
News
If you want to find out about what’s happening at The National Lottery Community Fund, you’ve come to the right place. You can read the latest news on: the community groups and charities we fund, how we work with the Government and other funders to distribute National Lottery money and how we support local communities across the UK to become more active, vibrant and stronger together.
Blog posts
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Emerging Futures Fund: Joining the Dots to Make Lasting Change
21 December, 2020
A look at the themes and issues coming out of our Emerging Futures Fund so far. Read more- Article author
Catherine Miller
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- Civil Society
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Developing Good Digital Grant Making Practice
18 December, 2020
Over the last year, the National Lottery Community Fund has been exploring how we can develop our staff’s confidence and capability when it comes to making decisions and judgements about grants that involve digital, data and technology. Read more- Article author
Melissa Ray
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- Digital
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Who applied to the Emerging Futures Fund?
16 December, 2020
More about who applied to our Emerging Futures Fund. Including those we weren’t able to fund but who’s stories, voices and ideas remain really important to us. Read more- Article author
Andriana Ntziadima
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- Civil Society
People Stories
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Swansea volunteer using his experience to help others
15 December, 2020
Richard is a volunteer at the Congolese Development Project in Swansea, helping people who, like him, have just arrived in the country Read more- Article author
Rosie Stephens
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The pen pal scheme connecting children in hospital to the outside world
7 December, 2020
Ward Wire, the brainchild of Fahad, medical student and former volunteer at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, is helping children in long-term wards communicate with people their own age. Read more- Article author
Rosie Stephens
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Volunteering is just the beginning
1 December, 2020
Youth worker Jade owes her blossoming career to volunteering. Just three years after volunteering at the YMCA East Surrey, she’s now a full-time employee, coordinating and running sessions for adults with additional needs. Read more- Article author
Hannah Lewis
Press Releases
Our press releases will give you the key facts about funding announcements, new grants or research, special events, launches, which charities have been awarded funding, innovative projects, best practice in the sector and more.