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20/07/2010 - Government Confirms Community Sector Drop in Lottery Funding

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirms lottery funding will fall from 50% to 40% for voluntary and community causes from September.

Arts, sports and heritage organisations are to receive 60% compared to the current level of 50% from the Big Lottery Fund under proposals announced in the DCMS’s structural reform plan.

A current consultation on the matter is open until 21 August but it is likely the plans will go ahead.

A DCMS spokesman said the move would create an extra £50 million annually for arts, sports and heritage organisations.

The structural reform plan also intends lottery distributors to reduce their administrative costs to 5% of their total income.

Chief executive of the Big Lottery Fund, Peter Wanless responded to this proposal cautiously:

“We are in discussions with the department about the issues and implications that follow from that. Obviously there’s a risk it could lead to us allocating fewer, bigger grants.”

Source: Third Sector, 20/07/2010

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