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Big Local is a Big Lottery investment which covers 150 local areas in England. Mottingham Estate is a ‘wave 1’ Big Local area and is beneficiary of one of the £1 million investments to be used for the benefit of the community over 10 years.

Mottingham Big Local Refocused aims to ‘bring together all the local talent, ambitions, skills and energy from individuals, groups and organisations who want to make their area an even better place to live’.

The Partnership Board is made up of local residents who have voting rights, and people from organisations who work in the area. These include Clarion Futures and Community Links Bromley, which is also the Local Trusted Organisation (LTO) for Mottingham Big Local Refocused, responsible for budget, staff and 'community facilitation.'

The Partnership oversees the development and delivery of all aspects of the Big Local Plan, monitoring progress and promoting Big Local and its activities to the local community and wider stakeholders.

Projects including Mottingham Silks, Accessible Dance, Art Therapy and Wellbeing, StEP Community Projects and Training and Mentoring are underway.

For more information, please visit the Mottingham Big Local Refocused website.

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Big Local Plan 2024 - 2026

 

Grants

Community Chest: up to £5,000 funding available for organisations and community groups to run projects, events or services in the MBLR catchment area. Projects must be related to at least one of MBLR’s 7 themes:

  • Children & young people 
  • Older people
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Employability
  • Economic empowerment
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Green space

Youth Fund: this fund is all about young people becoming local changemakers, bringing to life projects that are important to them.  Individuals or groups of young people aged 16-19 (or up to 25 for SEN) can apply for up to £1,000 to run any project that will benefit the people in the MBLR area, and at least one person per group must live in the MBLR area.

Application deadline: applications are accepted on a monthly rolling basis, the deadline to apply is the 1st of each month.

Visit the MBLR website to apply for either of these grants

 

Upcoming events

Visit Mottingham Big Local Refocused's events page for upcoming events

Past news & events

Invitation to Tender – For a Plan Writer and Facilitator [EXPIRED]

We are delighted to let you know that the Tender to update and revise the current Big Local Plan for the Mottingham Big Local Refocused area is now available. Click the link below to download the Tender document.

The closing date for tender submissions is 4 August 2023. This will be followed by clarification interviews in the week commencing 7 August. (Provisional interview date 9/10 August).

The successful organisation/delivery partner should be available to start work promptly after the delivery of the contract. The aim is to conclude this exercise by the end of September with plan sign off and submission to the Local Trust.

The appointed delivery partner will be required to adopt a collaborative approach and work closely with the partnership to build on strengths within their existing programme as well as to develop the new plan.

Contact: All enquiries and clarification questions should be made by email to: pec@mottinghamblr.com

Blessing and Celebration of Work at St Edward’s Church Mottingham - February 2023

After several years of planning, thinking, consulting and masses of fundraising, all made more challenging by COVID-19, Lockdowns and spiralling building costs, St Edward’s now has a newly renovated, decorated and re-ordered church. Read the full press release here.

Mottingham Silks Project - April 2022
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