2-08-04
Edinburgh’s share of lottery cash falling – Barrett
John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh
West, today released new figures, which showedEdinburgh's
share
of lottery
cash significantly down on last year.
Information obtained by Mr Barrett's office from the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport, showed that in the first six
months of 2004, the City of Edinburgh received just 1.6%
of lottery money. This compares to a 2.4% share over
the whole of 2003.
190 lottery awards have now been made toEdinburghbased projects
since the beginning of this year. At the current rate,
the Capital will only get two thirds of the number of lottery
awards this year compared with 2003.
In a statement, John Barrett MP said:
"With the national lottery celebrating its 10 year anniversary
this year, it would be a great shame ifEdinburghwas not getting
its fair share of money for good causes.
"To be fair, the lottery distributing bodies can only respond
to claims made. That is why it is so important for
City organisations, not just big projects but small community
groups, to apply for funding.
"Some groups never think about applying for lottery money. Others
have perhaps applied but have been turned down. However,
the 'Awards for All' scheme, which administers lottery money
to smaller groups, has produced new guidelines on how to
give your application a better chance of being approved.
"If more local groups apply, we can hopefully getEdinburgh's
share of lottery money back to where it should be by the
end of the year."
ENDS
Notes to Editors
• Information obtained from the lottery awards search on the
Culture, Media and Sport Departmental website, has given
the following information.
Value of Lottery awards
| Value of lottery awards (£) | Edinburgh Share of UK Award (%) | ||
| Time | UK | City of Edinburgh Local Authority Area | |
| 01/01/2003- 01/01/2004 | 1,557,604,169 | 37,418,517 | 2.40% |
| 01/01/2004- 30/06/2004 | 207,372,321 | 3,362,749 | 1.62% |
Number of Lottery awards
| Value of lottery awards | Edinburgh Share of UK Award (%) | ||
| Time | UK | City of Edinburgh Local Authority Area | |
| 01/01/2003- 01/01/2004 | 27,492 | 570 | 2.07% |
| 01/01/2004- 30/06/2004 | 11,358 | 190 | 1.67% |
• Awards
for All Scotland is a special lottery grants programme for
small community groups looking for small sums of money.
Awards for All's main aim is to fund projects which involve
people in their community, bringing them together in a
wide range of different activities. You can apply at any
time, the application form is simple and we give you a
decision within three months.More information is available
by telephoning 0845 600 2040 or visitingwww.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland/index.html
• Groups can apply if
they
- are a non-profit group based inScotland
- need between £500 and £5000
- can spend your grant within one year
- have a constitution or set of rules which you have adopted
- have a bank or building society account in the name of
your group
- have annual accounts or statements of income and expenditure
- have an annual income last year was under £20,000