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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Volunteers’ Week - An unprecedented response to an unprecedented crisis
1 June, 2021
Using new data taken from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund evaluation, this Volunteers’ Week we’re able to share an unprecedented insight into the impact and benefits of volunteering. Read more -
Why you should Love Coventry – 2021’s UK City of Culture
17 May, 2021
Last Thursday (12 May), the team at Coventry City of Culture Trust announced the Love Coventry programme, and £1.3 million of new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. Read more -
Helping us evidence the impact of our funding
28 April, 2021
At The National Lottery Community Fund, we believe it is important that we learn from our funding so we can improve the way we support organisations and communities in the future. 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.