About The Coopers Edge Trust 
The Coopers Edge Trust was formed in 2010 following a successful proposal to run the new primary school at Coopers Edge. The Trust also works to support the development of the local community. 
About NESTA 
NESTA is the UK’s foremost independent expert on how innovation can solve some of the country’s major economic and social challenges. Its work is enabled by an endowment, funded by the National Lottery, and it continues to operate at no cost to the taxpayer. 
NESTA is a world leader in its field and carries out its work through a blend of experimental programmes, analytical research and investment in early-stage companies. www.nesta.org.uk 
About the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) 
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding, is responsible for giving out half the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery. 
BIG is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since June 2004. The Fund was formally established by Parliament on 1 December 2006. 
Since the National Lottery began in 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public has gone to good causes. As a result, over £25 billion has now been raised and more than 330,000 grants awarded across arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment. 
About the Neighbourhood Challenge The Neighbourhood Challenge is a 12 month programme from NESTA, working with the Big Lottery Fund, which aims to show how community organisations – when equipped with the right skills, practical tools and small, catalytic amounts of money – can galvanise people to work together to create innovative responses to local priorities. 
17 organisations have been selected to take part in the programme and they will each receive the practical tools and high-quality training needed to help people in their communities create local campaigns, innovative community projects and new social enterprises that address their passions and priorities. They will also receive micro-finance to support the development of local projects and establish local challenge prizes to incentivise community-led innovation.