BIG Fund
The BIG Fund is the non-Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund
The National Lottery Act (2006) gave the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) the power to handle non-Lottery as well as Lottery funding. BIG’s experience, infrastructure and expertise mean that it is perfectly positioned to deliver wider community funding.
BIG is already rolling out non-lottery grants through the Community Assets programme on behalf of the Office for Civil Society, the myplace programme which it administers on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE), and the Transition Fund on behalf of the Office for Civil Society.
BIG set up the Big Society Investment Fund to make initial investments using dormant accounts money before Big Society Capital was fully established, ensuring that dormant accounts money was used quickly.
In Wales the Sustainable Steps programme will use dormant accounts money to support communities to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to climate change by developing skills, changing behaviour and promoting wider sustainable development.
The Big Lottery Fund’s developing role administering non-Lottery funding therefore has a distinct identity, the BIG Fund. This is to ensure a clear distinction between the Lottery Funding we distribute and the non-Lottery funding we manage on behalf of third parties. The organisation doing the work is still the Big Lottery Fund.
The BIG Fund logo will appear on all publications, press releases and areas of BIG’s website that cover non-lottery funded programmes. It is also for use by recipients of funding of these programmes.
What is the Coastal Communities Fund?
The Coastal Communities Fund is designed to support the economic development of coastal communities by promoting sustainable economic growth and jobs, so that people are better able to respond to the changing economic needs and opportunities of their area.
The Government has committed £23.7 million to support this Fund in 2012/13. Big Fund will run this programme on behalf of the UK Government. The UK wide Fund will be financed by the government from revenues from the Crown Estate’s marine assets. Funding will be allocated to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on the basis of revenue generated by these marine assets.
Further information about the Coastal Communities Fund and information on the priorities and how to apply will be available when we launch the programme in early March 2012.
Find out more about Coastal Communities
More information
BIG Fund programmes
BIG advice line 0300 456 4746
