Big Lottery Fund was created
by merging the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund. It hands out
half the money for good causes from the National Lottery. They provide small
grants for local groups and funding for big projects. They hope to enable
people to make real improvements to the lives of disadvantaged people and
the well-being of communities, through fair and open funding of people,
projects and programmes. Each region has it's own funding office.
