Posts Tagged by Big Lottery Fund
People’s Millions – Four Awards of £50,000 available to improve communities!
| March 15, 2013 | Filled under Community, Competitions, Funding |
THE PEOPLE’S MILLIONS launched this week and was announced on ITV’s Calendar News programme. £50,000 is available to improve the lives of people in your local community. The Peoples Millions is an annual TV competition run by Big Lottery Fund and ITV which awards Lottery funding to community projects that will improve the lives of… read more
Twitter Chat with the Funders – Wednesday 6th March 2013
| February 4, 2013 | Filled under Community, Debate, Events, Funding, Technology, Tips |
SOME TOP funding organisations have embraced new social media – and Twitter in particular! Twitter has some 200 million users worldwide; some 340 million Tweets (short text messages) are posted everyday! Tweets are themed using hashtags, example #Holderness. Users can click on a hashtag to see other similarly themed tweets and find yours. Yorkshire and Humber… read more
MP Congratulates Withernsea on £1 Million Big Local funding
| December 11, 2012 | Filled under Funding, Withernsea |
GRAHAM STUART MP has congratulated residents of Withernsea on the announcement that the town is to receive £1 million of lottery funding as a ‘Big Local’ area. Graham said, “This is excellent news for Withernsea which hasn’t had a fair shout in past years. The status as a ‘Big Local’ area has been awarded to… read more
Paull Village Hall Facebook Group – fine example of social networking
| August 1, 2012 | Filled under Community, Paull |
FACEBOOK has its critics and quite often gets into the news for the more unsavoury abuse of the social network. However, the Facebook Group set up to discuss issues related to Paull and its Village Hall, is an example of the platform being used at its best. The village of Paull has about 500 residents… read more
News of Paull Village Hall lottery success
| July 17, 2012 | Filled under Community, Paull |
THE NEWS story reported this morning on HU12 Online about the Paull Village Hall receiving almost £465,000 from the BIG Lottery Fund to build a new Village Hall is indeed a good-news story. HWRCC (Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council) have featured the story on their website: The Hull Daily Mail has printed a full-page feature… read more
Paull Village Hall in Big Lottery Fund success!
| July 17, 2012 | Filled under Community, Paull |
“fulfillment of a dream for the people of our small parish” THE VILLAGE OF PAULL has plenty to celebrate with the news it has been successful in securing nearly £465,000 in funding from the Big Lottery Fund to build a new Village Hall. The money comes from the Reaching Communities programme, which aims to help… read more
FREE Courses on FUNDRAISING at Hull CVS
| April 25, 2012 | Filled under Community, Funding |
HULL CVS (Community and Voluntary Services) are advertising three very useful fundraising courses that might interest local Holderness voluntary and community groups – and they are FREE. Meet the Funder – The Santander Foundation on Wednesday 9th May 2012, from 10am – 12pm. The Santander Foundation provides grants of up to £10,000 to charities working with… read more
Paull bid – significant event in Village History!
| April 20, 2012 | Filled under Community, Events, Paull |
PAUL CROSS is something of an expert on the history of the village of Paull having written the Paull Heritage Trail booklet. So when Mr Cross, who is also the Treasurer of the Paull Village Hall, states that something is “probably one of the most significant events in the History of the Village” – then… read more
Community Enterprise Grants available through Village SOS
| April 12, 2012 | Filled under Business, Community, Funding, Holderness |
VILLAGE SOS are now accepting applications for grant funding. Village SOS, a Big Lottery Fund initiative, will be looking to award grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for enterprising and original community businesses. Village SOS can pay for some or all of your costs for the first year of your enterprise. “Community enterprises in rural areas are businesses… read more
Lottery bid for new Paull Village Hall is in!
| April 10, 2012 | Filled under Community, Paull |
FOLLOWING 30 MONTHS of surveys, research, getting planning permissions, preparing the case and writing various applications – the main bid for the new Paull Village Hall has been submitted to the Big Lottery Fund! Paul Cross writes on the Village Hall website this morning: “We can confirm that our Final Stage 3 application was posted to… read more
South Holderness Countryside Society – Lottery Fund winners
| April 7, 2012 | Filled under Community, Hollym, Patrington |
AWARDS FOR ALL, which offers small National Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000, has supported 44 projects in Yorkshire recently – one of these was in our area. The South Holderness Countryside Society have been awarded £10,000. This is to fund a project by the Patrington-based charity to install disabled toilet facilities for use… read more
New Paull Village Hall – A look into the future?
| March 29, 2012 | Filled under Community, Paull |
A DVD ANIMATION has been produced on behalf of the Paull Village Hall committee to show local residents – and Lottery funders – how the new Village Hall will look when constructed. The DVD also shows the stylish wind turbine that is proposed to help power the new centre. This 1 minute 38 second viewing… read more
Paull Big Lottery Fund Success – Another step towards a new Village Hall
| November 18, 2011 | Filled under Community, Paull |
THE BIG LOTTERY FUND (BLF) announced this week that Paull Village Hall has been awarded £7,000 grant funding to further develop plans to create a new village hall offering a range of activities from adult education to keep fit classes aimed at improving residents’ quality of life. The £7,000 will help to pay for the professional costs of those who… read more
Big Lottery News to be announced at Paull Public Meeting
| October 14, 2011 | Filled under Community, Paull |
A PUBLIC MEETING is being organised at the Paull Village Hall on Monday 17th October 2011. Those present will find out whether the Village Hall has been successful in its bid to the Big Lottery Fund for £350,000 to build a new hall. Paul Cross, Village Hall Treasurer, says on the group’s website: The National… read more
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