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Big Lottery Fund ESIF Offer Catherine Stevens Policy & Learning Manager October 2014 The Big Lottery Fund Since June 2004, we have awarded over 6 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes In
Catherine Stevens Policy & Learning Manager October 2014
The Big Lottery Fund
Since June 2004, we have awarded over £6 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes In 2013/14 we made 12,000 new awards with a total value of £670m We are presently managing circa 22,000 awards and 88% of our awards are for £10,000 or less Over 92% of our funding currently goes to voluntary and community sector organisations
Why ESIF?
OUR MISSION Making a real difference to communities and the lives of people most in need ESF TO9 Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty OUTCOME 1 To maximise the impact of this funding OUTCOME 2 To improve access to European Funds by VCSE
Delivery and Match-funding service
‘2 years +’ Bespoke proposals Award; Deliver; Monitor; Match-funding
Draft Time-line
Development Phase Application Phase Delivery Phase Grant management & reporting Partnership Grants Single Grants Local Negotiation Agreeing Priorities/MOU Project delivery Award and funding set up Programme Development Funding July 2013 December 2014 January onwards Late 2015 2018
Draft priorities
Priorities identified by the LEP so far for this work : - Supporting people furthest from the labour market, including digital skills, access and support for older people Increase work readiness skills of young people Social enterprise and Social Investment, including enterprise coaching In work poverty and those at risk or redundancy to increase wages and sustained employment levels
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS New money to LEP areas Managing Demand Local solutions to local problems Size of funding Experience Additional rules Greater impact Monitoring requirements Learning Exclusions Improve cross sector links Claw back The Heart of the SW LEP circa £5,248,800 Total Match Fund £8,748,000
Building Better Opportunities Programme Development Funding
Additional Lottery money available to help local areas make the most of the joint Big Lottery Fund and ESF funding A single Programme Development grant to an organisation in each LEP area The objectives of this are:
To find out more
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global- content/programmes/england/building-better-opportunities
http://www.heartofswlep.co.uk/news/european-structural- and-investment-funds-strategy