The National Lottery Community Fund has today announced major funding of £1,697,257 to bring communities together to tackle food sustainability in Derry/Londonderry.

Grants include helping babies and toddlers in Blaenau Gwent and improving wellbeing by learning traditional crafts in Carmarthenshire.

Organisations from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Northern Ireland are benefitting from over £1.3 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund NI.