Hope Church Merthyr Tydfil, a food poverty charity are celebrating £78,000 for their Pantry project. Hope Church’s work initially began during the first lockdown as they shopped for those unable to leave the house, before evolving into delivering free, emergency, food parcels and offering a telephone befriending service.

Almost £100 million of vital National Lottery funding has gone to communities across England over the last three months supporting local and grassroots projects.

Communities across Northern Ireland are benefitting from more than £5.8 million announced today by The National Lottery Community Fund.