[WiLT] Big Lottery Advice Plus

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Big Lottery Advice Plus

For areas: England
Application closing date: 1 April 2008
Minimum grant: £10,000
Maximum grant: £500,000

Advice Plus aims to help people in need access good quality advice on
their legal rights and responsibilities, so that they can avoid or
overcome disadvantage.

Earlier this year, in Round One we awarded £30 million to 71 advice
agencies across England. Advice Plus Round Two launched on the 12
November 2007, with a budget of £20 million across the nine England
regions.

Round Two will fund third sector legal advice services that
collaborate with other advice services in their local area. Advice
Plus will only fund projects focusing on legal rights and
responsibilities.

Funded projects must deliver all of the following outcomes:
* People in greatest need have better access to legal advice services
that help them to avoid or overcome disadvantage and improve their
lives.
* People in greatest need receive timely, accurate and effective legal
advice that is quality assured and joined up with other services, so
they are better equipped to deal with their problems and improve their
lives.
* People in greatest need avoid disadvantage because commonly
encountered legal problems are identified and prevented.

Funding will only be open to those groups who are eligible to apply
and can answer YES to ALL these questions:
* Are you a voluntary and community sector organisation?
* Do you have an idea for a project that will improve people's access
to legal advice on their rights and responsibilities?
* Does your project involve working in partnership with all or most of
the voluntary and community organisations that deliver legal advice
services in your area, as well as other relevant statutory and
commercial advice organisations?
* Can you explain the need for the project in detail and who will
benefit from it?
* Do you need between £10,000 and £500,000 for a project lasting from
one to five years?
* Will your project raise the quality of legal advice services?
* Can you sustain the benefits of the project when our funding ends?

For more information and application process go to
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_advice_plus.htm?regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&status=theProg&title=Advice%20Plus

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