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People urged to visit repair cafes as research shows 60% throw away everyday household appliances
Repair Café Lambeth, backed by The National Lottery Community Fund, helps people fix everyday items this Recycling Week 2025 to cut waste and save money.
Join us in addressing health inequities through our new partnership
On 15 October 2025, The National Lottery Community Fund will launch the Health Inequities: Structural Racism and Discrimination Partnership.
What’s better than communities receiving truly life-changing funding? Giving them the power to decide where the money goes
David Knott shares why we’ve partnered with government on the £175m Community Wealth Fund to support disadvantaged communities in England.
Disadvantaged communities across England to receive bespoke funding pots to improve their areas – and local residents to hold the purse strings
Discover how the most disadvantaged communities in England will receive new, individual pots of funding, with residents empowered to award the funding.
1 in 3 UK adults have binned brand-new clothes in the last year, 'wreaking havoc' on the environment
Nearly one in three adults (32%) have thrown away brand new clothes in the last year, adding an estimated 1.4 billion items of clothing to clothing waste.
Londoners invited to join major celebration of their local community
From Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September, 200 community groups – based across every London borough – will host events as part of the Mayor’s Community Weekend.
New National Lottery programme launched to give babies and early years children best start in life through connection to nature
Babies, children, and their families across Wales are set to get closer to nature thanks to a National Lottery programme that aims to improve early years health and wellbeing.
Reflections from the Health and Social Care Committee visit to Blackpool Better Start
Claire Dunne, Senior Research and Development Manager at the National Children’s Bureau, discusses A Better Start's impact on an inquiry into the first 1000 days of a child’s life.
A Better Start programme’s impact on the government’s new early years strategy
Sarah Creek, Early Years Programme Lead at NCB, reflects on how A Better Start’s learning and evidence has influenced the Best Start in Life strategy.
The National Lottery Community Fund appoints Dr. David Halpern CBE as advisor to its Board
The National Lottery Community Fund has announced that it has appointed Dr. David Halpern CBE as advisor to its Board.