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The National Lottery Awards 2009 – winners revealed!
05/09/2009

The winners and runners-up in this year’s National Lottery Awards were revealed on a live, star-studded BBC1 television show on Saturday 5 September; The National Lottery: Big 7, presented by Nick Knowles and Myleene Klass.

The 21 Lottery-funded projects from around the UK that reached the finals of the Awards were all recognised on the live BBC1 show, and the winners were presented with their Awards by a host of celebrities and special guests, including actress Fay Ripley, Lottery-funded diving sensation Tom Daley, model and presenter Lisa Snowdon and broadcaster John Sergeant.

The winners of this year’s National Lottery Awards are:

  • Best Arts Project: Sefton Performing Arts and Creative Education Centre
  • Best Education Project: Tower Hamlets Summer University
  • Best Environment Project: RSPB Dearne Valley - Old Moor Nature Reserve
  • Best Health Project, in association with FemaleFirst.co.uk: The Jennifer Trust's Spinal Muscular Atrophy Outreach Service
  • Best Heritage Project: Restoration of Stourport-on-Severn Canal Basins
  • Best Sports Project: Community Sports Pavilion
  • Best Voluntary/Charity Project, in association with Woman magazine: Harbour Place Day Centre

Now in their sixth consecutive year, The National Lottery Awards recognise the difference that Lottery-funded projects, both large and small, make to local communities and celebrate the achievements of the people behind them.  To find out more about the Awards, click here.

Broadcaster Jackie Brambles, has been supporting The National Lottery Awards this year. She says: “Each year The National Lottery Awards recognise the incredible impact that Lottery-funded projects have on people and communities across the UK. Lottery players raise £25 million every week for Good Causes and later on this year we’ll be marking 15 years since the Lottery began – celebrating the huge difference that Lottery funding has made to people all over the UK.”

The National Lottery: Big 7 included a special one-off celebrity quiz, with participants including Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli, and reality TV star David Gest, as well as The National Lottery Draw, presented by Christopher Biggins. 

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