About Us

In 2012, The National Lottery gave the residents of Boston Big Local £1 Million to invest in their local area over ten years. We are nearly half-way through.

If you live in the BBL area you can join us to help us invest in the area you live in.

Organisations and groups in the BBL area can be financially support by:

  1. Being on our two year plan (see below) our next plan will be developed from September 2022.
  2. Applying for BBL funding

Boston Big Local Plan

This is the 5th and final approved and published Boston Big Local Plan for April 2023 to September 2024. It shows our priorities for the area, the expected outcomes and action plans for each theme, our governance structure, and details of our budget.

You can view our previous 4 plans below:

  1. 2015-2017 Plan
  2. 2017-2019 Plan
  3. 2019-2021 Plan
  4. 2021-2023 Plan

You can view the Boston Big Local area map here or download a list of the street names here.

Agreed Activities

Our plan is broken down into 4 themes and any funding applications must fall into one of these themes.

The financial and delivery details of our 2023-24 plan is shown below:

Theme 1 – Health and Wellbeing (2023-24)

Theme 1 - BBL Plan - 2023-24

Boston Big Local will support the coordination of existing Health and Wellbeing activities and fund additional activities where there is an identified need. A lead delivery partner will coordinate the activities under each priority and any activities or services funded will not replace statutory services.

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Theme 2 – A More Attractive Environment (2023-24)

Theme 2 - BBL Plan - 2023-24

Boston Big Local will support the coordination of existing activities that make the local environment more attractive and fund additional activities where there is an identified need. A lead delivery partner will coordinate the activities under each priority and any activities or services funded will not replace statutory services.

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Theme 3 – Build Community Spirit (2023-24)

Theme 3 - BBL Plan - 2023-24

Boston Big Local will support the coordination of existing activities that increase community spirit and fund additional activities where there is an identified need. A lead delivery partner will coordinate the activities under each priority and any activities or services funded will not replace statutory services.

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Theme 4 – Encouraging Enterprise (2023-24)

Theme 4 - BBL Plan - 2023-24

Boston Big Local will support the coordination of existing activities that encourage enterprise and fund additional activities where there is an identified need. A lead delivery partner will coordinate the activities under each priority and any activities or services funded will not replace statutory services.

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