Big Lottery seeks partner for £200m regen scheme
The Big Lottery has launched a £200m regeneration scheme aimed at areas within England that have previously been overlooked for funding.
Dewsbury Moor in Kirklees, South Bermondsey in Southwark and Clubmoor in Liverpool are among the first 50 areas chosen for investment as part of the Lottery’s Big Local Trust scheme, which launches today.
The Big Lottery Fund is seeking applications from voluntary and community sector-led organisations wishing to run the Trust, which will co-ordinate local funding schemes for between 100-150 areas over the next ten years.
Opportunities for local funding will be available once the Trust is up and running and Peter Wanless, chief executive of the Big Lottery Fund, said local people will be heavily involved in deciding how the money will be spent.
‘The Big Local Trust funding stream will help local people identify their pressing issues and develop the skills and confidence necessary to start changing things in their community for the better,’ he said.
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