Originally only £50m was to be made available through the first, fast-track wave of funding. But the DCSF has said this was increased to £61.7m because of the quality of 21 of the bids received. The total pot now stands at £201.7m.
It is understood a further 20 to 30 bids were rejected, but some of these have been pushed back into the main funding wave, known as the standard route and totalling around £110m. The application process for this has now closed but a final wave worth £30m will launch next year.
Sir Clive Booth, chair of the Big Lottery Fund, which is managing the fund, said that a key factor in successful bids was clear evidence of children and young people's involvement in the plans.
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