Big Lottery Fund: Improving Futures

Archived Advice services Age Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Community safety and crime prevention Family and parenting Housing and homelessness Poverty and deprivation Social inclusion Social welfare and poverty Urban development Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Large (over £60,000) Medium (up to £60,000)

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Overview

Every child deserves the best start in life, but BIG know that some grow up in difficult circumstances. Some families experience multiple and complex problems – for example, to do with poor health, unemployment, debt or housing problems – which can affect their children’s wellbeing and life chances.

The Improving Futures programme aims to improve outcomes for children within these families.

Interested parties need to be aware of the following:

Partnerships must be led by voluntary sector organisations, but will need to be supported by or include Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland
Because every family is different, partnerships will need to be able to draw on a broad range of expertise and services to meet their needs, including setting out to help those families considered ‘hardest to reach’.
BIG have limited funding to support up to 20 partnerships across the UK, and no more than one expression of interest should be made per local authority area.

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