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Local Sustainability Fund: 2016 awards

265 small to medium-sized voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations awarded a share of the Local Sustainability Fund.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 11 March 2016
• Last updated: 22 March 2016 — See all updates

The Local Sustainability Fund (LSF) has awarded funds to 265 small to medium-sized high-impact voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.

Local Sustainability Fund: first list of successful applicants (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 12.7 KB)

Local sustainability fund: second list of successful applicants (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 12.6 KB)

The LSF, administered by the Big Lottery Fund, is providing up to £20 million of government funding to high-impact VCSE organisations. It is targeting small to medium-sized VCSE organisations with an income of between £100,000 to £1.5 million a year, and which provide vital services to vulnerable and disadvantaged people.

The first phase of the application process closed on 26 July 2015. Over 1,000 organisations responded, approximately 400 of these were shortlisted and invited to complete a full application.

Published 11 March 2016
Last updated 22 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 22 March 2016

   Added second list of winners

2. 11 March 2016

   Grant amounts added to attachment

3. 11 March 2016

   First published.