What’s New
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The UK’s biggest ever music festival is coming to a venue near you
3rd June 2026
Everywhere At Once Powered by The National Lottery is a UK-wide music festival taking place 26th - 28th June across more than 400 venues, with over 2,000 artists performing to celebrate grassroots music and venues.
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Discover our top National Lottery funded places to visit this spring
28th May 2026
From family fun trails and castle adventures to wildlife encounters and stargazing sessions, here are a few National Lottery funded days out to visit this spring.
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The campaign helping more of us to rediscover a love for reading
26th May 2026
2026 is the National Year of Reading. Led by the Department for Education and the National Lottery-funded National Literacy Trust, it’s all about getting people reading for fun again.
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Taking action for Mental Health Awareness Week
8th May 2026
This Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May), we’re embracing the theme 'Take Action' and encouraging everyone to support good mental health. Discover ten simple, everyday tips from the Mental Health Foundation and try what works best for you.
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World Autism Acceptance Month: How National Lottery funding is helping Chameleon bring autistic voices to the stage
29th April 2026
This World Autism Acceptance Month, we're celebrating Chameleon, a dark comedy play supported by National Lottery funding that explores life as a newly diagnosed autistic woman with honesty and humour.
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Read all about it: From bookish Bradford’s City of Culture legacy to the nationwide Year of Reading 2026
22nd April 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
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Built to last: The growing legacy of a National Lottery funded scheme for Heritage skills
17th April 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.
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Flying down the slopes: how National Lottery funding is giving children with additional needs the thrill of skiing
13th March 2026
As ParalympicsGB competed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics, a National Lottery-funded charity in Wales showed how grassroots sport can change lives.
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Baroness Twycross visits the Foundling Museum for National Lottery Open Week
12th March 2026
Baroness Twycross joined The National Lottery at one of London's most-loved hidden gems, highlighting how National Lottery funding is transforming communities across the UK.
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Revealing the "HiDDEN" during National Lottery Open Week
12th March 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.
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From cosmos to classroom: National Lottery Open Week meets British Science Week
12th March 2026
Data-driven dive into nearly £3b of National Lottery funds to science of all kinds - key facilities, research, astronomy clubs, school science projects.
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Three of GB's Paralympic curlers train in a converted bowling hall in Dumfries
12th March 2026
Three of Great Britain’s Paralympic curlers trained in a converted bowling hall in south-west Scotland. As they competed at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games - marking 50 years since the first Winter Paralympics - the venue took part in National Lottery Open Week, offering free sessions to National Lottery players.