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Additionality concept still intact but practice is under review, says BIG 1

24 May 2013 | Tania Mason

The Big Lottery Fund has denied that its recent grants to Citizens Advice Bureaux and Home-start charities breach the additionality principle that prohibits the lottery from funding services that the government has a statutory responsibility to provide.


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Sir Clive Booth

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CAF campaigns against 'pants presents'

Nearly two-thirds of Britons would rather receive one less gift over Christmas if a charitable donation could be made instead. 

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