[WiLT] BASIS programme VCS support - apply by 27th August 2008

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BASIS programme VCS support - apply by 27th August 2008

Application closing date: 27 August 2008
Minimum grant: £10,001
Maximum grant: £500,000 for projects within one region (£750,000 for
England-wide projects)
Total available: Up to £151 million (up to £50 million for Round two)

Infrastructure services do vital work to help voluntary and community
groups achieve their aims, through services such as training,
providing information, representing community groups' interests,
supporting networks and sharing good practice.

The BASIS programme aims to ensure that voluntary and community
organisations throughout England have access to high quality support
that will help them be more effective.

Before you apply, please read about our priorities, to find out if
your project is something we may support.

Background
In round one we awarded £101 million to 206 voluntary and community
sector infrastructure organisations across England. We expect to award
up to £50 million in round two.

Round two is more focused than round one. Since we launched BASIS in
2006 advances in national and regional infrastructure planning mean we
have a much clearer picture of infrastructure support services in each
of the England regions and across England as a whole.

We have also examined the grants we made in round one and taken into
account funding for infrastructure development from other sources. We
used this knowledge to propose regional and England wide priorities
for round two. We consulted about these during 2007. From this came
priorities that we want to support in round two.

We know that there is a high demand for funding from this programme.
By clearly describing the services we want to support we will maximise
impact and save organisation's from developing applications that would
not be funded.

Our response to the consultation and the round two priorities can be
found in the more information box on the right.

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_basis?fromsearch=-uk


Results of BASIS Round two consultation
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/basis_consultation?dynamic=prog&id=71789&regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&progpageid=71789

BASIS Round two priotities
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/basis_priorities?dynamic=prog&id=71789&regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&progpageid=71789

Apply by region or England wide
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/basis2appform?dynamic=prog&id=71789&regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&progpageid=71789