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Meithrin Natur - truly life-changing access to natural environment
27 August, 2025
Early access to nature is truly life-changing. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund has launched Meithrin Natur—a new £10 million programme to support the health and wellbeing of babies and young children in Wales through meaningful connections with the natural environment. In this blog, Dr Simone Lowthe Thomas, Chair of our Wales Committee, shares why this funding matters and how it aims to create lasting impact. Read more -
The power of partnerships to tackle climate change
23 July, 2024
Nick Gardner reflects on the Fund’s commitment to climate action. Read more -
Teesside community groups show us how climate action is done!
7 February, 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund made a pledge to support communities across the UK to be environmentally sustainable by including the environment as one of the key themes of our 2030 strategy. Read more -
Growing Great Ideas: supporting transformational change
14 July, 2021
How do you invest in and support transformational change? Read more -
Rebuilding our planet post-pandemic: communities and the climate crisis
21 April, 2021
Facing up to tackling climate change we know people and communities feel overwhelmed at the size of the challenge. Lifestyle changes are hard and reducing our carbon footprint feels impossible. Read more -
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 -
Supporting communities to take action on climate change – the Climate Action Fund so far..
26 January, 2021
It’s been 18 months since we launched the Climate Action Fund – a £100million fund that supports communities across the UK to take action on climate change - and a lot has happened in that time. Read more
