Community Voice

The Big Lottery Funds £12 million Community Voice Programme can give your group the power to influence decisions in your community!

Under the Community Voice programme, BIG are making £12 million available to support citizens to have a greater influence over policies and decisions affecting their communityOnly County Voluntary Councils can apply for the funding on behalf of local groups and each CVC will be able to submit one application. For portfolios based on a single local authority area, CVC's can apply for up to £1 million. For portfolios working across a wider area, CVC's can apply for up to £1.5 million. The minimum amount for an application is £500,000.

Community Voice will help develop projects that meet local needs and priorities that have been identified, in order to help communities to influence services provided to them so needs are better met.

This programme will fund portfolios of projects led by County Voluntary Councils (CVC’s). CVC’s will be expected to develop a portfolio of between 5 and 10 community projects as part of their application for funding. Each project will help local communities to have their voices heard.

The Big Lottery website has more information about the scheme http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_voice?regioncode=-uk