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<p>National Lottery good cause money is allocated by expert bodies at arm's length
from Government, taking account of their own priorities and the need for equitable
distribution.</p><p> </p><p>Policy directions are set by DCMS or the devolved administrations
as relevant. The Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, Sport
England and British Film Institute are all required to take equality of access into
account in developing programmes and considering grant allocations. This requirement
does not apply to UK Sport's as their funding targets elite athletes.</p><p> </p><p>Each
distributor takes account of a variety of considerations including geographical spread
of funding, deprivation data and participation rates when determining priorities and
allocating budget. Distributors run specific programmes designed to encourage applications
from less well-represented areas.</p><p> </p><p>Information on projects in receipt
of a Lottery award can be found on the National Lottery Grants Database at the following
link: http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and from Lottery Distributors' own websites.
The grants database can be sorted on a national, regional, local authority and constituency
level.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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