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Awarding @TNLUK funding to strengthen society and improve lives across the UK. #ItStartsWithCommunity Available Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm. 📞 0345 4 10 20 30.
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Big Lottery Fund statement on proposed grant to Mermaids: .
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Ending the year with some festive funding cheer! 🎊. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded almost £580m to over 11,500 community groups across England in 2023. Find out how National Lottery funding is being used to strengthen society and improve lives. 👇
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📢Climate Action Fund is now open for applications!. To date, our Climate Action Fund has awarded almost £37 million to 48 projects across the UK. Now we want to hear from groups that focus on link between nature & climate. 🌳🌏. Read more. #ClimateFundUK
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We’re launching a new £15m Digital Fund to support charities and community organisations. It’s about helping these organisations to use digital tools and approaches to support people and communities to thrive.
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📢. We’re excited to share that thanks to #NationalLottery players, we’ve awarded almost £252m funding to over 5,000 community groups in England. Find out more about these inspiring projects. ⬇️.
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FUNDING NEWS! We’ve awarded almost £133m funding to over 2,400 community groups in England. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, this funding will support the things that matter to communities & help them meet local challenges, cost-of-living pressures & impact of the pandemic.
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Our review of proposed Mermaids UK funding is now complete. You can read our statement and a report on the review at:
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Following today’s Govt announcement we can confirm applications for Coronavirus Community Support Fund will open on our website at 10am Friday 22nd May to support communities through COVID-19.
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Our CEO @DawnJAustwick has issued this updated statement outlining how The National Lottery Community Fund will keep funds flowing to support people, communities and organisations as we navigate a path through Covid-19.👇.
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From 30th January we’ll be known as The National Lottery Community Fund!. We want to make sure that people understand who we are, what we do, and how National Lottery funding could help them - our purpose is to support people and communities to thrive.
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📢 Exciting funding news!. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded over £203 million in vital funding to almost 4,000 community groups in England in the last quarter!. See how National Lottery funding is being used to shape communities futures.⬇️.
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Yes, it’s official! We’re now The National Lottery Community Fund and you can find out about the great work we do across the UK by visiting our dedicated country pages at @TNLComFundNI, @TNLComFundWales (@CronGymYLG ) and @TNLComFundScot. Read more here:
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Fantastic to see The Dracaena Centre had a visit from The Prince and Princess of Wales! Thanks to #NationalLottery players, this vibrant hub is using £406,000 to provide a range of services for local people of all ages that help to bring the community together. @KensingtonRoyal.
What a brilliant place The Dracaena Centre is!. With everything from wellbeing support services to early childhood groups, spaces for all sorts of sport and other activities, you can really see why the centre is so special to the community. [3/3]
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The Duchess of Cambridge has been a great supporter of our #ABetterStart programme and our commitment to promoting good childhood development. The Centre for Early Childhood aims to drive awareness and action to make positive change. #BigChangeStartsSmall.
Today I’m proud to be launching The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood — let’s embrace this golden opportunity to create a happier, more mentally healthy and more nurturing society.
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Applications to the Building Connections Fund are now open! Grants of up to £100,000 are available to projects that support people to feel more connected to their communities; sparking friendships and encouraging a sense of belonging. Apply ➡
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Here is our latest statement from CEO @DawnJAustwick setting out our plan for our next six months funding in response to Covid-19 .
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Delighted to hear the Chancellor’s announcement of a support package for charities and looking forward to working with Government to support communities responding to COVID-19 👇.
