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25 years of National Lottery Good Causes

Thanks to National Lottery players, £40 billion has been raised for good causes across the UK

More than 565,000 projects funded so far

The National Lottery's 25th Birthday

2019 marks the 25th birthday of The National Lottery. To mark this, we'll be celebrating the extraordinary impact National Lottery players have had on the UK by contributing millions of pounds every week to good causes. Thank You for making the UK a better place

TEA TYNE’: Scarlett Moffatt hosts World record breaking Cream Tea party to celebrate National Lottery's 25th Birthday

Scarlett hosts record-breaking attempt for largest-ever cream tea party event at Sage Gateshead brings hundreds of people together from across the UK to celebrate The National Lottery’s 25th birthday.

Excavating the Reno

Excavating The Reno uses oral history and archaeology to explore the story of a Manchester soul and funk club that became a sanctuary from racism for 50s born mixed heritage people in the 1970s.