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From: A news service for British archaeology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dan Hull
Sent: 06 November 2008 16:53
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Subject: Awards for All Scheme set to change
From Alison Scott at the Heritage Lottery Fund:
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LOTTERY'S SMALL GRANTS SCHEME
SET FOR CHANGE
Following a review of the Awards for All England programme, changes are to be made to the small grants scheme's existing format when it comes to an end in March 2009.
Currently Awards for All England is a joint Lottery grants programme supported by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.
From 1 April 2009 each of the lottery distributors supporting the scheme will have their own small grants programmes up and running. Applications can still be made under the current arrangements until 31 March 2009.
The change will mean that each distributor can better address the needs of their applicants and the themes they support. Overall, across all the distributors, it is anticipated that new money available for small grants in 2009-10 will be comparable to money that was available to community groups through Awards for All in 2008-2009.
To ensure this change will be as seamless as possible, the distributors will each run their own small grants programme as follows:
* Big Lottery Fund will launch a new small grants programme on 1 April 2009 awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities in 2009-2010.
* Sport England will provide small grants for sports ranging from £300 - £10,000 from 1 April 2009.
* Arts Council England will provide small grants through their existing 'Grants for the arts' programme, supporting awards between £1,000 and £100,000.
* Heritage Lottery Fund small grants will be provided through the existing 'Your Heritage' (£3,000 to £50,000) and 'Young Roots (£3,000 to £25,000) schemes.
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Notes To Editors:
Awards for All England is a joint Lottery grants programme supported by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. It will close on 31 March 2009.
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888
Out of hours contact: 07867 500 572
OR
Alison Scott at Heritage Lottery Fund on 020 7591 6032
Peter Dickinson at Sport England on 020 7273 1800
Louise Wylie at Arts Council England on 020 7973 5528
Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030
Textphone: 0845 6021 659
Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
A Frequently Asked Questions document is available here: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/docs/eng_change_q&a.doc
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