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📢 EXCITING FUNDING NEWS!. We’ve awarded over £90 million #NationalLottery funding to more than 2,700 groups across England. This funding will support communities as they continue to build back stronger and come together in the year ahead. Read more:
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Today we share our bold new strategy to 2030. We’ve listened and we're committed to making the biggest impact with our funding. The next chapter starts now and #ItStartsWithCommunity. Explore the strategy here ➡️
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🎉 EXCITING FUNDING NEWS! . More than 2,250 community projects are receiving a share of over £65 million of #NationalLottery funding! This money raised by National Lottery players will help communities across England to thrive. Full list of projects 👉
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🥳🎉 Let’s hear it for the 3,000 community groups that have just been awarded almost £100 million of #NationalLottery funding. This vital funding will help people and communities to build back from the pandemic, prosper and thrive.
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Help find missing children.@missingpeople are sharing appeals today.RT #TheBigTweet
http://t.co/LIebWcNQV5.
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Exciting funding news!📢. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded just under £118m to almost 2,400 community groups across England in the last quarter. Find out how National Lottery funding is being used to strengthen society & improve lives. ⬇️.
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We’ve awarded almost £65 million of #NationalLottery funding to over 2000 community groups. 📢. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, communities across England are building back stronger into the New Year and beyond. ✨. Read more:
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📢. Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we’ve awarded another £122m funding to over 2,500 community groups in England. Find out more about these inspiring projects. ⬇️
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🎉 EXCITING FUNDING NEWS! . More than 3,000 community projects are receiving a share of over £88 million of #NationalLottery funding! This money raised by National Lottery players will help communities across England to thrive.
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We’re partnering with @DCMS and @Coop_Foundation to create a new £11m Building Connections Fund ➡ Supporting charities and community groups that are working to bring people together 🤝. Find out more:
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📢 Today we’ve announced more details on The UK Fund – a new £15 million programme to connect communities. This is one of our first significant commitments as part of our new strategy, #ItStartsWithCommunity, which will create long-term and transformational change.
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A total of £11.5 million has been awarded to tackle loneliness across England; giving people access to befriending services, community groups and support schemes ⬇.
Over 100 organisations to receive money from £11.5m loneliness fund
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Applications are now OPEN for our Digital Fund! . Thanks to #NationalLottery players, grants of up to £500k are available. How to apply:
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From tomorrow, we will be known as The National Lottery Community Fund. As the UK's largest community funder, we're responsible for awarding 40% of the money raised by National Lottery players for good causes to projects that help communities to thrive.
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We’re delighted to welcome @BlondelCluff as the new Chair of our Board. Blondel Cluff CBE joins us at an important time for communities and will lead us, as we support people across the UK to continue to thrive thanks to #NationalLottery players.
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We’re so excited that the voting is now open for The #PeoplesProjects!. Find out about the fantastic community projects in your local area – and vote to help them win up to £50,000 of #NationalLottery funding ✨
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📣 Exciting funding news! Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded over £144 million in vital funding to almost 2,500 community groups in England in the last quarter!
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📣 Young People have your say! We’re designing a new £90M programme with @DCMS to help young people overcome barriers and reach their full potential. If you're aged 16-24 share your thoughts in this short survey ⬇️.
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We’re working with @DCMS to help tackle loneliness. Projects that help people build connections can apply for funding from £30,000 up to £100,000. Applications close 24th August. Find out more ➡️
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If you haven’t heard, @TNLComFund has a new Young People in the Lead advisory panel. All of the 12 members have lived experience with social issues affecting young people in England & we’ll be introducing each of them to you over the next 2 weeks. More.👇
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1/5. 📢 EXCITING FUNDING NEWS!. We’ve awarded almost £65 million #NationalLottery funding to more than 2,000 community groups in England. This vital funding, raised by National Lottery players, will support communities to prosper. ⬇️Scroll to see some of the groups ⬇️
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We’ve supported 10,000+ organisations with over £300m to work for communities across the UK. Our commitment remains strong, we'll support people & communities most affected by #COVID19, we'll listen & learn & ensure our funding is accessible to all. More:.
