What’s New
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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.
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World championships, Olympic medallists, and a wheelchair league on a Wednesday. Welcome to Curl Aberdeen
11th March 2026
Every time you play the National Lottery, a share goes to good causes. Curl Aberdeen is one of them - a community venue built with National Lottery funding, where wheelchair curlers compete as the Winter Paralympics unfold in Italy.
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Last chance to unlock free UK days out in film, science, wildlife and more with a National Lottery ticket
10th March 2026
National Lottery Open Week gives players the chance to explore the extraordinary projects, hidden gems and iconic venues they help fund, through the £32 million raised for good causes every week.
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ParalympicsGB athletes ready to make history in Milano-Cortina 2026
9th March 2026
Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean are heading to the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics with ParalympicsGB - and say National Lottery funding has played a vital role in their journey to the Games.
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Animals aplenty: National Lottery Open Week 2026 roars into action
9th March 2026
Billions raised. Thousands of projects. Millions of wildlife encounters. This data-rich feature unearths how National Lottery funds have helped the UK’s animal kingdom — and what Open Week 2026 could mean for nature lovers ready to explore.
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Get your skates on: The family-run speed skating club growing the next gen
6th March 2026
Under the lights of the ice rink in Altrincham, a handful of skaters are keeping a winter sport alive. This is how the foundations of UK speed skating get built up, one steady session at a time.