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BIG funding for Northern Ireland WWII hero

BIG funding for Northern Ireland WWII hero

BIG funding for Northern Ireland WWII hero
BIG funding for Northern Ireland WWII hero

BIG funding for Northern Ireland WWII hero
Recruits in training at Catterick Garrison in north Yorkshire during the launch of the Forces in Mind Trust (FIMT)

Recruits in training at Catterick Garrison in north Yorkshire during the launch of the Forces in Mind Trust (FIMT)
Recruits in training at Catterick Garrison

Recruits in training at Catterick Garrison
Forces In Mind Trust Adviser Darren Bickerstaffe interviews a client at Catterick Garrison

Forces In Mind Trust Adviser Darren Bickerstaffe interviews a client at Catterick Garrison
WWII veteran Robert Lang recalls his memories from serving in the Navy

WWII veteran Robert Lang recalls his memories from serving in the Navy

Wreath laid on behalf of Camilla Parker Bowles.

Wreath laid on behalf of Camilla Parker Bowles.
Wreath laid at General Gott's grave

Wreath laid at General Gott's grave
Len lays a wreath for General Gott

Len lays a wreath for General Gott
Neville Brown, Peter Roach & Len Burritt

Neville Brown, Peter Roach & Len Burritt
Wreaths laid during the trip

Wreaths laid during the trip
Len Burritt lays a wreath

Len Burritt lays a wreath

Merseyside Royal Marines

Merseyside Royal Marines
Merseyside Royal Marines

Merseyside Royal Marines
Jack Johnson and George Rees

Jack Johnson and George Rees
Frank Cosgrove, Fred Sankey and Jo Vose

Frank Cosgrove, Fred Sankey and Jo Vose
The Merseyside Royal Marines with their cheque

The Merseyside Royal Marines with their cheque
The famous green berret

The famous green berret

Frank Cosgrove and George Rees

Frank Cosgrove and George Rees
Merseyside Royal Marines

Merseyside Royal Marines

Government invests £30 million to modernise local charity support services 2 Chwefror 2012
The beneficiaries of a new £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced today by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society. More than seventy partnerships of local support and development organisations across England have received grants to transform their services and provide high quality, joined up support to [...]
BIG welcomes new Chair of its Wales Committee 2 Chwefror 2012
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has warmly welcomed Sir Adrian Webb as the new Chair of its Wales committee. As Wales Committee Chair he will also sit on the UK Board of the Big Lottery Fund. Previously Vice-Chancellor of Glamorgan University, Sir Adrian Webb has a wealth of experience in leading at executive management level [...]
Down Not Out in Leicester 31 Ionawr 2012
We love an invitation to visit BIG-funded projects, so we jumped at the chance to attend the launch of the exciting new Down Not Out Project at Coffee Republic in Leicester. Down Not Out is a Leicester-based community news agency, unique in being led by people with experience of being homeless. A joint project between [...]

Improving Futures event - Yasmin Batliwala

Improving Futures event - Nicola Smith

Nicola Smith from Ecorys tells BIG about the evaluation plans for the Improving Futures programme
Improving Futures event - Ken Teears

BIG talks to Ken Teears from Sunderland Association Football Club Foundation to hear how they plan to roll out their model across the city
Improving Futures event - Derek Gray

Derek Gray from Aberlour Child Care Trust talks to BIG about how the Dundee Early Intervention Teams hopes to help local families
Improving Futures event - Anne Longfield

BIG chatted to Anne Longfield to hear about the social and economic importance of early intervention and the challenges of making an impact
BIG's Â£4.5 million to improve life chances of London children

In Lewisham, the Family Pathways initiative, led by Pre-school Learning Alliance, receives £900000 from BIG's Improving Futures programme to provide targeted and holistic support to families focussing on children demonstrating anti-social or destructive behaviour as a result of being traumatised by domestic violence or other difficult family situation. One of the more innovative elements of the programme will focus on helping young children reduce aggression levels by developing empathy.
BIG puts Â£15 million into improving children's life chances

Supporting young children growing up in very difficult family circumstances, BIG Lottery Fund (BIG) is today announcing awards totalling £15.2m across the UK for 17 groundbreaking projects to help transform their life chances. These are the first awards from BIG's Improving Futures programme, which will provide up to £26 million for more joined-up and earlier support to families with multiple and complex problems.
Newark Chauntry Group
DAMASCUS

