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Big Lottery Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund in Tendring Briefings and Funding Surgeries
Date: Tuesday 21 February 2012 Venue: Community Voluntary Services Tendring Community Information Centre, 20-22 Rosemary Road, Clacton-on- Sea CO15 1NZ Both the Big Lottery Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund will be at the CVS to provide programme briefings and the opportunity for one-to-one discussions about potential bids. Big Lottery Fund will talk about their Reaching Communities programme which is open to voluntary and community sector organisations, local authorities, health bodies and social enterprises. Grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 for revenue costs such as salaries, rent, running costs etc and grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for capital costs such as building work, vehicles etc. are available. The briefing will also cover the essentials of a good application. Projects must be able to show how they help to achieve at least one of the following four outcomes: - People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills - Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems - Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy - Healthier and more active people and communities
More information is available at: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities Heritage Lottery Fund will talk about their Your Heritage and Heritage Grants programmes. Your Heritage offers grants between £3,000 and £50,000, and Heritage Grants are for projects needing more than £50,000. All projects must: - Help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage. and do either or both of the following: - Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy. - Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage Heritage includes many different things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations, and projects might explore; people's memories and experiences; cultural traditions; historic buildings; collections of items; natural and designed landscapes; habitats and species; and our industrial, maritime and transport history. More information is available at: http://www.hlf.org.uk/InYourArea/EastOfEngland/Pages/Welcome.aspx The programmes are aimed at projects which promote benefits for the public and which are not mainly for private gain. Each Lottery Fund will deliver a two hour briefing between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm – there will then be a chance from 1.15 p.m. until 3.15 p.m. for potential applicants to have a 20 minute one-to-one session with a Lottery Fund representative. A total of 6 one-to ones will be available with each Fund representative. If you are interested in attending the event, please visit our events page and complete the form. For further information please contact Karen Tedder-Ward Tel:01255 425 692 |
