The National Lottery Community Fund
David Knott is an experienced leader in public policy and social action, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of The National Lottery Community Fund since October 2020, with prior roles including Interim Chief Executive Officer and Senior Adviser. Knott is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Centre for Charity Effectiveness. From January 2017 to October 2020, Knott was the Director of the Office for Civil Society at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, overseeing key government policies related to charities, volunteering, and social enterprise. Previous positions include Deputy Director roles at the Cabinet Office and significant contributions to various government reform programs internationally. An academic background includes degrees from The London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Nottingham, and The University of Sheffield.
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Big Lottery Fund a distributor of National Lottery funding, established as a non-departmental public body by an Act of Parliament.The National Lottery Community Fund is governed by a board. The board is responsible for setting the Fund’s long-term strategy and key policies, and making sure that it’s run in an effective and efficient way. Itdelegates the day-to-day running of the organisation to the chief executive and her senior management team.The chief executive and her senior management team are responsible for delivering the strategy and policies set by the board. They oversee the day-to-day running of the Fund.Their work is divided into five portfolios, covering funding across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and the UK as a whole.