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Lottery funding to help England’s voluntary sector access European funding
The Big Lottery Fund has yesterday awarded £630,000 of Lottery funding to 36 organisations across England to raise awareness within the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector of the opportunities available through the European Social Fund (ESF). The funded projects will provide advice and guidance on the European funding that will be matched by the Big Lottery Fund in their Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and will be available from 2015.
Over the next few years the Big Lottery Fund plans to put up £260 million of National Lottery funding to match a similar figure from Europe, subject to sign off from the European Commission at the end of this year. Together, the matched funds will be used to tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.
The money from Europe comes from a new seven year cycle of European funding – the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) Growth programme, of which ESF is one part. It will support a wide range of projects including improving employability for the most disadvantaged, helping those with multiple and complex needs, improving financial literacy, and helping communities to overcome challenges in their lives.
Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund said: “Historically voluntary organisations have often found it difficult to access European funding. Through this development funding, we will help ensure there is widespread awareness of the opportunities available through the ESF, and will bring the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector together to discuss local needs already identified by LEPs and how best to tackle these priorities.”
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited (CCF) will act as main point of contact in theCheshire and Warrington LEP area and will organise awareness-raising events, with around 100 VCSE organisations expected to attend each event. London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC) plans to host a road show across London as well as a series of workshops focussing on specific technical aspects of European funding delivery. The Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum (CVSF) will create an online contacts database with at least 2,000 organisations interested in workshops and training to ensure these groups are well informed, prepared and ready for when the main funding becomes available next year.
Below is a list of the 36 organisations who have been awarded the development grants.
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LEP Area |
Organisation |
Grant |
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Black Country |
Black Country Consortium Limited |
£30,000 |
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Cheshire and Warrington |
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited |
£19,897 |
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Coast to Capital |
Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester (VAAC) |
£10,000 |
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum |
£30,000 |
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Coventry and Warwickshire |
Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action |
£20,000 |
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Cumbria |
Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service |
£10,000 |
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Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
One East Midlands |
£30,000 |
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Dorset |
Dorset Community Action |
£20,000 |
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Enterprise M3 |
Surrey Community Action |
£10,000 |
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Gloucestershire |
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council |
£9,991 |
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Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough |
Big Society Funding Community Interest Company |
£19,830 |
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Greater Lincolnshire |
Urban Challenge Limited |
£10,000 |
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Greater Manchester |
Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations (GMCVO) |
£20,000 |
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Heart of South West |
South West Forum |
£9,996 |
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Hertfordshire |
Hertfordshire Community Foundation |
£20,000 |
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Humber |
CERT Ltd |
£10,000 |
|
Lancashire |
ONE Lancashire Limited |
£20,000 |
|
Leeds City Region |
Voluntary Action Leeds |
£10,000 |
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Leicester and Leicestershire |
LCCDA Management Co-Operative Limited (also known as CASE) |
£29,949 |
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Liverpool City Region |
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service |
£10,000 |
|
London |
London Voluntary Service Council |
£50,000 |
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New Anglia |
Community Action Suffolk |
£19,730 |
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North East |
Voluntary Organisation Network North East (VONNE) |
£30,000 |
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Northamptonshire |
Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire |
£10,000 |
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Oxfordshire |
Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action |
£10,000 |
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Sheffield City Region |
Key Fund Investments Limited |
£10,000 |
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South East |
Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service |
£20,000 |
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South East Midlands |
The Learning Partnership – Bedfordshire and Luton Limited |
£10,000 |
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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire |
Staffordshire County Council |
£29,750 |
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Swindon and Wiltshire |
Community First |
£9,628 |
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Tees Valley |
Hartlepool Voluntary Development Agency Limited |
£20,000 |
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Thames Valley Berkshire |
Reading Voluntary Action |
£9,916 |
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The Marches |
Shropshire Providers Consortium |
£20,000 |
|
West of England |
Quartet Community Foundation |
£10,000 |
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Worcestershire |
Vestia Community Trust |
£10,000 |
|
York, North Yorkshire & East Riding |
Your Consortium Ltd |
£10,000 |
Further information about who has been awarded development funding in each LEP area and how you can contact them can be found on our website athttp://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/esf
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888
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