The wisdom of prevention
By Dharmendra Kanani, England Director, Big Lottery Fund Communities and people are facing very challenging times in meeting their needs, as are the organisations and sources of funding that...
View ArticleThe urgency of now
In the latest of a series of guest blog posts focusing on the importance of early action and prevention in dealing with a range of social problems, David Robinson, founder of Community Links and chair...
View Article‘Investing early is the best thing to do’
By Dharmendra Kanani, England Director, Big Lottery Fund As part of our work on early action, the Big Lottery Fund has supported two conferences in recent months - ‘The Wisdom of Prevention’, organised...
View ArticleBig Lottery Fund welcomes early action report
Last week, the Public Accounts Committee published their review into the case for shifting government spending to Early Action. This review was something which the Big Lottery Fund, as members of the...
View ArticleBreaking the cycle of short term thinking
In the first of series of blogs in the run-up to the GovKnow Social Justice Conference (Wednesday, 30 October) Big Lottery Fund’s England Director, Dharmendra Kanani, explains more about the Fund’s...
View ArticleTackling homelessness the Centrepoint way
Paul Noblet, head of public affairs at Centrepoint, shares with us ideas around how we could tackle homelessness amongst young people At Centrepoint we work with 1,600 homeless young people every night...
View ArticleSupporting women to have a working chance
Today is International Women’s Day. We’re also announcing funding for the Early Action Task Force to support the local implementation of policies and practice that focus on ‘acting earlier’. A great...
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