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What’s New - Wales

  1. Give something new a go...

    7th June 2021

    Give something new a go this National Lottery Open Week...

  2. Friend of The National Lottery Chris Packham encourages us to go green

    19th April 2021

    Naturalist and environmental campaigner Chris Packham is encouraging the public to learn how they can be greener.

  3. It Takes A Village - A Parenting Podcast from The National Lottery

    11th March 2021

    ‘It Takes a Village’ is an uplifting and informative parenting mini-podcast series brought to you by The National Lottery dealing from baby loss to banks.

  4. A woman (Kristal Lowe) in the main space rehearsal space at Ballet Cymru

    Ballet Cymru: a dancer finds her feet in Wales

    1st March 2021

    Krystal Lowe, a young dancer from Bermuda, has found her feet in Wales with help from National Lottery funded project Ballet Cymru.

  5. A group of four young British Armed Forces friends in black and white.

    British Armed Forces veterans’ exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project

    3rd February 2021

    18 former servicemen, including men who served in Egypt, Jordan, Singapore and Iraq, are involved in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered.

  6. £8.75 million National Lottery boost for the Newport Transporter Bridge

    22nd January 2021

    The world's most complete, surviving transporter bridge – the 114-year-old Newport Transporter Bridge in South Wales, is set to become a major tourist attraction thanks to an £8.75 million National Lottery grant.

  7. National Lottery funded film is 'rare' and 'superb'...

    13th January 2021

    A closer look at National Lottery supported film 'THE REASON I JUMP'.

  8. Grassroots sports champions honoured by iconic sports venues and sporting legends

    15th December 2020

    Iconic sports venues across England and Wales are today changing their names for a day to honour grassroots sport community workers and volunteers who have gone above and beyond during lockdown.

  9. Everyday Sailors

    15th December 2020

    "One thing we've always tried to be is an open club,” notes Ken Newing. “It's ordinary, everyday people sailing.”

  10. Social Running

    15th December 2020

    2020 was the year The Lliswerry Runners Club in Newport South Wales turned 35. It was also the year that life turned upside down.

  11. Still Standing

    1st December 2020

    Even prehistoric monuments built 5,000 years ago couldn’t escape the paralyzing effects of the pandemic.

  12. A One Man Band

    1st December 2020

    Set up in 2000, The Penllergare Trust aims to restore and protect an area of 268 acres, five miles outside Swansea, including a large walled garden and an orchid house that was thought to be one of the first in the UK.