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Healthy Families: Childs Play

Apply to Healthy Families and help children in Wales develop new play spaces.

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Young People's Fund: Make it happen

£1million was given for projects, making a difference to young people aged 10 - 19.

Make it happen

Grants search

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

Way of Life

Way of Life helped to promote healthy and active lifestyles among children.

Way of Life

Ffordd o Fyw

Breathing places

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

More about Breathing Places

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

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  • The People's Millions UK
    The People's Millions
    Close Date: 14 May 2010

    Summary of the programme The People’s Millions is your chance to win up to £50,000 to improve your area. Come up with a new and original idea that will make lif...

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

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed to new applications The Big Lottery Fund joined up with Channel 4 to create The Secret Millionaire Fund whic...

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

    Summary The application stage of this programme is now closed. After months of speaking to the villages of the UK and searching high and low for the most enterp...

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

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed to new applications The programme funded projects related to social, medical and socio-medical research.The ori...

  • Healthy Families: Child's Play Wales
    Healthy Families: Child's Play
    Close Date: 6 March 2009

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed to new applications Child’s Play focuses on new approaches to structured play, and projects that apply...

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

    Summary of the programme The Breathing Places programme is a UK wide small grants programme developed in partnership with the BBC. It complements the BBC’s Breathing...

  • International Communities UK
    International Communities
    Close Date: 30 April 2008

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. The International programme is Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged commu...

  • International Strategic UK
    International Strategic
    Close Date: 15 February 2008

    Summary of the programme The International programme is Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged communities overseas. This £72 million programme ...

  • Young People's Fund: Make it happen Wales
    Young People's Fund: Make it happen
    Close Date: 31 January 2008

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. Make it Happen will give out £1million in Wales over the next three years for project...

  • The People's 50 Million UK
    The People's 50 Million
    Close Date: 10 December 2007

    Summary of the programme This programme is closed for applications. In June 2005 BIG and ITV announced a competition to find the winner of a £50 million Nati...

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