Case study: Big Lottery
Fund
Dan Paskins
03/11/2016
Early action funding
Overview
─ Currently designing our
England portfolio 2015-2021
─ In line with our new
strategic framework and
‘People in the Lead’
approach
─ Early action is one of three
key goals for all our funding
Early action funding
Overview
Early action funding
A Better Start - £125m (2015-2025)
─ Delivered at ward-level within Blackpool, Bradford,
Lambeth, Nottingham and Southend-on-Sea
─ Delivering joined-up services for families to improve
outcomes for children
─ Focusing on health and wellbeing of families during
pregnancy and the first three years of life
─ Strong focus on evaluation & learning
Early action funding
Little Fish Theatre
─ We have supported their work since 2009, with responsive
grants totalling £625,000
─ Their work challenges young people’s values, enabling them
to develop skills which positively contribute to their
community
─ Currently supporting ‘DSV Youth’, a partnership with Her
Centre
─ Using theatre, role play and creative workshops to raise
awareness of boundaries in healthy relationships and offer
one on one support and counselling
Early action funding
Bradford People First Healthy Lives Project
─ Advocacy group for people with learning disabilities, by
people with learning disabilities
─ Currently funding their ‘Healthy Lives Project’ with an
Awards for All grant of £4,140
─ Pilot scheme looking at the practicalities of people with
learning difficulties living independent lives
─ Providing hands-on practical support and carrying out
research into best practise
Early action funding: the future
Prioritizing early action
─ Prioritise early action when considering how our funding
can make the largest impact.
─ Encourage organisations to think about the role they can
play in prevention, and support those with the space to
move beyond responses to critical need
─ Build an evidence base, identify best practise and scale
successful approaches
─ Wide-scale systems change