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From theatre makers to crafters and welders, the artists of Artitude are using creativity to connect with nature, waste ...
17/06/2026

From theatre makers to crafters and welders, the artists of Artitude are using creativity to connect with nature, waste and climate action.

Led by Playhouse Derry and supported by our Climate Action Fund, the project brings people together to explore environmental issues through art.

By getting creative together, Artitude makes climate action personal. It helps ease anxiety about climate change, and inspires people to care for natural spaces we often take for granted.

Find out more about our environmental funding by visiting our website: https://ow.ly/8zWM50ZbMi7

12/06/2026

It’s game, set, match for everyone here at Yarm Tennis Club 🎾

Thanks to over £16,500 funding, walking tennis and wheelchair sessions are bringing people together, improving accessibility to the game and enhancing wellbeing.

Hear from the club's coach, John, and participants about how the sessions are helping them to stay active, build friendships and rediscover their potential.

Smashing! 💥

Video description: Shots of people playing walking tennis and taking part in wheelchair tennis.

Today we announce almost £60 million in grants to help tackle the root causes of poverty, disadvantage and discriminatio...
11/06/2026

Today we announce almost £60 million in grants to help tackle the root causes of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination in communities across England, for up to ten years.

These 13 awards, the first from our Solidarity Fund, are our latest commitment to addressing inequity and inequality – targeting communities where people feel least listened to and in control.

One of the organisations receiving funding from the Solidarity Fund is The Black South West Network (BSWN) based in Bristol. Sado Jirde, CEO of BSWN, said: “BSWN has a long track record of supporting community-led change across the South West, and we know that tackling racial inequality requires sustained, long term investment. This funding is significant – not only for BSWN, but for the communities and organisations we work alongside.

“Support from The National Lottery Community Fund through The Solidarity Fund demonstrates a commitment to addressing inequality and backing community led solutions. We are committed to making the most of this opportunity, and to being accountable, not just to The National Lottery Community Fund, but to the communities whose futures this work is in service of.”

At The National Lottery Community Fund, we’re refocusing our efforts. Shifting from funding community projects to community power. So that, together, we can create a stronger, more inclusive and fairer society. For everyone.

Read more about the Solidarity Fund here: https://ow.ly/FVBz50Zakju

Small doesn’t mean less powerful. 💪Q***r Croydon shared some helpful advice for funding applications. And why knowing ...
09/06/2026

Small doesn’t mean less powerful. 💪

Q***r Croydon shared some helpful advice for funding applications. And why knowing your community is key.

Their top tips:
• Listen to your community and find out what they need
• Your lived experience matters. Being small and local is a strength
• Be honest and direct
• Say clearly what you want to do and why it matters
• Keep track of the difference your work makes

Read all their inspirational advice on our website: https://ow.ly/BeGu50Z9opG

08/06/2026

Meet Fatemah, one of our brilliant Youth Voice Advisors.

She once thought that making change is something you do when you are older. Now, she’s using her lived experience to help decide where National Lottery funding can make the biggest difference.

By championing the voices of young people, we encourage them to lead, act, and influence the decisions that affect their lives.


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This Volunteers' Week we’re celebrating a project driven by volunteers making a real difference in their community in th...
05/06/2026

This Volunteers' Week we’re celebrating a project driven by volunteers making a real difference in their community in the Dyfi Valley.

Edible Mach is a grassroots organisation working to strengthen food resilience. Through their Grow, Cook, Eat Together project, they’re helping local communities learn how to grow and cook nutritious food using locally sourced ingredients.

Volunteers are at the heart of everything they do, from distributing seed packs and running after-school gardening clubs to supporting workshops in care homes. Thanks to their time and dedication, the project is able to reach and support even more people across the community.

By offering activities like cookery sessions and community gardening in towns and villages across the Dyfi Valley, they’re creating welcoming spaces where people can connect, build relationships and feel a stronger sense of belonging.

We asked Alice Read, Project Manager at Edible Mach, what she’d say to someone considering volunteering:

“Volunteering is a really great way to make new friends. I think it can be quite hard to make friends when you don’t necessarily have a lot of free time or maybe you’re not doing the school run anymore.

It’s a great way to get to know people in your local community, and it really can benefit your mental health and prevent isolation. While you’re doing something, it doesn’t feel awkward like you’re expected to turn up and talk. You’re engaged in a useful activity.”

