Bassetlaw Action Centre is celebrating after being awarded £450,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work. Based in Retford, the Centre will use this funding to provide services that help older and vulnerable people remain safe in their own homes for longer while staying connected with their local community to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Since its establishment in 1996, Bassetlaw Action Centre has offered several community services throughout Bassetlaw, including Community Transport, the Staying Well Programme, and a Home Support Service. This new funding will enable the creation of a Supported Independent Living Service. This service aims to assist individuals in accessing more suitable housing, advising them on keeping warm and well, conducting benefit checks, helping with welfare benefits, and improving social connections through befriending options and transport solutions.
The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund— which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes and is the largest community funder in the UK—will allow Bassetlaw Action Centre to increase its team by three people to support residents across Bassetlaw.
Lynn Tupling, CEO of Bassetlaw Action Centre, said: “We’re delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund has recognised our work in this way. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to proceed with our plans to expand the range of services we offer to residents in Bassetlaw.”
The National Lottery Community Fund recently launched its new strategy, ‘It Starts with Community’, which will guide its efforts to distribute at least £4 billion of National Lottery funding by 2030. The funder’s four key missions are to support communities to come together, be environmentally sustainable, help children and young people thrive, and enable people to live healthier lives.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. Thanks to them, last year The National Lottery Community Fund distributed over £615.4m of life-changing funding to communities.
To find out more, visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk.