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Village SOS

With Village SOS, BIG and the BBC have joined forces to bring new life to UK villages.

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People's Millions

People’s Million's is a partnership between Big and ITV where viewers vote for funding for projects.

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Grants search

Search grants awarded by BIG, New Opportunities Fund and Community Fund.

Breathing Places

Breathing places

This programme helped to make a lasting imporvement to the natural environment.

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Community Assets

Community empowerment is on the cards for 37 projects across England.

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Search for Case Studies

Here you can browse case studies about just some of the grants that Big Lottery Fund has made.

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  • Changing Spaces: Access to Nature England
    Changing Spaces: Access to Nature
    Close Date: 1 February 2010

    Grants: £50,000 - £715,000. This programme aims to encourage more people to enjoy the outdoors, particularly those who face social exclusion.

  • The Secret Millionaire Fund UK
    The Secret Millionaire Fund
    Close Date: 21 December 2009

    Big Lottery Fund and the Secret Millionaire have teamed up to give you the chance to help local community groups secure funding.

  • Changing Spaces: Local Food England
    Changing Spaces: Local Food
    Close Date: 21 August 2009

    Grants: £2,000 - £300,000. Local Food will fund organisations who want to carry out a variety of food related projects to make locally grown food more accessible.

  • Village SOS UK
    Village SOS
    Close Date: 14 August 2009

    An exciting rural initiative from the BIG Lottery Fund and the BBC, challenging villages across the UK to come up with brilliant ideas for brand new businesses.

  • myplace England
    myplace
    Close Date: 29 June 2009

    Amount: £190 million. myplace funded groups that had the vision and drive to work with young people to deliver a world class place for them to go.

  • Research programme UK
    Research programme
    Close Date: 29 May 2009

    Grants: Total up to £20 million. The aim of the Research programme is to influence local and national policy and practice.

  • The People's Millions UK
    The People's Millions
    Close Date: 15 May 2009

    Amount: £3.5 million for 2009. This exciting partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV in which viewers vote for the project they want to receive funding.

  • Breathing Places UK
    Breathing Places
    Close Date: 6 February 2009

    Grants:£1,000 - £5,000 Breathing Places is a small grants programme developed in partnership with the BBC. It gives funding to small groups that improve the local...

  • Young People’s Fund 2: Local grants England
    Young People’s Fund 2: Local grants
    Close Date: 16 October 2008

    Amount: Up to £38 million. The programme focussed on changing the lives of young people aged 10 to 18 and also supported projects working with people up to the age of 25

  • Parks for People England
    Parks for People
    Close Date: 30 September 2008

    Grants: £250,000 - £5 million. This programme aims to bring real improvements to local environments by making a lasting impact on the lives of local people.

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