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Today we're excited to launch a new index tool, complied by @socialvalueuk, to give small & medium-sized charities, community groups & voluntary organisations free support to monitor & measure their impact. Find out more:
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DID YOU KNOW? Three quarters of people in the UK say the environment is important to them in 2020? 🌎 . 2020 is the year for action. 💪 What climate action will you be taking this year? Comment below 👇
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Our CEO @DawnJAustwick announces the launch of our £100m Climate Action Fund, to enable people & communities to take the lead in tackling the climate emergency. #climatefunduk
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Small grants are the vital building blocks of communities. #NationalLottery Awards for All is changing, with community projects now able to apply for up to £20,000 in funding.
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🎉🥳Can you hear cheering? That’s about 1,600 community projects in England celebrating their share of over £58 million of funding! . Thanks to #NationalLottery players, community & youth-focused projects across England are jumping for joy. Congrats all.👏.
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The Building Connections Fund will tackle loneliness across England by helping organisations to make the most of local spaces 🏘 explore the use of technology as a communication tool 💻 & improve transport links in rural areas 🚌 .
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Big News: we’ve awarded £1.5m #NationalLottery funding to @FunPalaces! . The funding will help support people across the UK to create cultural events & activities in their local communities 🎪🎨⚽️🔭🎬🥁🔬🏓🧶🎭. Find out more & put on your own event ⬇️.
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We're starting a new chapter with the announcement of our new Chief Executive David Knott. "My commitment is to put communities first, achieving more impact across the UK & lead the way for fairness and inclusion for all as we emerge from the pandemic".
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Ahead of #COP26, we have opened a new funding programme, #TogetherforOurPlanet, to support communities across the UK taking action on #ClimateChange. Deadline for applications is 5pm on Thursday 18 November. Find out more. 👇🌎 .#NationalLottery
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On the first ever Multiple Disadvantage Day, these MPs have pledged to #SeeTheFullPicture & help reduce the stigma associated w/ Multiple Disadvantage. See how #NationalLottery funding is supporting people to lead fulfilling lives in their community:
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Today, we announced plans to put young people at the heart of designing a £90 million scheme to help tackle youth unemployment. Find out more here:
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New year, new name! 🎉🎇.From 29 January 2019 we'll be called The National Lottery Community Fund. We'll continue to award #NationalLottery funding to fantastic projects that bring people together and help their communities to thrive. Learn more 👉.…
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Did you hear the news? We're proud to announce the launch of our new £100m Climate Action Fund, to enable people & communities to take the lead in tackling the #climateemergency. 💪🌳🍃. #climatefunduk
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We're talking to applicants and grant-holders about the impact of #COVID19. If you think we can help your organisation, apply for funding at or talk to us 👉.#NationalLottery
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The response of communities to the crisis has been truly inspiring. We’ve awarded all Government grants through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund & will continue to distribute National Lottery funding to communities. Latest update from our CEO here👇.
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We're celebrating 25 years & £40 billion raised by National Lottery players for @LottoGoodCauses by posting & sharing your crossed finger selfies today - so get posting!. Don't forget to include #NationalLottery25 & tag .@TNLComFund.🤩🥳. Learn more👉
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We're delighted to announce today that we've teamed up with @DCMS to provide a new £4M fund to help small charities and community groups working to reduce #loneliness by building #community connections across England.
£4 million in small grants for projects alleviating loneliness. On day 9️⃣ of our #LetsTalkLoneliness calendar we’re announcing funding for small charities and community groups tackling isolation and loneliness.
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Please focus on helping your communities and we’ll be flexible about your current grant, whether that is around reporting or changes to events. You can get in touch via email – directly to your Funding Officer or using our enquiries line.
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Calling all 16-24 year olds! 📣 Help us design our new £90M programme with @DCMS, to help young people facing barriers to work to reach their full potential. Share your thoughts in this short survey:
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Happy Friday everyone - the @DCMS Govt’s Coronavirus Community Support Fund is now open for applications! Apply here for funding to help you support your community in England through COVID-19.
