Big Lottery Fund news

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie after a four-and-half year stint. Spirit of 2012 was established ... More

Sports and physical activity projects bidding for Big Lottery Fund money may be subject to new criteria as a result of a government consultation into ... More

Grassroots rugby league has beneftted from grants worth £271,570 (US$390,849, €343,182) over the past 12 months courtesy of the Big Lottery Fund. With support from ... More

An area of “significant deprivation” will benefit from a purpose-built community centre in the shadow of Everton’s Goodison Park. Everton in the Community has broken ... More

Belfast’s revamped Connswater Community Greenway will play host to the 2017 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 24-Hour World Championships. The competition – held every two ... More

The Northern Ireland (NI) Science Park, an innovation hub that brings together entrepreneurs, investors and global companies, has said it's teaming up with the local ... More

A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a £4.5m (US$6.4m, €5.9m) grant to get people active across 18 ... More

Sporting Memories – the charitable foundation which uses sport and social activities to tackle dementia, depression and loneliness – has been granted £483,373 (US$699,791, €644,770) ... More

The opening of a planned visitor centre in Falkirk, Scotland, has been delayed for further expansion after visitor numbers to the Kelpies doubled original expectations. ... More

Physical activity sector representative body ukactive has reported a strong set of annual financial figures, with turnover increasing by £2.3m and profits up 123 per ... More

Sports charity StreetGames will create 200 Pop Up Clubs during the summer that will enable disadvantaged young people to get involved in sport. The nationwide ... More

A multi-million pound package to create jobs and apprenticeships in seaside towns across the country – including areas affected by the recent floods – has ... More

Eleven parks across the UK are set to receive a combined £23m in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BLF) ... More

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that local communities will be given £250m (US$386m, €294m) in funding to help them buy a variety of ... More

Birmingham’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community has opened a new sports and fitness studio at the Health and Wellbeing Centre on Holloway Centre ... More

sporta has expanded its head office team to further support its cultural and leisure trust members. Cate Gillingwater, 31, joins sporta as the programme manager ... More

The Big Lottery Fund is to invest £5.3m in four UK-wide initiatives designed to inspire more than two million people to get more active. The ... More

A new £4m fund has been launched in Scotland for communities wishing to celebrate Glasgow 2014 through sport, the arts, heritage, and local celebrations or ... More

A new brand has been unveiled to celebrate and promote sports and community projects inspired by London 2012 and the Queen's Jubilee. 'Inspired by 2012' ... More

Love Parks, a project to conserve parks and green space across England, has received a £416,450 grant from Big Lottery Funding (BIG) to develop a ... More