As we celebrate Volunteers' Week, we recognise and thank all volunteers who make a difference every day.

Last year, over 200 volunteers at Earth Trust donated an incredible 21,190 hours of volunteer time. 💪This amazing group ...
03/06/2026

Last year, over 200 volunteers at Earth Trust donated an incredible 21,190 hours of volunteer time. 💪

This amazing group of volunteers is making a huge difference to nature and their local community. Together, they plant native hedges and trees, sow wildflowers, run wildlife surveys, help children engage with the natural world and much more.

Thanks to them, more and more people get the chance to explore and enjoy the environment on their doorstep.

Plus Earth Trust are building their own supportive community in the process. So volunteers can find friendships and learn new skills.

This , we’re celebrating the dedicated volunteers who are making communities better across the UK.

Thank you! 💚

02/06/2026

“Your voice is valuable, your perspective is valued, your opinions are important, you can be a catalyst for change.” 🎤

Meet Callum, one of our Wales Committee members. His journey into youth voice began at his local theatre club. Struggling with his sexuality while growing up in a rural area, Callum often felt isolated — but the theatre became a space where he could be himself.

That confidence helped him find his path into youth work, and into shaping funding decisions that impact young people across Wales.

This Power of Youth Day, we’re standing on common ground with young people who shape and strengthen our work every day.

Over the past three years, we’ve invested £245 million in almost 900 projects shaped by young people — creating opportunities for them to lead, act, and influence the decisions that affect their lives.



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Video description: Shots of Callum talking to camera interspersed with shots of him visiting a community group, including touring a community kitchen and taking part in an exercise class.

With new ONS figures out today showing more than 1 million young people are not in employment, education or training (NE...
28/05/2026

With new ONS figures out today showing more than 1 million young people are not in employment, education or training (NEET), we’re spotlighting National Lottery-funded projects helping young people build confidence, skills and opportunities for the future.

Graeme Duncan leads Right to Succeed a Merseyside-based project helping children and young people in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities build brighter futures and boost their chances of finding work.

On the ONS report, Graeme said: “We should be very concerned. The transition at 16 from school into post-16 education, employment and training is a key life stage for young people. The impact for the young person, and the economic and social implications for society are really significant, and the scale of the problem now means this is becoming a national emergency.

“We also need to recognise that stereotyping an entire generation of young people seems to have become an acceptable form of discrimination, and the stereotype couldn’t be further from the truth in our experience.”

This is the case with Callum, 19, who has been supported by National Lottery funded Skills Exchange SCIO in East Kilbride to enable young people to gain qualifications in rural skills.

Callum said: “I didn’t really have much confidence, and I found meeting new people and being in new places really hard because of my autism. I mostly kept to myself and didn’t really leave the house much because my anxiety was so bad. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do or where my life was going.

“The support from Skills Exchange honestly changed a lot for me. They helped me come out my comfort zone, build my confidence, and realise I’m capable of more than I thought. I’ve made new friends, learned loads of new skills, and now I’ve got a job doing something I actually enjoy. I genuinely think if I hadn’t joined the course, I’d probably still be stuck at home struggling and without a job. Now I feel like I’ve finally found direction in my life.”

Thanks to National Lottery players, we fund projects that support young people’s confidence, wellbeing, and friendships. Over the past three years, we've awarded almost £574 million to almost 7,500 projects supporting children and young people (age 0-25) across the UK.

Today we announced our largest ever single investment in Northern Ireland, together with the Department of Health NI and...
26/05/2026

Today we announced our largest ever single investment in Northern Ireland, together with the Department of Health NI and Third Sector, for Together for Families, a transformational project that will make it easier for children, young people and families to get coordinated early intervention support in their communities, before problems reach crisis point.

This is about long-term systems change: helping services, communities and trusted voluntary and community organisations work better together, so families can access the right support earlier, closer to home and before challenges escalate.

Dame Julia Cleverdon, Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund said: "We are delighted to have made this major investment of £30m alongside government for the £60m Together for Families project. We believe it will create lasting improvements for families across Northern Ireland, and we hope to learn much of value for communities across the UK.”

General information is in our press release on our website at https://ow.ly/pnSL50Z4bKP

We look forward to sharing more information on Together for Families over the coming months.

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