Culture secretary Tessa Jowell favours the idea of the Community Fund becoming a distributor of non-lottery money, according to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
Any such change to the role of the Community Fund, formerly known as the National Lottery Charities Board, would make it easier for voluntary groups and charities to access government funding.
Welcoming the news, Community Fund chief executive Richard Buxton said: "What was recognised by the secretary of state regarding the future of the lottery is that there may be a case for the Community Fund being able to distribute money on behalf of other distributors. This may mean, that we could integrate lottery funding with some other forms of public sector funding, perhaps even including European funding."
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