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Our new social isolation report reveals loneliness can affect everyone from children to older people. That's why @DawnJAustwick & partners from the public & charity sectors are talking about how we can #EndLoneliness. Read & pls RT👉..#LetsTalkLoneliness
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🧵1/5. 📢 EXCITING FUNDING NEWS!. We’ve awarded almost £100m #NationalLottery funding to nearly 2,500 community groups in England. Thanks to National Lottery players, this vital funding will support communities to thrive and meet fresh challenges raised by the cost of living.
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.@DawnJAustwick just announced our Healthy Communities Together programme partnership with @TheKingsFund. It offers up to £3m of funding to help community organisations work more closely with the local health & care sector in England. 👇.
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More than 750 community groups have received a share of over £21m in funding from @TNLComFund in the past 6 weeks. Thks to #NationalLottery players, communities across England are receiving support to respond to #COVID19. More. 👇.
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📣 BIG NEWS! We’ve awarded almost £60 million of #NationalLottery funding to over 2,250 community groups across England. This money raised by National Lottery players will support communities to bring their great ideas to life. Full list of projects ⬇
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Are you a charity or community group in England that brings people together? We are working with @DCMS to support projects that are able to prevent or reduce loneliness, through the Building Connections Fund 🤝. Apply for grants before 24 August:
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What are you doing TOMORROW?🤔. Why not help us light up social media by posting a crossed finger selfie to celebrate #NationalLottery25 & telling us how funding has helped you.🤩. Strike a pose on 29 October, post it & tag us!🤞🤳
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Applications to the Building Connections Fund are open! In partnership with @DCMS, grants of up to £100,000 are available to support projects in England that are working to prevent or reduce loneliness. 🗓️ Apply by 24 August 2018.
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We are buzzing to announce £20m #NationalLottery funding to inspire more people to take climate action across the UK 🐝. You don’t need to be involved in climate action to apply. We want to hear from partnerships with bold, exciting ideas inspired by people’s everyday activities.
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We've collaborated with @esmeefairbairn, @comicrelief and @blagravetrust to launch the #ListeningFund - designed to enable young people to have their say in shaping their own support services 💬
“Giving people voice is not enough. Its listening to them that counts” The Listening Fund is launched #tlf2018 @blagravetrust
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We’re working with @DCMS to award almost £9 million from the Building Connections Fund to charities and community groups that help people of all ages to build social connections 🤝. Apply now:
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Our new loneliness & social isolation report reveals that those aged 25 to 34 were most likely to report feeling lonely, “often/always,” followed by those aged 16-24. Loneliness doesn't discriminate. Read more👉 #Endloneliness #Letstalkloneliness Pls RT
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Today we're announcing an additional £5.2m in #NationalLottery funding for projects supporting communities to take climate action. 💪. In total we’ve awarded over £19.5 million this year to help tackle #climatechange across the UK. More. #ClimateFundUK
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Voting for The #PeoplesProjects is officially OPEN! 🎉 Vote now for projects in your local area and help them win a share of £3million of #NationalLottery funding! .
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Our loneliness report reveals giving back to community is a powerful way to reduce loneliness. @edencommunities' Peter Stewart spoke, today, on the value of community & #NationalLottery funding in tackling loneliness. #EndLoneliness #LetsTalkLoneliness RT
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Last year, we awarded #NationalLottery funding to over 5,000 projects working to improve people’s skills—which research shows improves wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem 👩🔧👨🍳👩💻👨🎓
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We're partnering with @heritagelottery and @nesta_uk to put £2m of #NationalLottery funding towards Rethinking Parks 🌲 A programme to inspire, support and share the most innovative new business models for parks .
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We’ve just published a new report into co-production, which brings people & stakeholders together to create & deliver services. Find out why we believe people understand better than anyone else what’s needed in their #communities: .
