Camelot Group plc was today named by the National Lottery Commission (NLC) as the Preferred Bidder for the third lottery licence.
Local cinemas across the UK will be able to apply for Lottery funding to update their buildings, improve facilities and boost access for audiences with sensory impairments.

The Social Economy Network have arranged to host a funding information session on the 5 September 2007 for the social economy sector on the Modernisation Fund which has allocated funds of £15,000,000.

Camelot has announced its results for the year ending March 2007 which show that revenue to good causes generated from the National Lottery has passed £20 billion. Meanwhile £8.5 billion has been generated in Lottery duty for the Treasury.

It may be the middle of the holiday season but people flocked to a meeting organised by the Department for Social Development to give details of the new £15 million Modernisation Fund for capital works.

The Government's Gift Aid consultation will examine and identify measures to drive up charitable giving through Gift Aid.

The €330 million Peace III Programme is hoping to launch by Autumn this year. Funding will be delivered under two priorities: (1) Reconciling Communities; (2) Contributing to a Shared Society.

Is it possible that more funding will be diverted from existing programmes in the voluntary and community sector to the London Olympics in 2012, this time as part of Olympic themed cultural programmes and other activities as part of the run up to the games?
The Department of Social Development are seeking to appoint an organisation /partnership to act as an Intermediary Body for the Modernisation Fund Capital Programme on behalf of the Voluntary and Community Unit (VCU).

The IOF fundraising skills survey is closing to online responses on 31 July 2007. It only takes a few minutes to complete the survey.