100+ Awards for All Grants
―Total value £831, 074
―Average grant £8,398
― Reaching Communities Grants
―Total value £1,033,645
15. Why are partnerships important
• Crucial for our strategic programmes such as Multiple
Needs, Talent Match, Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better
• Avoids duplication
• Ensures sustainability
• Supports capacity building
• Less competition for scarce funds
16. Key questions for your organisation
• what are your organisation’s aims
• What are your partner aims
• What is the partnership trying to achieve
• Does this fit with your key aims / mission statement
19. What BIG is looking for in
applications
─ Project is appropriate for the programme
─ A good fit with BIG outcomes
─ Strong evidence that your project is needed
─ Proof that your project will make a difference
─ Beneficiaries consulted and involved in all stages of the
project
20. Tips on completing your
application
Does your
application meet
BIG outcomes
Is there a clear
case (evidence) for
your project
Are your outcomes
(change) clearly
linked to activities
and need
21. Defining Need
─ Go back to basics – assume the officers assessing your
application know nothing about the needs of the people
you are trying to help
─ Quote your sources - make sure all sources of evidence
are listed and dated
─ Make a strong case – use a broad range of information
sources including user consultation
22. Use a broad range of evidence
‘Hard’
Information
Local statistics
Focus groups
Questionnaires
Interviews
Focus groups
Consultations
Interviews and quotes
‘Before and after’ data
Deprivation Index
Census
Strategies and policies
Research reports
Local & national priorities
Local statistics
Questionnaires
Letters of support
‘Hard’ Information‘Soft’ Information
Waiting lists
Office for National Statistics
23. Developing a strong application
Project OutcomeProject Outcomes
The difference you want to make
or the change you want to bring
about for your beneficiaries
Project Aim
The overall point
of your project
Project Activities
The services and activities you will carry out
to meet the outcomes and achieve the project aim
Project Need Project Need
24. Developing a strong application
cont’d
Activities
OutcomesBeneficiaries
Needs
25. Comments on Successful Applications
─ ‘Beneficiaries and their needs are clearly identified’
─ ‘A full range of activities has been provided that will
clearly deliver the project outcomes’
─ ‘Varied and relevant external evidence confirms the issues
identified and shows the gaps in current service’
─ ‘Beneficiaries involved in management committee,
consultation, project planning and design, volunteering,
recruitment and evaluation’
26. Tips for Success
― Read the guidelines and use all other help available
― Start by defining need – make it the core of your
application
― Focus on your beneficiaries and the difference that your
project will make to them
― Get a ‘critical friend’ to review your application before
submission
27. Leave plenty of time to research and re-read
your application before submitting.
28. Support and Guidance Available
─ Big Lottery Fund website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
─ Getting Funding & Planning Successful Projects
─ Case studies of successful projects
─ BIG Advice Line: 0845 4 10 20 30
─ Email enquiries: general.enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk
