Renaisi is one of six partners in a consortium that has been selected to develop Big Lottery Fund’s groundbreaking, £200m, Big Local Trust programme.
The consortium, which is led by Community Development Foundation (CDF) and also includes CCLA, IVAR, NANM and UnLtd, has been awarded a grant of £80k, to develop the business plan for the creation of a new Trust in the summer of 2011. Partners will recommend Directors for the new Trust based on their experience of working with disadvantaged communities. The Trust will then deliver a programme over 10 years in up to 150 deprived neighbourhoods in England. The funding will support schemes that help meet local needs and build skills and confidence in those communities.
Clive Tritton, Chief Executive of Renaisi said:
“We are absolutely delighted to be part of the consortium selected to develop the Big Local Trust. Renaisi’s mission is to create sustainable, attractive and inclusive neighbourhoods, which foster the talent and diversity of local people. We firmly believe that you can only reverse the fortunes of deprived neighbourhoods if you commit to a long-term process of change – one which recognises and builds the capacity of local communities to support themselves. This is at the heart of the Big Local Trust and we look forward to working with our partners to deliver a positive legacy of change over the next 10 years”
For further information please contact: Donna Lightbown, Head of Policy and Communications, 0207 033 2614, d.lightbown@renaisi.com
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The other consortium partners are:
The Community Development Foundation (CDF) is the lead partner in the consortium. Managing programmes that fund projects in our communities, CDF carries out research into what works, and uses that to improve policy and practice. We are the leader in community development strategy and delivery. CDF works with more than 100 national and local VCS organisations and over 20,000 local community groups managing a total of £250m worth of government programmes over the last five years. CDF has a unique partnership with both government and those making change on the ground. CDF strengthens local voices, helps shape communities and changes lives.
CDF is a charity registered in England and Wales. Until 31st March 2011, CDF is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). Find out more at www.cdf.org.uk
CCLA provides specialist investment management for charities, faith organisations, and local authorities. They deliver sustainable and growing income – fixed interest, balanced investment, global equity income, ethical investment and property. They offer cash management services, and a free asset allocation advice service to support trustees, investment committees and officers in their decision-making. They invest money for more charities than any other fund manager in the UK (Charity finance magazine) and do not offer services to private individuals. CCLA Investment Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) helps VCS organisations of all sizes mobilise their own resources and manage their own situations. Established in 2006, IVAR gathers, refines and shares knowledge of what works with practitioners, policy makers, funders and researchers. IVAR use action research methods in their work, publish articles and reports and run events to help share findings. The work has a dual purpose: improving practice and contributing to shaping the national and local policy environment for voluntary sector organisations.
The National Association of Neighbourhood Management (NANM) run a national learning network for those involved in neighbourhood projects and promote neighbourhood-level decision-making. The NANM (established in 2008) was formerly known as the National Neighbourhood Management Network. The network was set up in 2002 by Communities and Local Government (previously the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) to support neighbourhood partnerships which are ‘narrowing the gap’ by improving the quality of life in communities across England. Since then it has grown to represent more than 350 partnerships across the country. The NANM is the place to meet and learn from others who are engaged in regenerating their communities, find out the latest in policy and practice and benefit from the range of support that the association has to offer.
UnLtd find, assess, fund and support strongly motivated people who are resourceful and resilient, building their confidence and skills to achieve local impact through sustainable social ventures of all kinds – from voluntary groups through social enterprise to social businesses. UnLtd have already backed nearly 10,000 people to make their vision of social environmental benefit become a reality. Their role is to find, fund and support individuals developing early stage social ventures directly, by co-running or via local intermediaries. Cliff Prior, the Chief Executive, has experience of running the Millennium Awards Trust, which has now doubled its annual impact through raising external funds.
The Big Lottery Fund’s £200 million Big Local Trust programme was launched in July 2010 to establish an independent trust to support local funding schemes in 100 to 150 urban and rural neighbourhoods in England. The targeted neighbourhoods are places where many people face multiple barriers to meeting their needs, and which have not had great success in gaining resources to help. Each neighbourhood will receive between £1m and £2m, and will have up to 10 years to allocate this money. CDF has been selected as the preferred applicant to set up and run the Trust and awarded a grant of up to £80,000 to develop a business plan. If the business plan is approved, CDF will then be formally appointed to run the Trust in summer 2011.
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since its inception in June 2004. It was established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888 Out of hours: 07867 500 572
Public enquiries line: 08454 102030 Textphone: 08456 021 659
Full details of the work of the Big Lottery Fund, its programmes and awards are available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Out of Hours contact Details:
Big Lottery Fund: 07867 500 572
CDF: 0770 9323 690
Renaisi was short-listed as a finalist in 2 categories at the 2010 London Business Awards, sponsored by HSBC last week.
