"Awards for All" Grants to be replaced
The Awards for All England programme will close on 31 March 2009.
The Awards for All England programme will close on 31 March 2009. From 1 April 2009 each of the lottery distributors supporting the scheme will have their own small grants programmes up and running. Applications can still be made under the current arrangements until 31 March 2009.
The change will mean that each distributor can better address the needs of their applicants and the themes they support. Overall, across all the distributors, it is anticipated that new money available for small grants in 2009-10 will be comparable to money that was available to community groups through Awards for All in 2008-2009
To ensure this change will be as seamless as possible, the distributors will each run their own small grants programme as follows:
Big Lottery Fund will launch a new small grants programme on 1 April 2009 awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities in 2009-2010.
Sport England will provide small grants for sports ranging from £300 - £10,000 from 1 April 2009.
Arts Council England will provide small grants through their existing ‘Grants for the arts’ programme, supporting awards between £1,000 and £100,000.
Heritage Lottery Fund small grants will be provided through the existing 'Your Heritage' (£3,000 to £50,000) and 'Young Roots (£3,000 to £25,000) schemes.
Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available at: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk