Skip to main content

What’s New

  1. Water table moss alder trees

    World Heritage Day: How a £250k heritage grant is helping a local partnership restore Lindow Moss

    17th April 2025

    Discover how a £250k National Lottery Heritage Fund grant is helping a local team, and volunteers, restore Lindow Moss — a unique landscape rich in wildlife, history, and climate-saving peat

  2. SWEET Celebration

    From struggles to success: The National Lottery funded project helping marginalised women into work

    4th April 2025

    Dive into this data story on a project where personalised support, National Lottery funds and women's resilience combine to beat complex employment barriers.

  3. Three people smile while holding trays of seedlings and a Community Fund flag in front of a polytunnel

    Highlights from an unforgettable National Lottery Open Week

    2nd April 2025

    After our biggest National Lottery Open Week to date, we’re rounding up some of the most memorable moments shared by incredible teams and volunteers.

  4. cronfar loteri 30

    Celebrating 30 years of National Lottery funding in Wales

    21st March 2025

    Since the first National Lottery draw in November 1994, more than £2.4 billion has been invested into good causes in Wales, benefiting more than 74,000 arts, community, sports and heritage projects throughout the country.

  5. Kyle mannock

    Celebrating the power of words on World Poetry Day

    21st March 2025

    To mark World Poetry Day, we spoke to two leading poetry organisations that have been supported by National Lottery funding – Verve Poetry Festival and The Poetry Society for a brief Q&A on why poetry remains as vital as ever.

  6. View of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, showcasing its iconic hexagonal columns

    Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with National Lottery funded projects

    14th March 2025

    Explore how National Lottery funding has preserved Northern Ireland’s cultural and heritage sites over 30 years.

  7. Kielder Observatory Panorama and Milky Way

    From scratchcards to stardust: The National Lottery’s space odyssey

    13th March 2025

    Discover key insights unearthed from 30 years of National Lottery funding data, revealing how space science and education have been supported – shaping discovery, learning and innovation across the UK

  8. Two women embracing, and one smiling, in an auditorium

    International Women’s Day: changing lives with National Lottery funding

    8th March 2025

    Celebrating the inspirational people and projects driving progress for women with National Lottery funding.

  9. Pictured L-R: Kate Beggs, Chair of the Northern Ireland National Lottery Forum and Northern Ireland director at The National Lottery Community Fund, Junior Minister Aisling Reilly, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Justin King CBE, Chair of Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery.

    The National Lottery celebrates 30 years of game changing funding in Northern Ireland

    5th March 2025

    Celebrating three decades of game changing funding in Northern Ireland.

  10. Ellie Taylor

    New research for National Lottery Open Week shows one in five make plans knowing they’ll cancel – but want to say ‘yes’ to more fun

    4th March 2025

    Comedian and National Lottery Open Week ambassador, Ellie Taylor encourages the nation to say ‘yes’ to more joy!

  11. Step into the movies: 10 iconic film locations to visit for free or with a discount this March

    25th February 2025

    10 iconic film locations to visit for free or with a discount this National Lottery Open Week

  12. A landscape picture of the domes of Eden Project

    National Lottery Open Week returns this spring

    17th February 2025

    This March, The National Lottery will once again be saying thank you to players for the £30 million they raise for Good Causes every week.