Funding

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BIG new youth fund has fresh focus

19 Mar 2015Ryan Miller Funding, Sector Issues

Collaboration with youth at every stage is a new requirement for any groups looking to access some of the Big Lottery's new £50m pot aimed at Empowering Young People.

Is Lottery funding being undermined?

19 Feb 2015Nick Garbutt Sector Issues, Funding

Across the Irish Sea moves are afoot that could threaten the National Lottery and the charities in Northern Ireland that depend on its funding, Scope investigates

Where the Big Lottery millions will go

25 Nov 2014Nick Garbutt FundraisingFunding, Sector Issues

Early next year the Big Lottery Fund will unveil its spending priorities for the next six years with more than £100 million at stake, Scope caught up with Northern Ireland director Joanne McDowell to read the runes.

Big Lottery makes major new appointments

6 Nov 2014Nick Garbutt FundraisingFunding

The Big Lottery Fund has appointed three new Northern Ireland committee members to make decisions on how National Lottery funding is invested.

Funding the Arts in the "real world"

21 Oct 2014Guest Author FundraisingFunding

Ali FitzGibbon, director at Young at Art re-frames the debate about arts funding.