Big Lottery Fund
Supporting people to lead fulfilling lives
Tessa Wiley
Policy and Learning Manager
0161 231 4613
Tessa.Wiley@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Funders Forum Number Crunching
£669,842,805
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BIG in Numbers…
Since June 2004, BIG has awarded over £6
billion to projects supporting health,
education, environment and charitable
purposes.
BIG are presently
managing 17,000 awards
88% of our awards are
for £10,000 or less
In 2012/13 we made 12,000
new awards with a total value of
£778m.
Over 92% of our funding goes
to the “voluntary and
community sector
Characteristics of our approach
Collaboration
Partnership
Co-production
Local delivery
Long-term
investment
Focus on
prevention
Using
evidence
Understanding
impact
Asset-based
Transforming Lives & Supporting
the most vulnerable
• A Better Start (early years)
£165 million
• Talent Match (young people)
£100 million
• Multiple & Complex Needs
£100 million
• Ageing Better (older people)
£70 million
• Big Local
£200 million
Reaching Communities
• £96,435,287 awarded to date (April – Sept 2013)
•51 awards across region
•£13,985,766 invested
•25.8% of projects ‘Health & Wellbeing’
•15% Disability
•12% Employment, enterprise & learning
•Programme changes, Autumn 2013
Connecting England
•Early Contact
•Impact & Influence
•England Communications
•Insight