What’s New - Community and charity
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'Game Changers' podcast is back for Season Three with Aimee Fuller as the new host
13th November 2024
'Game Changers' podcast is back for season three with a new name and Aimee Fuller as the new host, Game Changers will feature the stories of ordinary people who do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding over the last 30 years.
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Celebrating 30 years: Art installation honouring seven Community Game Changers unveiled in London
12th September 2024
A stunning installation honouring seven Game Changers from across the UK has been unveiled to kick-off The National Lottery’s 30th birthday celebrations.
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Adjoa Andoh urges the public to nominate their favourite Game Changers as part of The National Lottery’s 30th Birthday celebrations
1st July 2024
Actor Adjoa Andoh, who plays the formidable Lady Danbury in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, spoke to us about her life, career and why she wanted to get involved in our 30th Birthday Game Changers campaign.
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Former Strictly star and Invictus Games gold medalist, JJ Chalmers, joins The National Lottery on the hunt for the UK’s Game Changers
20th May 2024
As part of the National Lottery’s 30th Birthday celebrations, former Royal Marine Commando and broadcaster, JJ Chalmers, has launched the search to find 30 people who have done extraordinary things over the last 30 years with the help of The National Lottery.
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New research for National Lottery Open Week reveals how many of us want to stop scrolling and open up to new experiences
28th February 2024
Bill Bailey and Scarlett Moffatt, National Lottery Open Week ambassadors, encourage the nation to get out there and experience something new.
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The National Lottery Open Week returns this spring with free and discounted entry to venues across the UK
14th February 2024
To say thank you for the £30 million raised for Good Causes every week by players, hundreds of National Lottery funded venues across the UK will be offering free entry, discounts and special offers throughout National Lottery Open Week.
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Pop icon Martin Kemp presents Wirral brain cancer survivor and charity founder with major award
20th December 2023
Martin Kemp, has honoured an inspirational Wirral man who survived the world’s deadliest brain cancer with a National Lottery Award in recognition of his incredible work in establishing a charity to improve the quality of life for anyone with a diagnosis of cancer.
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Snow Patrol star Gary Lightbody honours Bangor Court House with National Lottery award
14th December 2023
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody returned to his hometown to crown Bangor Court House as the 2023 National Lottery Project of the Year.
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Wildlife expert and TV presenter honours fin-tastic Welsh shark project
12th December 2023
Award winning naturalist and wildlife TV presenter Iolo Williams has honoured an inspirational project which aims to safeguard and increase people’s understanding of rare sharks living off the Welsh coast.
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Volunteer group remembering the lost souls of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery wins Scottish Project of the Year Award
7th December 2023
A community group who came together to restore an old paupers’ graveyard at the former Hartwood Asylum near Shotts has won a top national award.
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Brighton and Hove Albion football legend honours Brighton community hero with major National Lottery Award
24th November 2023
Brighton and Hove Albion football legend, Bobby Zamora, has honoured an inspirational Brighton resident with an iconic National Lottery Award, to celebrate his incredible work in establishing the Brighton Table Tennis Club.
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Scarlette Douglas unveils symbolic sculpture dedicated to Windrush pioneers at Tilbury Docks to mark Black History Month
31st October 2023
In commemoration of Black History Month, and the 75th anniversary of Windrush we’ve unveiled a unique piece of art, a wireframe recreation of HMT Empire Windrush, at Tilbury Docks, the port where the ship docked in 1948.