Big Lottery Fund Cawston

1. Big Lottery FundCawston Tuesday 4th February 2014

2. How the Lottery pound is spent • Camelot (5p) • Prize money (50p) • Taxes (12p) • Retailer (5p) • Good causes (28p) • Big Lottery Fund (11.2p) • Arts (5.6p) • Heritage (5.6p) • Sports (5.6p)

3. Understanding the Funder • Big Lottery Fund: Mission Statement • ‘Bringing about real change to communities and to the lives of those most in need’

4. What do we mean by Need? • Big Lottery Fund’s mission statement: • ‘To bring real improvements to communities and to the lives of people most in need’ • People or communities may be in need as a result of: • Where they live • Problems they have • Situations they face • Barriers they experience

5. Big is an Outcomes Funder Community learning and creating opportunity Promoting community safety and cohesion Promoting well being 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

6. Outcomes • The focus of your project should be on what you’re going to • change, not what you do. • Activities should be appropriate to meeting your project outcomes. • 50 older people will feel less isolated and depressed • 30 young mothers will feel more supported and more able to cope with the stresses of parenthood. • 150 young people will report improved engagement with the wider community

7. Awards for All

8. Awards for All – Who can apply? • You can apply if you are a: • voluntary and community organisation, charity or social enterprise • school • parish or town council • Health body You can apply at any time during the year

9. You can apply if.. UK Bank Account in name of organisation with two signatories At least three months notice Three unrelated people on governing body Complete within one year Please see Good Governance Guide

10. How much? • £300 to £10,000 • One application at a time • End of Grant report approved before you can apply again • No more than £10,000 in any one year period • No match funding requirements Change - £10,000 in one year period

11. What can Awards for All pay for? • equipment hire or purchase • IT equipment • building and refurbishment • sessional workers • updating equipment and premises for health and safety • training • volunteer expenses • transport costs • venue hire

12. Building projects • BIG will only fund non-recoverable VAT. • 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. • Total costs of building works must not be more than £25,000 (including VAT).

13. Examples of what Awards for All cannot pay for: • Activities starting before BIG confirms the grant • Day-to-day running costs • Existing activities and repeat or regular events. [Exceptions: 3 yrs since activity has taken place; delivery to new beneficiary types; Org has annual turnover <£30k] • Items that mainly benefit an individual • Building and refurbishment work costing more than £25,000 (inc. VAT) Repeat activities (see guidance page 9)

14. Awards for All cannot pay for: (continued) • Salaries of permanent or fixed term staff • Projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide • Political or religious activities • Routine repairs and maintenance • Fundraising activities • Used vehicles

15. Application process

16. Awards for All - Improving your chances • BIG 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 projects The scoring guide used to assess Awards for All is on the website

17. Things to double check: • Is the name of your organisation on your application form, bank account and governing document exactly the same? • Are you asking for an item or activities that Awards for All can fund? • Have you filled in all sections of the form? • Does your main contact know all about your project? • BIG has changed the rules on referees- no longed required at application form stage • Will your main contact be available during the assessment and grant confirmation period?

18. Reaching Communities

19. Who Can Apply? • You can apply if you are a: • voluntary and community organisation, charity or social enterprise • school • parish or town council • Health body You can apply at any time during the year

20. The Money!! • Maximum grant: • No revenue limit. If asking for more than £500,000 tel: 08454102030 first • Up to £100,000 BIG contribution towards capital costs. No maximum capital project limit. (BIG would need to be the primary contributor). • Projects seeking more than £300,000 must be examples of excellent practice • Those seeking £100k+ a year should consider a range of funding options • Minimum grant: • £10,000 • A project can be funded for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 5years

21. What can be funded? • Revenue: • Salaries of project workers • Recruitment, training costs and staff expenses (travel, phones, stationery etc.) • Rent, heating, lighting, maintenance and insurance • Monitoring and evaluation of project

22. What can be funded? • Capital: • Building and engineering works required to deliver project • Plant and equipment necessary for running the project • Purchase of land, buildings, equipment or fixtures • Transport necessary for delivering the project

23. What can be funded? • Full Cost Recovery:BIG recognises that organisations incur costs to their existing overheads in running existing or new discrete projects • Examples of such costs could be: • The proportion of an existing managers hours spent in overseeing the project • The proportion of rent, heat, light of existing building costs used by the project workers • The proportion of a finance worker’s time in doing the wages of project workers • BIG can make a reasonable contribution towards such costs

24. Community Buildings strand • Grant size: £100,000 to £500,000 • Maximum project size: £750,000 • Up to £15,000 revenue available for promotion • Open to VCS and parish/town councils • Only certain areas eligible to apply chosen on deprivation and rurality • Refurbishment rather than new build • Building postcode checker is available on BIG website - http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities?tab=3&regioncode=-uk

25. The Application Process • You can apply at any time • Stage 1 – Submit a Stage 1 form • Response within 4 weeks • Responses: ‘Maybe’ or ‘unlikely’ or ‘outside funding policy’ • If ‘maybe’, you will be invited to submit a full application • Stage 2 – Submit a full application within 4 months • If seeking less than £40k a year, decision within 2 months • If seeking more than £40k a year or about land or buildings, decision within 4 months • Final decision made by an England-wide committee

26. Further information and advice • Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk • BIG Advice Line 0845 4 10 20 30 • Text phone: 0845 6 02 16 59 • Jamie Conway, Funding Officer Early Contact. • Tel: 01223 449023 • MB: 07854 965838 • E: jamie.conway@biglotteryfund.org.uk