Funding programmes
New Opportunities for Quality Childcare
This fund aimed to support the development of a vibrant, sustainable and good quality childcare sector.
Out of School Hours Childcare
This funding created over 640,000 out of school childcare places, across England, NI, Scotland and Wales through local grant programmes.
Out of School Hours Learning Summer Schools
This funding was made available across the UK to fund summer school places for an extra 250,000 pupils.
Primetime
Primetime was BBC Scotland partnership initiative aimed at improving lives for Scotland’s over 50.
Realising Ambition
This fund supported organisations helping young people avoid pathways into offending.
Rebuilding communities in Nepal
Funding for organisations to help rebuild communities in Nepal following the devastating earthquake in April 2015.
Community Access to Lifelong Learning
Funding for the development and running of a nationwide network of ICT learning centres offering new learning opportunities to people in disadvantaged communities across the UK.
Community Spaces Scotland
Community Spaces Scotland supported communities to become more involved in, and to take responsibility for, communal spaces and places.
Research programme
The programme funded projects related to social, medical and socio-medical research.The original £25 million budget was increased to £29.5million in view of demand.
Rethinking Parks
Rethinking Parks was a joint initiative inviting pioneers to develop new, sustainable ways to use and fund the UK’s public parks for the 21st century.