the Big Lottery Fund

Our work with The Big Lottery Fund

A Red Cross volunteer takes notes while helping a woman at home.

Support at home volunteer helping man in garden.

British Lotterry Foundation Funding from the National Lottery allows the ̨ž³uuÖ±²¥ to help vulnerable people.

Since 2012, The Big Lottery Fund has given £10.6 million to support our work. These funds have allowed us to:

  • help older people remain independent at home
  • tackle loneliness and social isolation
  • support and protect refugees.


Our Big Lottery Fund partners

We’ve worked with many partners to deliver Big Lottery Fund projects. These include:

  • Asylum Aid
  • Praxis
  • Positive Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS)
  • Refugee Action
  • Asylum Link Merseyside
  • City of Sanctuary
  • Revive
  • Rainbow Haven
  • Open Door North East
  • Methodist Asylum Project
  • Justice First
  • Citizens Advice Reading
  • Host Sanctuary Oxford
  • Multi-Faith Centre/Upbeat Communities
  • Scottish Refugee Council
  • Workers’ Educational Association (WEA)
  • Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL)
  • Age UK Gloucestershire
  • Cruse Bereavement Care.

If you represent a charitable trust or a statutory funder and want to find out more about our work or to make a donation, please contact Sophie Kosky-Hensman.