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The New Opportunities Fund was established in 1998 to distribute funds from the National Lottery to health, education and environmental projects. It was merged into the Big Lotter Fund in 2004 and was formally dissolved in 2006.
Giving children the best start in life.
We lead on equality policy including women’s equality, race equality, LGBT+ equality, disability equality, socio-economic equality and the overall framework of equality legislation for the UK. OEO works with the Cabinet Office .
Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) was the FCDO-funded women’s economic empowerment programme from 2017 to 2025.
Almost one million young people will benefit from learning or employment opportunities as a result of a major £820 million funding package.
How to apply to have your science park become a Life Sciences Opportunity Zone.
This study uses two new metadata sets, consisting of 118 household surveys and 134 Demographic and Health Surveys
Additional funding for local authorities to improve social mobility for children and young people in deprived areas.
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