Big Lottery Fund International Communities

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 | Posted in : |

The International Communities programme is the Big Lottery Fund’s way of helping disadvantaged communities overseas.
It will make grants of between £50,000 and £500,000 for projects lasting from two to five years. The programme is mainly for the revenue costs of projects, so it will fund only up to £50,000 towards capital costs. The programme will run from 2010-2015 and the budget for 2010-2012 will be up to £25 million. The level of funding for grants between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2015 will be announced when BIG’s overall funding for that period has been finalised.
The programme will fund effective projects that tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation and bring about a long-term difference to the lives of the most disadvantaged people in the world. These will result in:
improved primary education for the most disadvantaged girls and boys
improved health for the most disadvantaged people
improved access to and use of natural resources to benefit the most disadvantaged people
improved ability for the most disadvantaged people to exercise their human rights
improved livelihoods for the most disadvantaged people by enabling communities in need, both rural and urban, to reduce poverty in a sustainable way
The International Communities programme is open to UK-based non-governmental organisations working with overseas partners in Africa, Asia (including the Pacific and Central Asian countries), the Middle East, Central and South America, the Caribbean and parts of Eastern Europe.
For further information visit http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_international_communities?regioncode=-uk call 0845 4 10 20 30 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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