Building capacity: Fair Share Trust
Channelling £6.1 million into strategic projects, creating a legacy of stronger communities
Fair Share is an initiative to target lottery money at those parts of the UK that have not achieved their fair share of lottery funds in the past. The Big Lottery Fund Fair Share Trust is part of the wider Fair Share initiative and takes a distinctive approach to the use of lottery funding, placing the responsibility for deciding how funds are used with communities themselves. The Scottish Community Foundation delivers the Big Lottery Fund Fair Share Trust programme in Scotland, working in partnership with 13 communities in 6 local authorities.
Since 2004 the Foundation has been working with local advisory panels in each neighbourhood to determine which local issues should be tackled and how. By the end of 2009, we will have channelled £6.1 million into strategic projects in those areas with the aim of making both a lasting difference in the community and leaving a legacy of stronger community groups, who will be able to continue to attract lottery money and other funding into their neighbourhoods.
Read more about the programme in our Pharos newsletter where you can find out about which areas are benefiting from the programme, what local issues are being addressed and learn about some of the grants we’ve awarded.
See www.fairsharetrust.org for more on the Fair Share Trust in the UK.