Press Releases

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1. CEO to step down at the end of the year

   3 June, 2020 in UK-wide

   Today our CEO, Dawn Austwick, has announced that she will be leaving the organisation at the end of this year.

2. Statement about the Coronavirus Community Support Fund

   20 May, 2020 in UK-wide

   The Government's new Coronavirus Community Support Fund is opening Friday 22nd May.

3. COVID-19: £120 million of National Lottery funding distributed to UK communities since start of the crisis

   15 May, 2020 in UK-wide

   Almost £120 million of National Lottery funding has gone to over 4,500 community projects across the UK since COVID-19 lockdown.

4. Diversity, equity and inclusion in a global pandemic

   17 April, 2020 in UK-wide

   Concepts and definitions of diversity, equity and inclusion will mean different things to different people based on very personal experiences.

5. Statement from Dawn Austwick, CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund regarding Government announcement on 8 April 2020

   8 April, 2020 in UK-wide

   People and communities are responding to this crisis in an inspiring and humbling way.

6. Our funding during COVID-19

   3 April, 2020 in UK-wide

   Please be reassured that we will continue to honour our current commitments and will continue to be flexible with existing grants. However, COVID-19 will be our priority.

7. Statement from Dawn Austwick, CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund: Our funding approach in response to COVID-19

   27 March, 2020 in UK-wide

   We are accelerating our distribution of £300m of National Lottery funding in the next six months in order to get money to where it needs to be during the COVID-19 outbreak.

8. Updated statement from Dawn Austwick, CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund: COVID-19

   17 March, 2020 in UK-wide

   An updated statement from the National Lottery Community Fund outlining how we will keep funds flowing to support people, communities and the organisations.

9. Community Action Response launched in the face of the emerging Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis

   12 March, 2020 in UK-wide

   Leaders from different sectors have today joined forces to launch the Community Action Response to encourage everyone to do what they can to support their communities and particularly vulnerable and isolated people during Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

10. Message from Dawn Austwick, CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund: COVID-19

    11 March, 2020 in UK-wide

    A statement from The National Lottery Community Fund to help guide and reassure those charities and community organisations we work with, as a result of COVID-19.