Intro 2 Communities - BHG: July 2012

Applying for Awards for All

The aims of Awards for All are all based around community support, improvement and empowerment.

Awards for All, England offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 for projects that improve communities, and the lives of people within them. It is for voluntary and community groups, schools and health organisations, parish and town councils

Watch this video with tips on how to apply for Awards 4 All Funding

National Lottery Funding

What is a Lottery funder?

For every £1 that the public spends on Lottery tickets 28 pence goes to the Lottery good causes. These are the arts, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises, heritage, health, education, the environment and sports. Lottery funders are the organisations that distribute the good causes money to local communities and national projects.

Arts Council England

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

Awards for All

Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities.

Big Lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund is committed to improving communities and the lives of people most in need.

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money from the National Lottery to give grants for a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.

NESTA

NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) investing in innovators and working to improve the climate for creativity in the UK.

Sport England

Sport England invests in projects that help people to start, stay and succeed in sport and physical activity at every level.

The Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics is responsible for the production of a wide range of economic and social statistics, including:

the UK's National Accounts (such as Gross Domestic Product, National Income and Expenditure)
the UK Balance of Payments
population, demography and migration
government output and activity
business output and activity
prices (such as consumer and producer)
the labour market (such as employment, unemployment and earnings)
vital events (such as births, marriages, morbidity and deaths)
social statistics (for example statistics about neighbourhoods and families)

Follow this link to the ONS website