Published: 08 August 2006
International Lottery Funding
The BIG Lottery Fund is channelling £30 million into two new streams of international funding with the aim of improving life chances and opportunities of some of the poorest people in the developing world.
The Fund’s Strategic and Small Grants streams of funding opened for applications on July 26th. The funding is part of an overall £72 million for UK-based charities working overseas to tackle the causes of deprivation and bring about a long-term difference for the poorest people across the globe.
Big Lottery Fund Chair Sir Clive Booth, said:
“I was delighted to announce the launch of BIG’s new International Programme in March of this year, and now I’m pleased to say that the programme is fully up and running, with the opening of the Strategic and Small Grants streams for applications.
Strategic Grants will fund projects that understand and address issues that are fundamental to improving the lives of the most disadvantaged people in developing countries.
We have developed the Small Grants stream to help smaller organisations carry out feasibility studies to support their applications for funding.“
It is claimed that, through the £30 million Strategic strand, the Big Lottery Fund will be able to focus funding in an effective & targeted way by setting the funding in the context of particular UN Millennium Development Goals.
This stream will specifically fund projects that aim to improve:
· mother & child health
· education with an explicit focus on girls
· or improve measures to prevent HIV/AIDS and mitigate the impact
It is intended to focus funding on projects in target geographical areas that are unlikely to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals:
· Sub-Saharan Africa
· Bangladesh
· Nepal
· Pakistan and
· certain Indian states
BIG will award grants of between £1million and £5 million to British based organisations that are working with a range of partners within the UK and overseas.
It is expected that BIG will award between 5-10 grants, through two application rounds, and for grants to be awarded for between three and five years.
The Small Grants stream is designed to assist small to medium sized UK non-governmental organisations to carry out the necessary research & analysis to inform their project planning and future planning bids.
The total budget available over the life of the programme will be up to £500,000 and individual grants of up to £10,000 will be awarded for up to one year.
This funding stream, established in response to consultation with the international sector, is expected to strengthen the quality of applications coming through to the Communities stream, launched in March.
Open for applications, 26 July 2006 UK-wide, the Big Lottery Fund will distribute through its new programmes and allocations funding worth over £2.6bn between now and April 2009.
Further information
International Strategic grants
International Small grants
UN Millennium Development Goals
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