Big Lottery Fund

ART has just submitted a funding bid to the BASIS programme of the Big Lottery Fund in order to continue help and support to local river improvement groups for the next four years. We hope to provide a dedicated funding service, technical support for projects and assistance with financial and governance matters. We are also hoping to employ a number of regional officers to support, in particular, those groups who are run by volunteers. The BASIS programme is only open to organisations who exist to support local groups but there are a number of schemes that are open to anyone so do check out the programmes. Fingers crossed!