Young people in Oxfordshire tell us what it is like to be involved with the DAMASCUS Youth Project. DAMASCUS was awarded £179627 from the Big Lottery Fund's Young People's Fund. If you want to find out more about the project visit youtu.be
Community Matters Partnership

The Community Matters Partnership received an £8900 Awards for All grant to help them run volunteer days in the borough of Rushmoor in Hampshire. We went along to find out more about the work they are doing and how it is benefiting the local community. To find out more about the partnership visit www.communitymatterspartnership.org.uk To apply to Awards for All visit www.awardsforall.org.uk
It's easy to apply to Awards For All Scotland

There's never been a better time for community and voluntary groups to apply for Awards for All Scotland. Adele Goodfellow explains what the small grant scheme is all about and where to find more information. www.awardsforall.org.uk
Â£35 Million Lottery- Funded Forces in Mind Trust Launches

The Forces In Mind Trust, a partnership of UK forces charities and mental health organisations, led by the Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO), has been given partnership support from The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry which will back the Trust with its own grants over a three-year programme as well as helping raise awareness of the issues facing veterans.
Big Lottery Fund - Emmanuel House

Emmanuel House Day Centre provides a vital service for homeless and vulnerable people in Nottingham. In this audio slideshow Ruth Shelton, chief executive, talks about Christmas at the centre and Tom Finley, who uses the centre, explains how Emmanuel house has made a big difference to his life.
Big Lottery Fund: inspirational voices of the Tenovus Sing for Life choir

These are the inspirational voices of the Tenovus Sing for Life choir who was among the 30 Welsh groups sharing in £20 million from the Big Lottery Fund. Cancer has touched the lives of everyone in the choir including Angela Davies from Caerphilly who is terminally ill. Despite a daily struggle with pain, the determined 50-year-old says she is not giving up.
Big Lottery Fund Christmas Message 2011

Peter Wanless, Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund talks about the highlights of another eventful year at BIG. He talks about Village SOS, Heroes Return and other exciting projects we have funded this year that are making a real difference to the lives of people in those communities.
Cardboard Citizens

BIG funded Cardboard Citizens uses theatre to help people to move out of homelessness and make positive changes in their lives. In just five weeks a group of twelve young people who had never met before put their thoughts and feelings into words and song to tell their story of life on the streets in Life Ain't No Musical.
People Powered Change - Wigton

The Big Lottery Fund and Your Square Mile are working together to get people to focus on the square mile they live in, come together as a community and deal with the problems they face. Wigton in Cumbria was one of the first places in the UK to have a curfew. A local youth group put on their own music festival, entirely led and managed by the members of the local youth group.
People Powered Change - Pollokshields

The Big Lottery Fund and Your Square Mile are working together to get people to focus on the square mile they live in, come together as a community and deal with the problems they face. In Pollokshields, Glasgow, local people own and volunteer at a community hall that caters for older people. They are trying to move into a new building as their current one is old and dilapidated.
People Powered Change - Gorleston

The Big Lottery Fund and Your Square Mile are working together to get people to focus on the square mile they live in, come together as a community and deal with the problems they face. The project in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, will give young people confidence and the skills to go out and get work. They will build their own youth facility through apprenticeships with local builders in the area to help themselves and other young people.
People Powered Change - Glyncoch

The Big Lottery Fund and Your Square Mile are working together to get people to focus on the square mile they live in, come together as a community and deal with the problems they face. In Glyncoch in Wales they're bringing older and younger people together. They are doing this through a garden club at the local school where they are growing vegetables. They will take the produce round to the older people in the community.
People Powered Change - Boundary Estate

The Big Lottery Fund and Your Square Mile are working together to get people to focus on the square mile they live in, come together as a community and deal with the problems they face. In the Boundary Estate in the East End of London a youth group are working together with the local community to set up a youth club. They will share the facilities with a toddler group so the whole community benefits.
Sense Scotland: National Lottery Award winner

One of four Big Lottery Fund funded winners of the National Lottery Awards
Include Duchenne: National Lottery Award winner

One of four Big Lottery Fund funded winners of the National Lottery Awards
Hands That Talk: National Lottery Award winner

One of four Big Lottery Fund funded winners of the National Lottery Awards
Green Valley: National Lottery Award winner

One of four Big Lottery Fund funded winners of the National Lottery Awards