- Area:
- Scotland
- Programme:
- Investing In Communities
- Release date:
- 22 8 2006
Local groups across North Lanarkshire will find out how they could benefit from a share of £257 million of National Lottery money when ‘The Big Day Out’ tour arrives in town on Tuesday 19th September. The event, to be held at the Civic Centre in Motherwell, is part of a nationwide tour by the Big Lottery Fund to ensure all community groups across Scotland have equal access to lottery funding.
Over the next three years, the Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has £257 million to invest in Scotland’s communities through its new multi-million pound fund, Investing in Communities. The programme aims to support projects that offer people better chances in life, can help tackle inequalities, create healthier and safer communities, and improve and increase sustainable services and environments.
The Big Day Out in Motherwell is open to all local groups looking for lottery funding, wanting to talk about their ideas or simply find out more about the work of the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland. From 2pm until 5pm funding advisors will offer one-to-one meetings with individual groups. This could involve anything from talking through a project idea or asking for specific help in filling in an application form. Then at 6:00pm there will be an hour-long presentation on the Investing in Communities programme, what it aims to achieve and how groups can apply.
Big Lottery Fund Scotland Director Dharmendra Kanani, said: “Through our new Investing in Communities portfolio, the Big Lottery Fund wants to make it easier for local groups to apply for and get lottery money. We also want to ensure that our funding is available to communities across Scotland and that local people get the support and advice they need to submit stronger applications for funding. That’s where the Big Day Out comes in.
“Over the summer, our outreach team will be touring the length and breadth of the country providing support to helper agencies and community groups in each of Scotland’s local authority areas.
“We believe that our funding can achieve long term social change in Scotland. This means changing the way in which we work with applicants by providing them with more help, support and advice before, during and after the lifetime of their funding. So if you are a group with an idea for lottery funding, you need advice on how to make a good application or you simply want to find out more about the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland then the Big Day Out is for you.”
Groups wishing to book an individual session with a funding advisor should contact Diane McGill at North Lanarkshire Council on 0123 661 8081.
For further information contact Landa Rolland at the Big Lottery Fund Press Office (Scotland): 0141 242 1415.
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