Charity and Voluntary Sector
BIG: Local authorities and charities working with young people are invited to work together to bid for a share of the multi-million pound capital grants programme, which has just opened for applications. The myplace programme, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), and delivered by the Big Lottery Fund, will be making available grants of between £1m - £5m.
These grants will support projects across England that are working to create safe places for young people to go, where they can get involved in a wide range of exciting activities and get information & advice from people they trust. The deadline for fast track applications is 29 July 2008 and the deadline for the standard route is 30 September 2008.
Press release ~ BIG - myplace programme ~
BIG: A number of parks across the UK are set to share in more than £11m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG). Clifton Park in Rotherham, Roberts Park in Bradford, The Rose Garden in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and South Park Gardens in Wimbledon, London, will all share in the lottery millions, which will help to transform & regenerate these much loved community spaces.
Coinciding with this major investment is the return of the ‘Postcards from the Park’ photography competition. HLF and BIG have once again joined forces with GreenSpace, the parks charity, to launch this year’s contest, which will encourage people to capture images showing what they love most about the UK’s public parks.
‘Postcards from the Park’ runs from May until 1 August 2008, with £1,000 in Jessops vouchers up for grabs for the overall winner. The best entries from all over the UK will be featured in a national exhibition in September and turned into postcards for distribution in Lottery-funded venues nationwide.
