Three new partnerships in Wales are celebrating after being awarded over £8.3 million of money raised thanks to National Lottery players to help end homelessness. A new scheme to award up to £3 million of funding to address rural homelessness will shortly be announced.
Projects encouraging Scots to reduce their waste and consumption habits to help tackle the climate emergency are today sharing in almost £1.8 million from The National Lottery Community Fund.
The National Lottery Community Fund has today announced £150,000 of funding to North West Play Resource Centre (Playhouse), to lead on an ambitious arts based community project to change behaviours and attitudes to climate and waste in the North West.
The National Lottery Community Fund awarded nearly £100,000 Friends of Cymru Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia CIC to provide tailored and sensitive support the families they work with. During the pandemic people with Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia were more vulnerable to COVID-19 than the general population and there is both stigma and a lack of understanding about the condition.
An organisation using sport to bring people together and a rural mental health support group are among 15 projects receiving grants totalling £1,303,790 to secure their long-term future.
Over the last five years, more than £48.5m of National Lottery funding has gone to charities and community groups working to build social connections and address loneliness across the East of England.
As we welcome in a new year, new research from The National Lottery Community Fund shows that almost three quarters of people in Wales feel part of their local community.
