Village SOS is an exciting new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC. It is searching for six UK villages with a great business idea and six enterprising individuals to act as Village Champions to help them achieve their ambitions. Together they will create a brand new venture that will bring new life and energy to the village with funding of between £100,000 and £400,000 from BIG.

The journey of the six successful villages and their Village Champions will be filmed for a major prime time BBC One series in winter 2010.

To find out more about this exciting initiative and for application information for villages visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/villagesos

For application information for Village Champions visit www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos