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BLF Reaching Communities - new guidance note

Paul Treloar
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The Big Lottery Fund has produced a new guidance note for it’s ‘Reaching Communities’ funding stream, partly as a reaction to the increased numbers of applications they are receiving.

The Reaching Communities programme has two strands:

1. Reaching Communities revenue and small capital – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000
2. Reaching Communities buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects

Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities most in need. Projects can be new or existing, or be the core work of your organisation. Every project funded must:

* Respond to need - describes a problem or issue, or situation where something needs to change to make things better for a person, or group of people or environment.
* Involve the people who will benefit from the project in planning and running the project
* Achieve one or more of the following four outcomes:

    1. People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
    2. Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
    3. Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
    4. Healthier and more active people and communities.

Reaching Communities - Key messages - April 2011