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  1. Read all about it: From bookish Bradford’s City of Culture legacy to the nationwide Year of Reading 2026

    22nd Ebrill 2026

    £1bn+ of National Lottery literary links - the latest chapter being The Book of Bradford (2025), 11 short stories grace National Year of Reading 2026 - writer Nick Ahad reflects on his story and his home city of Bradford

  2. Built to last: The growing legacy of a National Lottery funded scheme for Heritage skills

    17th Ebrill 2026

    A bursary scheme backed by The National Lottery Heritage Fund gave 27 people up to two years of hands-on Heritage skills training. We tracked down one graduate and their employer to ask about the jobs won, the careers changed, and why 41% of those who trained in 'traditionally male' heritage trades were women.

  3. Revealing the "HiDDEN" during National Lottery Open Week

    12th Mawrth 2026

    A medieval library, working class movements, a Victorian courtoom and more: five interviews and a 30-year dataset reveal the 'HiDDEN Network' connecting Britain’s reform heritage and the Mancunian spirit - all helped by National Lottery funding.

  4. World championships, Olympic medallists, and a wheelchair league on a Wednesday. Welcome to Curl Aberdeen

    11th Mawrth 2026

    Every time you play the National Lottery, a share of what you spend goes to good causes. Curl Aberdeen in north-east Scotland is one of them — a community sports venue built with National Lottery funding, open to everyone, where wheelchair curlers compete in the club league as the Winter Paralympic Games unfold in Italy.

  5. Animals aplenty: National Lottery Open Week 2026 roars into action

    9th Mawrth 2026

  6. Altrincham Speed Skating Club.

    Get your skates on: The family-run speed skating club growing the next gen

    6th Mawrth 2026

  7. Ice cool: Team GB’s speedster Niall Treacy discusses his journey from Solihull to Milano-Cortina

    19th Chwefror 2026

  8. Niall Treacy at the Milano Ice Skating Arena during Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

    Rink roots - Team GB Coach Richard Shoebridge's call to the next gen

    19th Chwefror 2026

    Team GB speed skating Coach Richard Shoebridge explains why the next generation should consider the ice, and bigs up the rink roots that are growing the next crop of talent.

  9. Niall Treacy at the Milano Ice Skating Arena during Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

    Speed showdown: Team GB’s Niall Treacy vs. Usain Bolt (an imaginary race)

    19th Chwefror 2026

    Explore the short track speed skating oval like never before: An original datagraphic of an imagined race betwen Team GB's Niall Treacy and Usain Bolt in his prime.

  10. Matt Weston for Team GB during Skeleton training session at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

    Beyond Snow and Ice: The Winter Olympics are a wonderland of speed, skill and surprise

    10th Chwefror 2026

    The wide world of winter sports on snow and ice: From lightning-fast ice races measured in milliseconds, to gravity-defying poise on the slopes, the Winter Olympics are truly a sunburst of events rarely in the spotlight - yet consistently funded for over 30 years by The National Lottery

  11. The 12 Days of Christmas - A festive dozen of National Lottery Good Causes

    22nd Rhagfyr 2025

    'The 12 Days of Christmas': A dozen delights from The National Lottery's funding of good causes

  12. From talking to walking football to lifesaving links: £80m National Lottery funds to Men’s Health and Wellbeing

    24th Tachwedd 2025

    Comb through three decades of National Lottery funding data and uncover nearly 1500 projects supporting men’s health and mental wellbeing, and suicide prevention — from talking to walking football to life-saving local links.