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📣 New year, new name! From 29 January 2019 we'll be called The National Lottery Community Fund. We'll continue to award #NationalLottery funding to fantastic projects that bring people together and help their communities to thrive. Find out more 👉
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#iwillWeek 2018 is here! Join us and celebrate young people making a difference and building communities through #youthsocialaction
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Ritch as new Director for Scotland. Neil has 20 years of working in #NationalLottery funding. “It is a great place to be and I am excited I now get the opportunity to lead on our work across Scotland.”.
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We’re seeking individuals from all backgrounds to join our Board. We’re recruiting for three roles: one to chair our England Committee, one with a background in funding, and finally one with civil society leadership experience. Read more and apply:
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Through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, we’ve awarded Government funding to more than 8,200 vital community projects. From counsellors, to food distribution hubs, to support for those struggling with debt or grief, these funds show how #CommunitiesCan 👏
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Today we have announced £48.5 million to support at risk #WomenAndGirls well done to everyone receiving funding!.
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We've learned some important lessons about place-based funding 🏘. In this post, we share how it's shaped our regional approach, helped us to work closer to people and their communities and support them to create the positive change they want to see 👇.
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A whopping £11.5 million has been allocated to battle loneliness across England. The new fund will benefit tens of thousands of people giving them access to befriending services, community groups and support schemes ⬇.
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There's just over a week left to apply for the Digital Fund. The Digital Fund will provide funding to the charity and voluntary sector to use digital tools and approaches to support people and communities. Closing date: 3rd Dec. Read more 👇.
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📣 The shortlist for The #PeoplesProjects 2018 has been revealed! . Find out about the 95 projects across the UK who are competing for your vote, to win a share of £3million of #NationalLottery funding ➡
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A new set of brilliant social enterprises have been recognised as @nesta_uk's #NewRadicals for their positive community impact—including great #NationalLottery funded orgs like @ImpactHubBrum, @MyTime_LS, @joinclubsoda, @girlsrocklondon & @ParticipatoryC!.
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If you haven’t heard, we’ve been busy! Over 12,000 UK projects, more than £511m in funding across 2018/19 - that’s £1.4m of #NationalLottery funding every day to projects that help communities thrive. 😉 What else? Read our 2018/19 Annual Report🙃👇
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Today we have announced with @Number10gov and @iwill_campaign new funding for two new youth programmes:
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Earlier today, @DawnJAustwick kicked off the celebrations for The National Lottery's 25th birthday 🎂 🎉 . Did you know that since 1994, 39 billion has been raised for good causes thanks to #NationalLottery players? 🎁 What an amazing birthday present!
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Happy #volunteersweek everyone! Let's shine a spotlight on the incredible contribution that volunteers make! 🎊🎉🏆
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Happy #WorldBookDay! 📖 ❤. To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite reads and resources for charities, social enterprises and non-profit organisations in this thread 📚⬇
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Thanks to #NationalLottery players, over £14 million is going to communities across the UK to act to tackle #ClimateChange – this is part of our long-term commitment on #ClimateAction. Find out more.
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#JobOpportunity: We’re recruiting a Head of Climate Action, to develop and deliver the Fund’s strategy to support action on climate change. This exciting new role can be based in any of our main offices across the UK. 🌎. Find out more and apply:
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Good Morning! Are you ready for #VolunteersWeek!? .@NCVOvolunteers have made it easy to #SayThanks with their handy social media guide:
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The big day is finally here, our #CommunitiesCan conference kicks off at 9.30am. We'll be bringing the #vcs together to discuss achievements & challenges during #COVID19. Follow #TNLComFundEvent to join the conversation. Check out the agenda ⬇️.
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It's #LocalCharities day! We're proud to support hundreds of organisations making a difference in their local communities using #NationalLottery funding 🙌
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Today @TNLComFund is hosting an online round table to discuss the sector’s work on loneliness & isolation as we try new ways of working & connecting during #COVID19. Find out what we're hearing about loneliness during lockdown from our grantholders.
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