Skip to main content

What’s New - Heritage

  1. Game Changers Podcast promo image with Aimee Fuller

    '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.

  2. Heritage Game Changers pictured at Whitby Abbey

    Seven Heritage Game Changers celebrated with huge land-art installation as part of The National Lottery’s 30th Birthday

    16th September 2024

    A giant land artwork – the size of 4 Olympic swimming pools - has today been revealed at Whitby Abbey, as part of The National Lottery’s 30th birthday celebrations.

  3. JJ Chalmers pictured holding a National Lottery Game Changers trophy.

    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.

  4. A man (Bill Bailey) and a woman (Scarlett Moffatt) dress shakespearenly at The Royal Shakespeare Company

    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.

  5. Visitors admiring a paiting in the Court Room of Founding Museum

    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.

  6. A group of punk people playing instruments with a National Lottery Awards trophie

    Leicester punk project wins top national award

    20th December 2023

    Punk: Rage & Revolution project, which explores the story of Britain’s iconic 1970s Punk scene, has been named English Project of the Year in the 2023 National Lottery Awards.

  7. Alison and Kieran from Bangor Courthouse and Gary Lightbody.

    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.

  8. Friends of Hartwood Paupers’ Cemetery with their trophy.

    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.

  9. Three women (Wildlife presenter Liz bonnin and presenter Mollie King with artist Georgia Tucker) posing for a picture.

    Liz Bonnin and Mollie King shine a spotlight on the UK’s most endangered species with new National Lottery ‘Habitats of Hope’ exhibition as COP28 commences

    1st December 2023

    To mark the beginning of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, award-winning TV presenter and scientist, Liz Bonnin along with radio and TV presenter, Mollie King unveiled ‘Habitats of Hope’, an immersive exhibition at the Horniman Museum and Gardens created by The National Lottery. The new exhibition celebrates the lesser-known UK species that have been saved through the incredible work of projects run by various organisations supported by National Lottery funding.

  10. Christmas lights in Regent Street at peak time.

    Our top National Lottery funded locations to visit this Christmas

    27th November 2023

    With December in full swing, take a look at some of our top picks for the holiday season at National Lottery funded venues and locations across the UK.

  11. Sir Tony Robinson and Esther Fox with her National Lottery Award.

    Sir Tony Robinson honours Hastings Heritage champion with National Lottery Award

    23rd October 2023

    Britain’s foremost face of popular history, Sir Tony Robinson, has honoured an inspirational heritage winner with a National Lottery Award to celebrate her incredible work in transforming the museum experience for disabled people.

  12. A woman (Sam Quek) wearing a gold medal on a hockey field

    'Amazing Starts Here' podcast is back for Season Two with Sam Quek as the new host

    14th September 2023

    'Amazing Starts Here' podcast is back for it's season two, with Sam Quek as the new host, sharing the stories of ordinary people who do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding.