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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Taking climate action by tackling waste and championing sustainable consumption
24 February, 2021
Our recently launched second round of the Climate Action Fund has a clear focus on waste and sustainable consumption. From repair & re-use to food waste, from tackling a culture of consumerism to deep-dives on individual waste streams, we know that a wide range of community-led approaches are already being implemented across the UK in approaching this issue. We’re looking for exemplar projects which demonstrate how communities can work together to tackle the carbon emissions associated with an increasingly wasteful society. Read more -
February 2021 Update from our Interim CEO John Rose
17 February, 2021
We are already over a month in to 2021 and it’s clear that the COVID rollercoaster and the ongoing impact on people, communities and the sector is not going to end anytime soon. In this context, we are being careful to keep one eye on the ‘here and now’ and the other focussed on the future. Read more -
Andy Haldane: Social capital is the glue that binds communities together
28 January, 2021
Past pandemics have tended to collapse the capital on which capitalism is built: physical capital, human capital and financial capital. Yet there is one capital that, historically and currently, has bucked these trends: social capital. Read more
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 -
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 -
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
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.