You’re changing lives across the UK for the better – here’s the list of the 15 brilliant things you did over the past few weeks.
Over the past four weeks you've raised over £130 million and supported more than 1,600 projects across the UK. That money is supporting projects and people all across the UK – from revamping national treasures to enabling our athletes to realise their dreams. Here’s a quick round up of what you've made possible in the last few weeks alone.
From supporting incredible people
- Athletes like Mo Farah, Jess Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson build on their Olympic legacy at the 2015 Anniversary Games, inspiring future generations
- £1.6M to help British Olympic athletes be at their best in Rio in 2016
- £1.6M to community organisations in Glasgow
- £30M for charities that help people through times of crises
To restoring natural beauty
- Making over 170 ponds and lakes full of life again
- Reopening five parks that were once unloved and unvisited
From the historically significant
- £4.78M for the new Brunel Museum in Bristol
- £3M boost to Norfolk’s museums
- A further £4M for local communities to explore the impact of the First World War as the nation marked one year until the centenary of the Battle of the Somme
- Britain on Film launched – giving everyone the chance to look at archive footage about their local area
- Revamping Newcastle’s Hatton Gallery
- Preserving music halls like Hoxton Hall
To creating connections
- Over £25 million went to 736 community projects, supporting projects for all ages and interests – from teenagers’ football clubs, to mums and toddler groups, and over 60s activity networks
- £438,900 given to open up museums and culture projects to those with sight loss
- £136,000 to artists based in the Midlands celebrating our cultural links with India
Thank you. Since the National Lottery began, you've supported over 450,000 projects across the UK and raised over £34 billion.
Brunel Museum image credit: © Dave Norton.
British Athletics image credit: © Getty.
The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,000 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.
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