We applied for a National Lottery Community Fund Grant back in December 2019 The purpose of the funding is to be able to provide weekly
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Sessions for our Members, particularly those who have already completed a Full 8 week Pulmonary Rehabilitation Course at Bolton One. This is lead by Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist Clinical Lead Tom Allerton and Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse Michaela Bowden, both from The Royal Bolton NHS Trust. Our aim is to encourage members to continue Pulmonary Rehab on a regular basis, following their 8 week course to keep up their maximum level of fitness and respiration. Thus giving them greater control over their general health and well being, maintaining a better quality of life. We are hope to have this up and running in May of this year.
Today we received the following information via email from the National Lottery Community Fund
We’re going to fund your project idea
We’re so happy to tell you we really liked your application for National Lottery Awards for All. And we want to give Pulmonary Fibrosis Rehab £ 9956 to help your community thrive.
We’ll send the funding to your bank account
You should see the funding in your organisation’s account in the next couple of weeks. So you can start spending it on the activities you told us about in your application.
The terms and conditions
We talked about how funding from The National Lottery comes with terms and conditions, so you might want to look at them again. You can find them here tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/awardsforall.
Hang on to your receipts
We could ask to see receipts and invoices related to your funding for at least seven years. There’s more information on our site about how to keep us up to date, and what sort of information you should keep: Managing your grant
It’s important you tell people your funding came from The National Lottery
We’d like as many people as possible to see how we use the money raised by National Lottery players.
And telling everyone where your funding comes from will help you spread the word about your project, and the great work you’re doing in your community.
Sharing your story
We’ll publish the good news on our website and send the story to local media.
You can share the good news about your National Lottery funding with your community and local MP before we publish anything. Have a look here to find out more on how to share the good news.
If you use facebook or twitter, we’d love to hear more about your project through these channels:
facebook.com/TNLCommunityFund and twitter.com/TNLComFund
You can also download our logo and order free branded materials
If you’re going to take pictures of the people taking part in your project
Think about your data protection responsibilities. If you want to share images of people, make sure you get their consent first. You’d normally do this with a consent form. Once you have the photos make sure they’re stored safely.
We’d like to keep in touch – to see how you’re getting on
We’ll keep sending you email updates. They should help you with things like:
- how to publicise your funding
- information on other funding
- ideas and tips on projects from other fund holders.
And last, but not least – well done
Congratulations on your project funding. And thank you for everything you do to support your community.
If you have any questions at all, please get in touch
You can call Cath Futers on 0191 376 1889
Or you can email catherine.futers@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Best wishes,
Julie Galano
Head of Funding
Being able to offer Pulmonary Rehab sessions to the members of Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group is going to help give them a better quality of life.
