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Definitions

'We' and 'us' refers to Big Lottery Fund, who manage the Awards for All programme on behalf of the participating Lottery distributors - the National Heritage Memorial Fund (Heritage Lottery Fund), the Big Lottery Fund, the English Sports Council (Sport England) and the Arts Council of England.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires public organisations to produce a publication scheme. By "publication" we mean information that is available to the public in a variety of formats: for example, reports on paper or web pages.

The publication scheme is a document that describes the information we routinely publish, where you can find it, and whether we charge for it. It is not a list of our publications: it describes the kinds of information that we publish.

The classes of information available from Awards for All is the same as for the Big Lottery Fund. We are currently awaiting approval from the Information Commissioner for the Big Lottery Fund publication scheme. Until that time we will keep separate schemes for both Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund. Information about our publications is listed on both.

Community Fund publication scheme (PDF, 113KB)
New Opportunities Fund publication scheme (PDF, 112KB)

Our publications are available, on request, in Braille, large print, audio-tape, Welsh and community languages.

How to request information from us

Much of the information we hold is already available to you. Before you make an official request you should:

1. search our website for the information
2. check the Big Lottery Fund publication scheme

If you still can't find what you are looking for you may ask for it under the Freedom of Information Act. To do this you should contact

Robert Holland, Corporate Governance Manager at the Big Lottery Fund by emailing freedomofinformation@biglotteryfund.org.uk or by writing to:
Corporate Governance Manager
Big Lottery Fund
3rd Floor
1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE

Please refer to your request as a Freedom of Information request and be specific about the information you want, as this will help us to deal with your request efficiently. We will acknowledge your request and must reply in full within 20 working days.

It is possible that some of the information may not be available because it falls within one of the exemptions of the Act. When that happens, we will tell you which exemption applies and, in most cases, why the information cannot be released.

Requests for personal data

Personal data requests are dealt with under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you want to know whether we hold any personal information about you, you should write to:

Corporate Governance Manager
Big Lottery Fund
3rd Floor
1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE

Please refer to the Data Protection Act in your request.

You are required to supply proof of your identity. This should include a photocopy of the identification pages of your current passport or of a current photo driving licence; and the original of a current utilities (for example, electricity) bill, or credit card or bank statement, which includes your name and address. If you need these documents back, we will return them to you.

It would also be helpful if you could indicate which part of Awards for All (which department, directorate or office) you believe might hold your data to narrow the search.

We may withhold access to your information where we have the right to do so under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Child protection / vulnerable adults

If you are applying for a project that works with children, young people or vulnerable adults we will need to be sure they will be safe.

As a minimum, you must have a policy that explains how you make sure of this and that the policy is put into practise.

It is your responsibility to have acceptable child protection and vulnerable adult policies and procedures in place, which we may ask to inspect at any time.

Stopcheck NSPCC have produced a step-by-step guide for organisations to safeguard children called Stopcheck. You can download this from their website , or buy a copy by calling 020 7825 2775 or 0116 234 7223