NEW FUND

Following the Prime Minister’s and Minister for Sport and Civil Society’s announcement to unlock £20m funding to tackle loneliness (as a part of Government’s wider endorsement of the Jo Cox Commission recommendations) , a new £11.5 million Building Connections Fund has been set up to support projects that are able to prevent or reduce loneliness.

The fund is a partnership between Government, Big Lottery Fund and the Co-op Foundation and aims to:

• increase social connections, helping people form strong and meaningful relationships and creating a sense of community and belonging, and helping people feel more connected
• support organisations to build on their existing work, eg by reaching more people, or working in a new area or with a different method or group of people
• encourage organisations to join up with others locally
• improve the evidence base and use learning to inform longer term policy and funding decisions

More details, including how to apply, can be found at :

https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/building-connections-fund

We are always interested in how we can improve the information and updates we send, so if you would like to tell us how to improve things, then please do get in touch. 

Best wishes,
Jennie 

Policy Adviser | Youth and Social Action

Local Intelligence Unit | North

jennie.noble@culture.gov.uk  M:07515629307

@Noble___Jennie  @dcms

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