02 August 2010

The Big Lottery Fund in England is investing up to £200 million in 100 - 150 urban and rural neighbourhoods. The neighbourhoods selected have been chosen because they have been overlooked for funding previously. Thurnscoe in Barnsley and Woodlands in Doncaster are amongst the first 50 areas to benefit.
The local funding schemes aim to enable people to make their communities better places to live in. BIG is looking for organisations to help run the Trust. They want to support a partnership that will:

• Manage the Trust's endowment

• Distribute it through local funding schemes

• Help them to share learning and effective practice among themselves

• Promote the programme's achievements and lessons to policy makers, funders and neighbourhoods.

Organisations wishing to apply must express interest in the programme by 19 August 2010, and submit a proposal by 23 September 2010. Potential applicants can find out more information about applying, including guidance notes to check whether they are eligible, on the Big Local Trust's website here