The National Lottery timeline

The first grants are awarded to projects across the UK! Among them are the Morecambe Brass Band who received National Lottery funding for new instruments and they are still going strong today

With the largest ever National Lottery grant at that time, National Lottery players provided £600m for the Millennium Dome, Now the o2 Arena

The Millennium Stadium, the biggest stadium in Wales, opens thanks to £46.3 million of National Lottery funding. It’s now known as the Principality Stadium.

The National Lottery funded Eden Project opens to the public! Thanks to National Lottery players, the biomes received over £56 million to become a new landmark for the South West

Waltham Forest Cricket Academy receives £16 of National Lottery funding to buy children’s cricket equipment, it’s one of our smallest ever grants. Since 1994, more than 2,200 grants for amounts under £100 have been awarded. In '03 Waltham Forest Cricket Academy got £16 to buy children’s cricket equipment But there was nothing 'little' about the annual tally to good causes in 2003 : more than 29,000 grants, totalling more than £1.7Bn.

£13m is awarded to the renaissance of the Cotswold Canals

The 200,000th National Lottery grant is awarded to the Cutty Sark Trust for the Cutty Sark Conservation project

The National Lottery awards £25 Million towards the ambitious Helix Project which is now home to the iconic Kelpies.

The home of the World War II code breakers Bletchley Park receives £5 million towards its restoration

The Design Museum moved to 'Kensington's cultural quarter' next to The Natural History Museum, V&A, and Science Museum - all four funded by the National Lottery. Meanwhile, £13M funded "Creu Hanes - Making History", the story of 200,000 years of human life in Wales, and upgraded the National Museum of Wales

National Lottery players help fund the FA's National Football Centre, also known as St George's Park. The facility is home to all 28 England National Football teams. PLACEHOLDER IMAGE

Thanks to you, the 400,000th National Lottery grant was awarded to Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

The public decides that The National Memorial Arboretum is England’s National Treasure. Over £8 million of Lottery funding turned the site near Lichfield into a fitting tribute to the nation’s fallen war heroes.

National Lottery funded athletes and Para athletes storm to medal success in Rio – Team GB and Paralympics GB came second in the medals tables. You played a big part in their success!

The National Lottery funded V&A Dundee opens. It’s Scotland’s first design museum

In 2019, we celebrate the impact players have had on the country over the past 25 years

In 2019, we celebrate the impact players have had on the country over the past 25 years