- Area:
- Northern Ireland
- Release date:
- 13 2 2012
The Big Lottery Fund wants people across Northern Ireland to tell them what they think of proposals for a new programme to support local families.
The biggest National Lottery good cause distributor is proposing to develop Supporting Families – a programme to improve the lives of families, with children under 12, in Northern Ireland who are facing a range of challenges such as poverty, physical and mental abuse, alcohol and substance misuse, homelessness, isolation and physical and mental ill health.
The Big Lottery Fund has launched an online survey, available at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk, where people can have their say on the proposals for the new programme.
The survey will give people the opportunity to have their say on questions such as:
•What are the issues affecting families in Northern Ireland?
•How can the Big Lottery Fund ensure the projects we fund involve families?
•How can the Big Lottery Fund add value to existing work supporting families?
Previous feedback has helped develop the proposals for the Supporting Families programme which is likely to be open in late 2012 and be valued at £15 million.
Frank Hewitt, Big Lottery Fund’s NI Chair, said: “We want to know what people think of our Supporting Families programme proposals and how we can best meet the needs of communities in Northern Ireland through this programme.
“I would urge people to have their say on the proposals over the coming months by taking part in our online survey and helping us develop and deliver a programme that will make a real and lasting difference to the lives of families in Northern Ireland.”
You can have your say on the proposals for the Supporting Families programme, which is open until 4th May 2012, by taking part in an online survey available at: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/northernireland/about-ni/big_proposals_ni.htm
Further information
Contact Andrew Kennedy, Big Lottery Fund NI Press Office: 9055 1426
Out of hours contact: 07788 640 791
Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Notes to Editors
- The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding, is responsible for giving out 46% of the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery.
- BIG is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since June 2004. The Fund was formally established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.
- Since the National Lottery began in 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public has gone to good causes. As a result, over £26 billion has now been raised and more than 330,000 grants awarded across arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
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