Tag Archives: Big Lottery Fund
Home Start Horizons score big with help from Think Funding
Leicestershire based family support charity, HomeStart Horizons pulled off a funding coup recently when they secured in excess of £350,000 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme thanks to the help of Think Funding. Following a highly successful programme evaluation conducted by Think Funding, we were able to undertake further consultations and drafting work […]
Think Funding to conduct evaluation of Home-Start Horizons Reaching Communities Project
Think Funding is delighted to announce it has been commissioned by Home-Start Horizons (HSH) to undertake an evaluation of its current Reaching Communities project. Running from 2013-2017, the programme has offered support to more than 400 families during that time. The evaluation exercise will involve consultation with families, volunteers and referral agencies, as HSH seek to […]
ESIF Success for Think Funding Client
Voluntary Action Leicestershire (VAL) has secured a £1.94m Building Better Opportunities ESIF contract with help from Think Funding. Providing bid writing and programme design expertise, Think Funding worked with VAL to develop a compelling narrative and business plan for an 15-24 NEET project for Leicester and Leicestershire. The initiative will broaden the range of support available […]
Reaching Communities Success for Think Funding Client
Think Funding is delighted to announce that Home-Start Westminster has secured a significant grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme covering a four year period. Think Funding provided advice and guidance to Home-Start Westminster during its Stage One and Stage Two application. The grant will be used to support disadvantaged families in need […]
Think Funding will support Voluntary Action Leicestershire BBO ESIF project
Think Funding is delighted to announce that it has been procured by Voluntary Action Leicestershire to lead the development of the project action plan for the Leicestershire Under 25 ESIF BBO programme. VAL won the Stage One round with support from an experienced partnership including The Prince’s Trust, Twenty Twenty, Leicestershire Cares and The Bridge. […]
Think Funding provides ESIF support
Think Funding is delighted to have provided support for the first Big Lottery Fund, Building Better Opportunities application round, being delivered as part of the national European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) programme. Think Funding helped Enable design and deliver two applications in Northamptonshire for the NEET and 25+ cohorts, offered advice to the Helping Hands […]
Talent Match Success for Think Funding Clients
Think Funding was absolutely delighted to see the list of successful partnerships published that had secured funding from the Big Lottery Fund for its 18-24 NEET programme, Talent Match, the announcement for which was made on the 22nd January. Think Funding was commissioned by The Prince’s Trust and Enable to assist with their projects and […]
HomeStart Leicester wins Big Lottery Funding thanks to help from Think Funding
Think Funding client, Home-Start Leicester, has secured a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Newspapers fund. HomeStart was one of 13 groups in Leicester that won money from the Big Lottery thanks to a public vote. The successful project will help parents and children in disadvantaged parts of Leicester learn how to cook […]
Funding success for Think Funding Client BYCS
The Big Lottery Fund has announced that the Bangladeshi Youth and Cultural Shomiti (BYCS) “Let’s Learn Together”application to its Reaching Communities programme has been successful. The project will offer women from black and minority ethnic communities in the Spinney Hills area of Leicester the opportunity to develop new child management skills enabling them to provide […]
Think Funding to support Talent Match Pilot project in North West Leicestershire
Following work completed on behalf of The Prince’s Trust to assist with the development of a business plan for its prospective Talent Match Leicestershire programme, Think Funding has been selected to work with Talent Match partner, Whitwick Community Enterprises to produce a ‘Talent Match Pathway’ for young people in North West Leicestershire. The project aims to […]