A public consultation about National Lottery money is distributed across England and the UK was launched in May and runs until 12th August.
To take part, visit this page on www.gov.uk.
About the Big Lottery Fund
- the Big Lottery Fund distributes 40% of the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes
- since June 2004, the Big Lottery Fund has awarded over £9 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes
- funding supports people who want to make life better for their communities
- the Big Lottery Fund received over 90,000 enquiries and applications during the past year
- most of the funding goes to projects applying through open, responsive programmes – such as Awards for All and Reaching Communities
- 95.6% of awards made in 2014/15 went to the voluntary and community sector
- the Big Lottery Fund also works with partners to run more focused, long-term investments tackling major issues, e.g. meeting the challenges of an ageing population
- 91.3% of last year’s awards were small, with a value of less than £10,000
In addition to new awards, the Big Lottery Fund also managed existing awards worth £1.2 billion - the Big Lottery Fund’s core operating costs in 2014/15 were 4.9% of its lottery income
- policy directions set out priorities to be taken into account when distributing public funds. Following a change of government and the publication of a new strategic framework by the Fund, these directions now need to be updated
- the fund receives policy directions from the four governments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, setting out the key social and economic issues and aspirations to be addressed by Lottery money in each country.
- Cabinet Office ministers issue these directions for the Fund’s work in England, and also have responsibility for issuing, with the agreement of the Devolved Administrations, directions that cover the Fund’s UK-wide funding portfolio
- consultation with the Devolved Administrations has been at an official level to date
- the fund published a new Strategic Framework in March 2015, after its own extensive public consultation throughout 2014
