New rules for community fund

The community fund has introduced new criteria
for large charities wanting to claim funds.

Large
charities applying for money from the fund will be expected to
cover more than one region. But there will be no upper limit on the
amount that they can apply for.

The
new criteria are a feature of the lottery distributor’s new
£30m strategic grants programme.

Chairperson of the community fund
Diana Brittan said: “We believe that voluntaries will welcome this
fresh approach to funding.”

The
fund will also be specifying, for the first time, what outcomes
they want to see from their grants.